How To Create An Online Community Site

Everyone who wants to have any kind of presence in the online community knows that creating their personal brand is crucial to their success. They have to have social proof that they can provide value to the community and build their online reputation. Here are eight steps in creating your personal brand online.

Get everyone you know to join – In the beginning it can be tough to get people to sign up for your Compete with me and others here. No one wants to be the first person to sign up in a community. The more people your community has the more people you will draw. So if you’re creating a public community recruit friends, family and employees to sign up immediately to make it look like the community already has a strong base.

online forums are good places to meet people from every walk of life and who share interests in common. Perhaps you’ll meet a painting teacher, or another artist who has shown his work professionally. These people can be good business contacts in the future.

Visit your website. Y0u really should check into your site every week, twice a week if you can. Presumably you have automatic notifications connected to your site too. However you may also need to consider hiring a professional computer nerd to tweak your site on a regular basis, making it easier for others to access, putting it higher on search engine lists, making repairs, other upgrades, etc.

So why would you want to change the look of the forums to some hard to see purple or blue. This will not make you popular. While yes some people like the look of them and more than likely we all have at one time enjoyed these type of forums, it is true that you will not sustain a community of any size on your look.

An online career requires self-discipline. For you to succeed with it, you need to master this trait. If not, your job will really suffer and in the end you will lose it instantly. It’s really tempting to do the job later since you can set your own work schedule but if you succumb to this attitude, you are doomed to failure. So ask yourself first if you have self-discipline and if your answer is no, can you cultivate it?

At the end of the week or the end of the day assess your priorities list. Perhaps the list isn’t working so well for you. Change it. Include items not on the above lists that should be noted. Remove anything that is irrelevant to you even after you’ve added it yourself. Your list will likely change on a regular basis especially as you add to your interests and activities. That’s one of the great things about being connected online. You’re always learning and always meeting new people. Just ensure you aren’t wasting your time and it’s certain to be a rewarding experience.