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Is it bad to build a forum on a genre that is overused?

Welcome to my first article. I am going to tell you about myself as I hope to become a regular blogger. I am a web year old web developer, that loves the color blue hehe! I am 23 an I live in New Zealand. I have run many different forums in the past, and I …

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Why You Don’t Need Staff For a New Forum

Most people feel that when getting ready to open a new forum, or a couple of weeks into a forums life, they must hire some staff members to help. This normally comes in the form of wanting to hire 1-2 moderators and an administrator at the most basic level. However, hiring staff is often much …

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Top Tips for Finding the Perfect Staff Member

Today, I am going to explain how you may pick the perfect staff member. Everyone wants the best for their forum. There are two ways that you could hire a staff member, and I will be explaining the two ways.

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Finding a Balance in Forum Moderation and Activity

For those who do not normally moderate, or those who are new into moderating forums, I bet you have wondered what you should do to balance your moderating of the forum and being active on it. I hope to give you a few tips to help you out in that field.

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Creating a Staff Member Experience

In order to motivate staff, a Forum Administrator must craft their staff members’ experience to appeal to what staff members want and expect. Deep down, any staff member who is not being paid for their work is instead given a position of authority over the community, which itself can be a form of payment. Every …

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The Three Killers of Promotion Forums

I’m sure we’re all familiar with promotion forums, as we’ve seen hundreds of them pop up over the years. Unfortunately, out of the hundreds created, very few remain open or active after a few weeks. On a more positive note, we’ve seen several examples of promotion forums flourish and become very successful. Such examples are

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Building Relationships with New Members

Hey everyone, if you’ve been involved in the hobby of managing forums for a while, you definitely know that it can be a real struggle to convince members to stay active. The initial promotion that convinces them to join the forum is hard enough, and then you need to give them a reason to stay …

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Perception Is What You Provide

Perception is defined as “a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression”. Basically speaking how you proceed to design and act on your community sets the tone for how successful your forum will be. Perception is a basic psychological need and that goes beyond on the internet where people

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Usergroups Explained

On any internet forum, you’ll find that there are a majority of groups that members are sorted in. Each level has its own permissions, but the default group that makes up for most of your numbers is the registered member. I will be covering the different types of usergroups you may come across

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It’s the Little Things That Make the Difference

From my perspective, being a part of forums for over seven years, I’ve observed that a very select group of owners/admins gave priority in undertaking tasks that are considered “behind the scenes.” This is understandable and is expected, but, I couldn’t help but question, could they go the extra mile to help their forum? Think …

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Is it bad to build a forum on a genre that is overused?

Why You Don’t Need Staff For a New Forum

Top Tips for Finding the Perfect Staff Member

Finding a Balance in Forum Moderation and Activity

Creating a Staff Member Experience

The Three Killers of Promotion Forums

Building Relationships with New Members

Perception Is What You Provide

Usergroups Explained

It’s the Little Things That Make the Difference

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