Forum Essentials: Dress Up Your Site For The Holidays

If you manage a message board community, a key tohearts of your members will retain your visitors like
your site's success is the lively banter betweennothing else. Put away the stale, antiseptic
members. Without conversation, your site will quicklybackgrounds and put some holiday pizzazz into your
die off. You can't police your forum and respond toforums.Cyber Grab Bag. No, I haven't tried this one...yet!
every post, but there are a few things you can do asHowever, I do know of sites where members play
an administrator to get things moving again.Hold a"Secret Santa" with other members. This can be in the
contest. Yes, who doesn't like to win something,form of a surprise email, an electronic gift, or a
anything? You don't have to spend a lot of money anddonation to the recipient's favorite charity.There are
the prize can be as simple as a magazine subscription,many other ways to get your site moving again. Use
free membership for one year to your site, or anthis festive time of the year to come up with a plan
electronic gift card for the lucky winner. Want to go bigthat is certain to spark interest in your site. If in doubt
time? Find a merchant to sponsor a gift; in exchangeas to what to do next, ask your members...they'll
for their donation give them free advertising on yourknow!Copyright 2005 -- Matthew Keegan is The
site for an agreed period of time.Update your icons.Article Writer who writes on a variety of topics
The same old, nondescript icons will certainly bringincluding: advocacy, automobiles, aviation, business,
about the yawns. Spice things up by swapping out oneChristian themes, family, news, product reviews, travel,
set of icons for another. Holiday themed icons are awriting, and more. Samples from his portfolio are
favorite.Change your background or theme. Holidayavailable right online.
themed backgrounds that promote a warm glow in the