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	<title>Comments on: Birthday cheers and feedback</title>
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	<description>Community Building</description>
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		<title>By: Simon Brown</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-14208</link>
		<dc:creator>Simon Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know this is very old, but what about incentives for users to register?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know this is very old, but what about incentives for users to register?</p>
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		<title>By: Sara</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6666</link>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy belated! I&#039;m late to my party because I&#039;ve been busy trying to grow my community. Thanks for all of the great tips you have posted. You have so much to offer and you do a great job at explaining things. Something I would like to learn more about our premium memberships and how you can make it worthwhile to your members to subscribe to such a thing. I&#039;m not trying to make a killing off my site, but I&#039;ve already spend about $1500 on the site and would like to be able to help pay for more things to improve the community.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy belated! I&#8217;m late to my party because I&#8217;ve been busy trying to grow my community. Thanks for all of the great tips you have posted. You have so much to offer and you do a great job at explaining things. Something I would like to learn more about our premium memberships and how you can make it worthwhile to your members to subscribe to such a thing. I&#8217;m not trying to make a killing off my site, but I&#8217;ve already spend about $1500 on the site and would like to be able to help pay for more things to improve the community.</p>
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		<title>By: Smiley</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6640</link>
		<dc:creator>Smiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy birthday, Martin! Had a good one? Plenty of ales down thee? 

As for feedback, I think you do a good enough job as it is. It&#039;s just interesting reading how you dealt with the problems that all new community developers face.

I&#039;ve not much time these days for the net (new girlfriend.. doesn&#039;t exactly like me staying in chatting on the computer all night ignoring her !!) so when I do get on I spend it at my site with the few loyal regulars.

It&#039;s really hard getting a new community off the ground.  I never realized just how hard until I tried for myself. 

The one thing I&#039;m looking for right now is... how to get found without resorting to spamming (and without having to spend hundreds of £s a week on Google Adwords).

I feel bad for the regulars, they have to be as patient as I do when it comes to just sticking it out until we&#039;re found on search engines.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy birthday, Martin! Had a good one? Plenty of ales down thee? </p>
<p>As for feedback, I think you do a good enough job as it is. It&#8217;s just interesting reading how you dealt with the problems that all new community developers face.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve not much time these days for the net (new girlfriend.. doesn&#8217;t exactly like me staying in chatting on the computer all night ignoring her !!) so when I do get on I spend it at my site with the few loyal regulars.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s really hard getting a new community off the ground.  I never realized just how hard until I tried for myself. </p>
<p>The one thing I&#8217;m looking for right now is&#8230; how to get found without resorting to spamming (and without having to spend hundreds of £s a week on Google Adwords).</p>
<p>I feel bad for the regulars, they have to be as patient as I do when it comes to just sticking it out until we&#8217;re found on search engines.</p>
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		<title>By: Dirk Witze</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6623</link>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Witze</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy birthday.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy birthday.</p>
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		<title>By: Dee Barizo</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6495</link>
		<dc:creator>Dee Barizo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d like to see articles on how to increase forum members and blog RSS subscribers.

Also, happy belated birthday!  Mine was on August 13 :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d like to see articles on how to increase forum members and blog RSS subscribers.</p>
<p>Also, happy belated birthday!  Mine was on August 13 <img src='http://www.communityspark.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Martin Reed - Blog Author</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6447</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin Reed - Blog Author</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes, and especially to those that took the time to offer some feedback for future articles. 

My birthday may have passed, but my thirst for feedback and continued inspiration hasn&#039;t - if you want to see an article on a specific topic, then please let me know by leaving a comment here (or on any other article), or by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.communityspark.com/contact/&quot;&gt;contacting me&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes, and especially to those that took the time to offer some feedback for future articles. </p>
<p>My birthday may have passed, but my thirst for feedback and continued inspiration hasn&#8217;t &#8211; if you want to see an article on a specific topic, then please let me know by leaving a comment here (or on any other article), or by <a href="http://www.communityspark.com/contact/">contacting me</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Biddy</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6429</link>
		<dc:creator>Biddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy birthday!</description>
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		<title>By: Shane</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6422</link>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HB Martin! Don&#039;t eat too much cake.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HB Martin! Don&#8217;t eat too much cake.</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6371</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,

I thought i would wish you a happy birthday. I know its a little late but its better than never. Mine was last week.

Thanks
- James</description>
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<p>I thought i would wish you a happy birthday. I know its a little late but its better than never. Mine was last week.</p>
<p>Thanks<br />
- James</p>
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		<title>By: Justin</title>
		<link>http://www.communityspark.com/birthday-cheers-and-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-6318</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy Birthday!

I&#039;m intrested in the forum building aspect of your blogs. It&#039;s the reason I stay, so keep up the great blogs. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy Birthday!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m intrested in the forum building aspect of your blogs. It&#8217;s the reason I stay, so keep up the great blogs. <img src='http://www.communityspark.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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