Design for community
Communities are part of all successful web sites in one way or another. It looks at the different stages that must be understood:Philosophy: Why does your site need community? What are your measures of success?Architecture: How do you set up a site to createpositive experience? How do you coax people out of their shells and get them to share their experiences online?Design: From color choice to HTML, how do you design the look of a community area?Maintenance: This section will contain stories of failed web communities, and what they could have done to stay on track, as well as general maintenance tips andtricks for keeping your community garden growing.
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What Hacker News says
- Try to create a circle of influence and use it to your advantage. Make a list of friends, professors and developers that can refer your product. Then, wen timing is appropriate, create something free, relevant and sharable (like an invitation to a participate in a raffle, a free app, a free beta account, etc.) and then share this piece of content with your circle of influence. Keep working your circle for several months until you get the desired critical mass.
More Tips:
- Design for Community (by Derek Powazek) is one of the best books I've read on the subj ect: http://www.amazon.com/Design-Community-Derek-Powazek/dp/0735...
- Try to follow and read the blogs/see the shows of key celebrity entrepreneurs that have cracked this code: Caterina Fake, Kevin Rose, Gary Vaynerchuck, Jason Calacanis, etc.
- Alternatively you can make friend with the media and (if the quality or novelty of your product warrants it) get cover by technology blogs (yes even if you only have a beta).
- Derek Powazek said it best in Design for Community, create barriers to entry. The harder it is to leave a comment the better the comments will be. Shutting off comments is a knee-jerk reaction.
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