An online community is a discussion board, marketing forum, a chat board, a e-mail list or some other technology that allows people to communicate at your site.Having a popular online community is a way to increase your traffic and sales.Here are a few good tips of how to get people to actively participate in it.
1.You could post testimonials on your site from people who have participated in your online community.What where their experiences, what did they like about it, did it solve any problems they had?
2.No blatant advertising.You should keep your online community free of blatant advertising, because this will cause people no to come back.
3.Advertise your community on your site.What are the benefits of joining?
4.Visit other online communities and advertise your online community in the signature file.
5.Create a special newsletter only available to those who are members of your online community.When they receive an issue, remind them to come back and participate in your community.
6.Submit the URL of your community to all directories in your niche.
7.Write a review about your online community and use social bookmarking to drive traffic to it.
8.Be an active participant your self.By posting useful information regularly you show the other community members that you care about them.If they benefit from your community, they will also recommend it to their contacts.
9.Have people to moderate and monitor your online community.They could remove spam and other off-topic subject postings.
10.Make it as easy as possible to use.Add features like search options, archived discussions, chatting, private messaging and so on.
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-Which online forums do you use? Leave a comment.
