Leveraging community to market above the noise
Rosemary O'Neill
Community Management
-
Suggestions❤️We are trying to bring a bit more organization to our various model train forums. We are experiencing a lot of threads started in the wrong forums. One of our members made a good suggestion I want to run by you. Currently the RECENT POSTS widget displays the thread title and the timestamp of the latest post to the thread. It does not display the specific forum where the thread is posted. Can that be added to the listings? It could look like this: The red text is the name of the forum where...
-
Topic ReplyANON_BM, you have perfectly described our situation with your truck site analogy. We run a site about model trains. Here is a small portion of the menu structure from that site: Train Forums Traditional 3-Rail O Gauge 2-Rail Scale Forum 3-Rail Scale Forum Tinplate Trains O Scale Narrow Gauge Forum S-Scale Trains Subways/Transit/Traction Real Trains Layout Building Forums Track Plans and Layout Design Electrical Forum Scenery and Structures etc. Someone who is into Traditional 3-Rail O Gauge...
-
Crowdstack Discussion🎉❤️🏆📈We run a Crowdstack Site focused on Model Trains. We also publish a magazine called O Gauge Railroading . The magazine published its first issue in June of 1969, almost 52 years ago. We have been here since the "Eve" days, and may be Crowdstack's oldest customer. On January 3, 2013, one of our members started a thread entitled "What did you do on your layout today?" Yesterday, that thread reach a very unique milestone. 1,000 pages and 39,990 replies! I think that might be a record.
-
Topic ReplyWow congrats @Rich Melvin that's amazing! For those looking on in awe, thinking about how to make a similarly strong community, h ere are a few key lessons we might draw: 1. The topic was originated by a member (cool) 2. It's an easy to answer question...lots of members will have a ready response 3. It includes "insider" wording...if you know what a "layout" is, you're on the inside 4. It has a timeframe, today, which makes it automatically a recurring thought Do you have a mega thread in...
-
Topic ReplyCongrats Rich ! I envy your passionate membership. We too have been with Cstack since the Eve platform days but our members are mostly come-and-go volunteers, not passionate hobbyists.
-
Topic ReplyCongratulations, Rich! That is quite a milestone! Your community is one I often show to other people as an example of a vibrant, healthy community!
-
Topic Reply🎉Well done. Like you, we have been here since the eve days as well. I think our largest thread is an introduction thread started back in '05. Back in 2011 we closed it and created a whole forum for introductions. Cool milestone!
-
Topic ReplyWe too have been with Cstack since the Eve platform days but our members are mostly come-and-go volunteers, not passionate hobbyists.
-
Topic Reply🎉I think we might have beaten you guys, we started around Jan 1998 with (link from Wayback Internet Archives website https://web.archive.org/web/19...ate.cgi?action=intro Ultimate Bulletin Board, Version 3.0 - Beta 2
-
Topic ReplyWow, love the walk down memory lane. I love the Wayback machine!