Comments on: Never stop experimenting

By: yanuar

yanuar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:30:53 +0000

Thats right , we should never give up on trying new things. The more you play with it, the more experience you earned. And There is nothing to lose so keep on experimenting

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By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:16:52 +0000

Chris – Inviting member feedback is always a good idea. I would be hesitant to have a separate section of the forums exclusively for long standing members though, for fear of dividing the community and creating resentment amongst those unable to access such areas.

By: Chris Guthrie

Chris Guthrie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:11:50 +0000

Agreed. I especially like the point about asking your members for feedback.

It sounds so simple yet it really works. When I was doing a site redesign for one of my forums I have a section where only “elders” (long standing and active members of the community) can post. So I spent a lot of time posting site previews from the designer and asking for input from the members.

Not only did it make them feel like their opinions were valued (they certainly are), but it also allowed me to get great feedback.

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Stuff - Zoomstart — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:03:41 +0000

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By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:43:01 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Dave & Smiley – it is good to see you both taking the time and effort to continuously tweak and modify your sites.

Many people do often forget the ‘KISS’ approach – Keep It Simple, Stupid!

By: Smiley

Smiley — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:42:16 +0000

I have to say, though, since taking your advice on giving a ‘human face’ to the site, I’ve seen visitor retention increase slightly, and chatterhead.net (the people’s choice chat directory) loved the site so much they have included me in their “big chat” page – despite only being one week old and, compared to other sites, pretty much empty!

http://www.chatterhead.net/big-chat.html

(Friendly Chat UK)

I really wasn’t fussed about the human face thing before, didn’t see the point. But after just 3-4 days of experimenting, I would recommend everyone to do the same!