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He was not my school teacher, but he was my second employer(when I was 19)
"Once you have a job, do it with the same enthusiasm as if the business were yours, that
will help you to grow within that job, and also teaches you the attitude needed to start your own business" -- Javier Elizabeth...
I used to regret from many things. But as I have opted new mindsets through the years
it's hard to point a specific thing that I strongly regret. The good and the bad has formed what I am today.
and I like who I am today.
One thing I would regret, even it was not under my control, is not having...
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Another Admin Forum it's a very catchy name. Very easy to remember.
OffTopicForum.com it's also super easy to remember and it says what it is from the name. It's a good name!
Let me put a real example.
Here we all know Admin-Junkies right?
But I currently own AdminJunkies.com. So, they are building and working on a brand that it's owned by someone else.
Maybe the current owner of Admin-Junkies does not need the name as he said. But the bigger their forum gets, the...
@Shawn Gossman yes, that's what I mean. In this case, if you want to secure the "brand" for your cycling.forum, you should own cyclingforum.com even if you run the forum under cycling.forum (for better branding or for short)
So, from this perspective, yes, the .com still is the king.
I would say that a marketplace is a must on any community. Members all the time have something to sell or buy. But this area needs special attention to prevent scams.
I am not talking about other extensions for different uses. I am saying if you do not own the .com, you don't own the brand.
in your example of Microsoft using .ms, yes, they use other "shorter/brandable" names, but they own Microsoft.com.
Can you name any big company/brand that does not own...
That's a terrible practice.
When they say that to a user, they are telling there is no point to be in that community because there is something called Google lol...
My point of view...
I believe it's imperative to incentivize your forum's members, one way or another.
The quickest way is offering monetary incentives to keep your forum with fresh content that attract your desired target users.
It's good to give those incentives in a constant basis until the...
I don't like to lock old threads, unless it's outdated/out of time/not valid any more.
if the thread was open, and a user posted on it. I would simple lock it after it.
And basically thank the user for letting me know/notice that outdated topic.
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