Welcome PM/E-mail

Discussion in 'Managing Your Online Community' started by Nick, Jun 9, 2009.

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Which welcome messages do you send?

  1. Private Message

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  2. E-mail

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  3. Other

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  4. None

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  1. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

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    Do you send a welcome PM or e-mail to your members (either manually or automatically)? If so, what do you say in it? Do members often respond to these, thanking you for your welcome?
     
  2. Chris

    Chris Regular Member

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    I almost always send both a (personalized) private message and an e-mail message. By doing so, it increases the chances of them receiving and reading at least one of them, feeling a sense of warmth and community - hence, decreasing the chances of them registering for the hell of it and not posting at all.
     
  3. Tom

    Tom Regular Member

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    Yes, on both forums I have an automatic welcome PM.

    For Setsou Design:
    For Bird is the Word:
     
  4. Peggy

    Peggy Regular Member

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    I set up and send the welcome pm. Emails from vB are notorious for ending up in spam/bulk folders.
     
  5. Tom

    Tom Regular Member

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    Oh, yeah, that's true.

    Newsletters, too.
     
  6. Soliloquy

    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    I send them email/private message; on some forums I have this text customized from the vB default, others I haven't gotten around to it yet.
     
  7. Wayne Luke

    Wayne Luke Regular Member

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    I just turned off the Welcome Email and customized the Welcome PM. Plus I use the Notices system within vBulletin.
     
  8. DarkWarriorXII

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    I send the default welcome e-mail as well as a customized PM. Seems a lot of new members think I send them manually since they respond a lot of the time. That's alright. At least I know they're reading them. :P
     

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