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There are typically 4 influence areas/ motivators that every member usually observes and learns from!
1. Moderation -
Flexible moderation controls that do not micro-manage communities are great motivators to allow members to freely express themselves. Encourage more positive contributions and avoid undesired actions made by members. This will positively (without demotivating users) steer them towards the goals you want to achieve.
2. Events and Activities -
Events and activities motivate members to enhance and increase their participation leading to more proactiveness. Challenging your members through activities will be a great way of steering participation as well.
3. Relationships within the community -
Invest time in building relationships with your super-users, these key users will be the ones who take up the desired action required from the community. Once this core group of users start taking action, others will soon follow.
4. Content -
Content is the biggest influence area among all 4. You can use content to provide focus on the actions you wish to take. Though indirect it is the best way to achieve your community goals. You can give more voice and rewards to members who are leaning towards the agenda thus encouraging more members to make positive contributions and causing a ripple effect to achieve the goals of the community.
Shout out to Richard Millington an inspiration, for his insightful articles on members' social behaviour within a community!
People who play games are people who need something to do. More often than not, communities are formed for games that are based on party systems (multiple users playing together).
The need and goal for the community ends there itself. People have a reason to engage. They have a need to look for co-players.
Besides that they also have a lot of questions about the intricacies of the game. This thing is easily resolved by community members.
On the other hand, community members are active and loyal because they have experienced the difficulties of fending for themselves alone, firsthand. They need assistance always, so they will assist always in return.
When creating communities, identifying the need and goals of the community is vital. Without it, you are definitely going to be aimless.
That's what I learnt, being a community manager for multiple games and what I wish to share with people who are unfamiliar with it.
Ashish H
06 Dec
Gaming communities are the gold standard of the community world!
Growth Hacking Strategies for Startups That Guarantee Success
1. Content Repurposing (Taking an old or existing piece of content and reusing it for a new purpose)
2. Optimize Your Online Presence
3. Get Referrals
4. Gamify On-boarding
5. Connect with Your Community
6. Get a Social Media Advantage
7. Use Interactive Content.
An amazing routine i found! Not mine but whole heartedly following it :)
The new 90-60-30 mantra...!!
Early morning time is sacrosanct to each one of us. No usage of social media for the first 90 minutes of the day. When we wake up keep this time for yourself. Pray, Go for a walk, gym, exercise, meditate, plan your day.
After a full days work. No usage of social media for the first 60 minutes after coming home back from office. Keep this time for your family members who wait for you to come home eagerly. Your spouse, parents, grand parents, kids…
After dinner & before bed. No usage of social media for 30 minutes before your eyes close & you drift off. Keep this time to recap your day. Learn the mistakes made, both personally & professionally, think of the possible solutions and thank God for another wonderful day you had...!!
Momo Bakhde
25 Nov
Interesting. Looking forward to see results myself.
Here's to make your online community a 'great' one:
• Fresh, concise & relevant content. • Resourceful self-help content. • Where peer-to-peer support is encouraged. • A well-engaged community base. • A good cross-section of community members from all quarters of your TG. • Polite & cooperative administrators/moderators (if you choose to adopt a visible administrator model) • Gamification enabled.
Ramnath Shenoy
Bengaluru
10 Jun
This is a good checklist to start. I think it's also important to involve your community in setting the purpose and agenda of the community.
Answers to questions like Why does the community exist? What can you expect? Why should you join? - these are best when it comes from your members. I think this is the foundation of building a great community.
Engage in conversation. Don’t just answer questions from members. Don’t just ask questions. Engage in a conversation. Answer their questions, and ask some of your own. Bring in some of your life experiences and advice. People don’t want to be interrogated – they want to talk. This means more than just questions and answers.
Identify the relevant issues in your community & make the decision about how to address them. Evaluate, Implement & share the results with the community.
Community engagement means involving community members in all activities
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