Seun: The best way to make Nairaland (your blog) better is to frequently contribute quality content to the forum! Quality content usually comes in the form of original articles containing useful information, but sometimes it also comes in form of a question that motivates other people to contribute useful information.

The following posts are examples of what I mean by quality content:

>>Mamba: Useful WAP/MMS tips on Glo plus everything you need to know (meaty article)

>>Trish: Bar Beach (Victoria Island, Lagos) Has Overflown Its Bank Again! (breaking news)

>>Diakim: Why This Discrimination Between B.Sc & HND? (constructive debate)

>>Ra: Ingredients of a Healthy Relationship - Tayotina, Dominobaby (good question, good answers)

>>Review of trending movies (my paraphrase)


This list is definitely not exhaustive, but it is certainly instructive! The most important thing you can do to make the forum better is to share very useful content. The Nairaland Forum is a place to share useful information with fellow Nigerians.

The second most important way to promote this Forum (Nairaland/your blog) is by encouraging other people you know to visit this forum, register and participate regularly.

You are specifically encouraged to invite:
DOMAIN EXPERTS (ref): People with special knowledge or skills in a particular area. It doesn't matter whether they are professionals or enthusiasts; what matters is the knowledge or experience that these people have, and their willingness to share such knowledge with the rest of us! They can establish themselves as authorities in their respective fields by participating actively.

FAMOUS PEOPLE: Feel free to invite eople who are widely recognized in the society (Nigerian celebrities) to join Nairaland and participate actively. Movie stars, musicians, popular authors, high-ranking politicians, TV Show Hosts, et cetera. Famous people don't have to reveal their identities when they participate on this forum; Nairaland gives them the opportunity to just be themselves, and be appreciated for who they are!

PEOPLE CLOSE TO YOU: You are encouraged to invite people who are close to you to join the forum. Your husband, wife, boyfriends/girlfriends, friends, church-pals, pen-pals, family friends and relatives, siblings, or even parents are all welcome! This forum is a large, heterogenous community with people from various backgrounds. With people you know on the forum, you will feel certainly more at home! In any community, it pays to have one or people around who understand you very well!

BUSINESS PERSONS: Entrepreneurs, directors, business owners, investors, contractors, promoters, administrators, managers; people of influence in the workplace. Nairaland provides a forum where they can interact with hundreds of current or potential customers and get valuable feedback on products or services they offer or plan to offer. Don't be afraid to invite your boss to Nairaland. Who knows; he/she might discover something that will turn your company around!

LEADERS: Executives of church groups, youth groups, clubs, course representatives, etc.

JOURNALISTS: People of the media, so they can write about us.

Femi (Male Nairalander): Contents of You website should renewed from time to time.
Let your audience have fun. Boring stuffs should be discouraged

Cutie (Females Nairalander): Your website or blog should be colourful.


delarontus (Females Nairalander): I think you can add theme and animation on your blog too

jogego (Male Nairalander): Don't make changes to your blog too rapid. Audience will resist it.

demmy (Male Nairalander): Delegate some task to moderators. Encourage people to volunteer to be your moderator.

Those were the most relevant responses of Mr Seun and some sets of Nairalander on that trend

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