If you are a forum administrator and you have moderators on
your site who are doing a stellar job, consider rewarding
them for their assistance. No, I am not necessarily talking
about financial compensation, but other recognizable forms
of showing your gratefulness.
As the forum administrator for the Corporate
Flight Attendant Community, I have been blessed
to have on board four members of the business aviation
community who have helpfully assisted me in the role
of moderator for about one year. Admittedly, I started
the site on my own and only added moderators after the
site's second anniversary. In retrospect, I wish I had
been more diligent in adding moderators.
Because of the unique "nicheness" of my site, I can "reward" my
moderators in several ways:
1. I allow moderators to advertise within their signature. This
includes links to their own sites or information about their
businesses.
2. Free banner advertising. If my moderators have
a banner advertising their business it gets put on my site
in at least one, if not two, premium locations.
3. Promotion of material. Several of my moderators
are accomplished writers. When not adding helpful and interesting
information within a thread, I can count on them submitting
an article to my site which I will gladly carry with the
appropriate links included.
4. Free services. I charge my members to list their
resumes, but not my moderators to have their copy listed.
If there is something, anything else I can
give away to my moderators I will do it.
5. Giveaways. While my moderators cannot participate
in community contests, I will give products/items away when
possible. Truthfully, this hasn't happened yet, but I am
certainly open to that possibility!
6. Write letters. One of my moderators needed a little
promoting of his capabilities; I addressed a letter to the
proper party to help him successfully get what he needed.
In all, my moderators are an important part of the success
of my site. I cannot forget their importance and I urge you
to remember your moderators' contributions too. You may not
have the financial wherewithal to contribute money, but certainly
there are ways you can manifest your gratitude.
Matthew Keegan is The Article Writer who writes on
just about any and every issue imaginable. You can preview
samples from his high performing site at http://www.thearticlewriter.com
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