Comments on: The Lifecycle of Online Community Members http://www.scottburkett.com/index.php/online-communities/2006-01-09/the-lifecycle-of-online-community-members.html Blogging, opining, ruminating, and pontificating on entrepreneurship, venture capital, process improvement, technology, online communities, business networking, IT Management, online social networking, and other things that melt in the warm Atlanta sun. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Wibowo Sulistio http://www.scottburkett.com/index.php/online-communities/2006-01-09/the-lifecycle-of-online-community-members.html/comment-page-1#comment-89332 Wibowo Sulistio Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:47:47 +0000 http://www.scottburkett.com/index.php/archives/60#comment-89332 Thanks for this article Scott. I'm continuously learning about online community building and your article reaffirms some of my beliefs, one of which is that, it takes time. Thanks for this article Scott. I’m continuously learning about online community building and your article reaffirms some of my beliefs, one of which is that, it takes time.

]]> By: Scott Burkett http://www.scottburkett.com/index.php/online-communities/2006-01-09/the-lifecycle-of-online-community-members.html/comment-page-1#comment-59386 Scott Burkett Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:06:37 +0000 http://www.scottburkett.com/index.php/archives/60#comment-59386 Hey Cheryl, thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment. My initial thought is this (and of course, based solely upon what limited information I have about what you're doing). Three weeks is a very small timeframe, even in today's age of mass adoption. It can take time to really get up on the curve, so to speak. That being said, I noticed that your site is built using the service provided by Ning. Unfortunately (and this is just my opinion), a lot of times these cookie cutter social networks/communities can leave people feeling like "eh ... what now?". My personal opinion is that it is almost always best to launch something that is uniquely branded and provides functionality, tools, and information that is specific to the focus of the community, in your case, coupons. I'm not sure what your budget is, or what assets you can bring to bear, but I would give it some time to see how it plays out, and possibly explore creating a site that is unique to your particular community. The adoption rate will almost invariably go up when there is a sense of uniqueness and focus - functionality that they can't get elsewhere, etc. Cheers. Scott Hey Cheryl, thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment.

My initial thought is this (and of course, based solely upon what limited information I have about what you’re doing).

Three weeks is a very small timeframe, even in today’s age of mass adoption. It can take time to really get up on the curve, so to speak.

That being said, I noticed that your site is built using the service provided by Ning. Unfortunately (and this is just my opinion), a lot of times these cookie cutter social networks/communities can leave people feeling like “eh … what now?”. My personal opinion is that it is almost always best to launch something that is uniquely branded and provides functionality, tools, and information that is specific to the focus of the community, in your case, coupons.

I’m not sure what your budget is, or what assets you can bring to bear, but I would give it some time to see how it plays out, and possibly explore creating a site that is unique to your particular community. The adoption rate will almost invariably go up when there is a sense of uniqueness and focus – functionality that they can’t get elsewhere, etc.

Cheers.
Scott

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.scottburkett.com/index.php/online-communities/2006-01-09/the-lifecycle-of-online-community-members.html/comment-page-1#comment-59248 Cheryl Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:50:18 +0000 http://www.scottburkett.com/index.php/archives/60#comment-59248 I found your article interesting. I started a social network related to coupons about 3 weeks ago. So far about 80 people have signed up but no one is really participating. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong—with the profile, etc. A lot of people didn’t fill out the profile. I have asked for feedback from people but no one really had any suggestions on how to improve the site. Any suggestions on how to have people participate? The site is www.swapsavers.com Thanks! Cheryl I found your article interesting. I started a social network related to coupons about 3 weeks ago. So far about 80 people have signed up but no one is really participating. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong—with the profile, etc. A lot of people didn’t fill out the profile. I have asked for feedback from people but no one really had any suggestions on how to improve the site. Any suggestions on how to have people participate? The site is http://www.swapsavers.com

Thanks!

Cheryl

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