Instant Online Success Is Rare
Many new webmasters start a forum, blog, or...
A Successful Forum Has Purpose, Community, and Usability
Creating a community website or discussion forum can be incredible, and there’s nothing better than embracing a community that you yourself started from scratch. However, there are many reasons why community forums are failing – especially in 2020. That’s why we would like to share 3 golden rules to follow as a webmaster to manage …
Forum Theme Designs Ruin Online Communities
Web designs for online communities, forums, and blogs can come in all shapes and sizes. However, even the best theme designers have been getting it wrong since the first forums came online. The templates most forums use may look flashy, but they’re not helping communities grow – they are not designed for that. Once upon …
How to Properly Sell VIP Memberships on Your Website
Selling access to hidden content or exclusive sections on your website is a great way to reward members for donations, paid subscriptions, or a one time sale of a VIP membership. However, this exclusive access must be worth it to your users if you expect to earn money long-term, and not leave a foul taste …
Free Premium Icons For Your Website
These incredible free icon sets are perfect for forum sections, blog categories, buttons, and other website elements. While you may be tempted to purchase a membership to a private graphics service, we highly recommend checking out these free resources if you need icons or graphics for your logo.
How Your Small Business Can Become Financially Fit
As a small business owner, every choice that you make, be it the amount of money that you spend or how much you charge for a particular service, everything has an impact. Small business is naturally required to take many efforts if it has to stay afloat amidst the stiff competition. There are more and …
4 Reasons Why Businesses Are Scared To Turn Into A Brand
From small-scale firms to already established businesses, the process of functioning is never the same. However, the one thing that is common between the two of them is “fear” – the fear of being a brand! Brand renewal or branding, as we all call it, is an amazing opportunity which takes businesses towards innovation and …
What to Expect as a Website Administrator & Creator
A lot of future webmasters know they want a website, but don't understand all of the various responsibilities and steps that must be taken to start a successful blog, forum, community, or other type of site. Today we'll be looking at all of the main technical stages of starting and maintaining a website, as well as marketing, community related, and other duties webmasters must take care of.
Should Forum Administrators Use Multiple Accounts to Boost Activity?
Several weeks ago, I asked our community about their thoughts on using multiple accounts to falsely boost activity in a new online community. Today, we'll be looking over all of the responses to my questions and breaking down the pros and cons of using fake member accounts on an online forum to make a website appear more popular.
5 Disciplinary Actions You Can Take Before Banning Community Members
A community can bring a sense of family, friendship, loyalty, and even love. It's no wonder you may struggle with banning a member from your forum, even if they are acting out of line. Perhaps you still hold hope that the user can improve their behavior and follow the official rules. It's always important to consider alternative consequences to banning, and there's many reasons why. Keep reading to learn how to deal with negative or disruptive community members!
10 Quick Tips For Growing Your Forum Community
As a forum owner or community founder, you are probably well aware of the growing pains that many online discussion boards face. With both free and affordable forum software being available to everyone from experienced adults to much younger children, there is hardly ever a shortage of competition. In 2019, even obscure niches have dedicated …