05-04-2010, 04:26 PM
Honestly there's not much I can share yet. It's still in the height of the campaign. I've learned on this:
Money buys stuff, but only temporarily. If you want members you can't just buy them. You need to have something that's going to make them want to STAY on your site. You need to offer real-world things, something that competes with other sites, sometimes of higher stature. You need to be unique. You can't be a jerk to your members, you have to think about them, not yourself or the money you're getting from the site. But you can't be a pushover either. People will try to screw you any chance they get. I had one member try to do that already, and it's been taken care of. Just goes to show that people are willing to trick and scandal you over just about anything.
What I need is members who are qualified to teach and train other members. What they need is something to make them want to stay on my site. So what can appeal to someone who's already a qualified computer techie in his/her field? That's what I'm trying to figure out and work on. I've implemented everything I can think of so far on the forum. I think the biggest plus was the paid to register site. Granted most of the members won't stay, unfortunately because they want the money for posting and that's it. I need something more enticing, something to draw them in, and something to make them want to stay and contribute. And I think the only person who can offer that kind of thought, is me myself and I. I'll figure something up, it's gonna take a lot of work and effort, maybe even some money that I really just don't have.
I guess as far as being a member administrator/moderator, you have to be nice and caring. You can't be ruthless and judgmental. While at the same time you have to draw the line. At the moment the only reason I'm so insanely strict right now on my site is because as far as I can see, this is a business campaign. I've paid for them to post. I didn't pay for them to spam and to steal. Therefore I'm going to make them hold up the end of their partnership. I'm lenient. If they're a good member I'm even more lenient. But someone who just wants to steal money from me, they can an insta-ban and their PTR admin contacted.
After the campaign is over a great deal of the regulations i put in place to mitigate the spam index will be turned off. Post count will return to the first tab with the exception of a few forums. I'm urging and pushing my moderators to post MORE MORE MORE and to be more interactive with the members. Unfortunately that task is "really" up to me. I lead the example and I am the guy to look at on the site. I am the front man and I must remember that, even for my staff members.
Money buys stuff, but only temporarily. If you want members you can't just buy them. You need to have something that's going to make them want to STAY on your site. You need to offer real-world things, something that competes with other sites, sometimes of higher stature. You need to be unique. You can't be a jerk to your members, you have to think about them, not yourself or the money you're getting from the site. But you can't be a pushover either. People will try to screw you any chance they get. I had one member try to do that already, and it's been taken care of. Just goes to show that people are willing to trick and scandal you over just about anything.
What I need is members who are qualified to teach and train other members. What they need is something to make them want to stay on my site. So what can appeal to someone who's already a qualified computer techie in his/her field? That's what I'm trying to figure out and work on. I've implemented everything I can think of so far on the forum. I think the biggest plus was the paid to register site. Granted most of the members won't stay, unfortunately because they want the money for posting and that's it. I need something more enticing, something to draw them in, and something to make them want to stay and contribute. And I think the only person who can offer that kind of thought, is me myself and I. I'll figure something up, it's gonna take a lot of work and effort, maybe even some money that I really just don't have.
I guess as far as being a member administrator/moderator, you have to be nice and caring. You can't be ruthless and judgmental. While at the same time you have to draw the line. At the moment the only reason I'm so insanely strict right now on my site is because as far as I can see, this is a business campaign. I've paid for them to post. I didn't pay for them to spam and to steal. Therefore I'm going to make them hold up the end of their partnership. I'm lenient. If they're a good member I'm even more lenient. But someone who just wants to steal money from me, they can an insta-ban and their PTR admin contacted.
After the campaign is over a great deal of the regulations i put in place to mitigate the spam index will be turned off. Post count will return to the first tab with the exception of a few forums. I'm urging and pushing my moderators to post MORE MORE MORE and to be more interactive with the members. Unfortunately that task is "really" up to me. I lead the example and I am the guy to look at on the site. I am the front man and I must remember that, even for my staff members.
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