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    WTS Design Services

    Scorpion Agency is a family owned business that has been providing creative services for almost ten years. We enjoy doing what we love (creating...
    Thread by: Eric Lyon, May 21, 2015, 0 replies, in forum: Marketplace and Exchanges
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    Hiring an On-Call Admin/Webmaster?

    With the proper Tact, Structure, Open Communication, Outlined Duties / Responsibilities, Etc. You can probably avoid most the negative impact of...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Oct 10, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    UHosts names banned from my web. Why?

    Are you using askimit or vbstopforumspam? Check ACP > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager Both those type plugins query a 3rd party database list...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Oct 10, 2013 in forum: Member and Staff Management
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    Hiring an On-Call Admin/Webmaster?

    It is "a thing", for sure and you are headed in the right direction. It's important that tasks are delegated properly to people with the skill...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Oct 10, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    When administrating becomes more stressful than fun

    Make a note for yourself in the future to start changing access point passwords and limiting permissions "minutes before" you tell a staff member...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Sep 29, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Could a more specific admin forum be better than a general one?

    As others pointed out, there's positives and negatives to a refined niche forum community. I'll touch on a few pro's and cons below. Pro's: 1....
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Sep 23, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    When administrating becomes more stressful than fun

    In addition to my previous post I just wanted to chime in again and point out that a lot of stress related to forums can stem from poor time...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Sep 23, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    How close are you to your members?

    I'm 50 / 50 on this and I'll explain why as briefly as possible while still touching on key factors. While I do believe that a staff members...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Sep 20, 2013 in forum: Member and Staff Management
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    When administrating becomes more stressful than fun

    Everyone's a bit different when it comes to burning out, dealing with stress, work schedules, etc. So with that said, what works for one admin may...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Sep 20, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    What is the most popular section of your forum?

    Our Break Room (General / Off-topic) is actually only #6 in the most frequented forums on our site with domain appraisals still at #1. This is a...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Sep 20, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Likes or Karma or Reputation and Self-Moderation. What do you think?

    I think replacing award / recognition values with a Currency that can be converted to cash is even more subjective to manipulation of the system,...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Sep 3, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Likes or Karma or Reputation and Self-Moderation. What do you think?

    When we embark into a world where all kids get a trophy even in last place, we end up with our school system today and children not prepared for...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Aug 25, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Likes or Karma or Reputation and Self-Moderation. What do you think?

    You left out: Wow, that was extremely helpful, - or - OMG, that was the perfect answer and solution to my problem, - or - Yours was the best...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Aug 24, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Likes or Karma or Reputation and Self-Moderation. What do you think?

    When a person wins the gold at the Olympics, does he not wear it round his neck & then hang it on his wall? When a person graduates college, does...
    Post by: Eric Lyon, Aug 23, 2013 in forum: Managing Your Online Community