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Poshmonkey said:

What would you say is your key to success of being a Community Leader on Learnhub?

chelseaFC said:

Being able to share something with others that you believe is worthwhile and educational. Anything shared where a person benefits is a good day for society.

Poshmonkey said in response to:

Well, this is my strategy, my Top 10 Tips for a successful community. Usually I wouldn’t share it so easily, but if it helps some of you (those who are struggling in getting members for their communities) then it makes me happy.

• Welcoming every new member in a community or course with a personal email.
• Be helpful and quick in giving advice.
• Thank every member that rates you with a thumbs up.
• Be interested in your members. If you come across something that you think might interest one of your members don’t hesitate to help him/her.
• Be thankful for any kind of feedback you get.
• Creating useful, great content that helps people to save money and time. So that they don’t have to do lots of additional research.
• Create interesting, engaging and not too short quizzes.
• Think of interesting topics in discussions and debates. Add your comments to other members’ comments as often as possible. Particularly when you get praised for something.
• Think of a good, eye-catching name for your community, so that people sign up quickly.
• Invite people to your community, don’t just wait and hope they would join. Unless you have a community such as GMAT preparation, etc. in which I guess the community leader wouldn’t have to lift a finger in order to attract new members.

rkmittal said:

Very genuine and practicable tips, Karin. To that I would add -

- Be honest, liberal and prompt to appreciate the contributions of other community members when they post a good lesson, give important view point in a discussion or contibute in any significant manner that appeals you. Nothing works better than an encouragement to a member for his/her good work.

- Keep the community interest alive by regularly posting interesting and purposeful material for the benefit of the members.

- The debate matters are fine upto a certain stage only. Such forums should not be stretched to a stage where they look like battle grounds of ego/one upmanship.