Forum Essentials: Dress Up Your Site For The Holidays

If you manage a message board community- a key to your site/' s success is the lively banter between members. Without conversation- your site will quickly die off. You can/' t police your forum and respond to every post- but there are a few things you can do as an administrator to get things moving again.

Hold a contest. Yes- who doesn/' t like to win something- anything? You don/' t have to spend a lot of money and the prize can be as simple as a magazine subscription- free membership for one year to your site- or an electronic gift card for the lucky winner. Want to go big time? Find a merchant to sponsor a gift; in exchange for their donation give them free advertising on your site for an agreed period of time.

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Update your icons. The same old- nondescript icons will certainly bring about the yawns. Spice things up by swapping out one set of icons for another. Holiday themed icons are a favorite.

Change your background or theme. Holiday themed backgrounds that promote a warm glow in the hearts of your members will retain your visitors like nothing else. Put away the stale- antiseptic backgrounds and put some holiday pizzazz into your forums.

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There are many other ways to get your site moving again. Use this festive time of the year to come up with a plan that is certain to spark interest in your site. If in doubt as to what to do next- ask your members...they/' ll know!

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Forum Essentials: Dress Up Your Site For The Holidays