Maybe an incentive for members to visit more-perhaps a free membership, discount or something for fan box member of the week?
As a fan who often is in the Fan Box, maybe rewarding (even more) those fans that come in and post. Reward the Charms that come in and interact. Give some level of incentive for using the Fan Box
Why it's not good to provide incentives to people to visit/participate/post on the fan box:
You might think that offering a freebie or a discount to guys who participate/post or even visit the fan box is a smart way to boost SC's and your sites' reputation. There are many reasons why this strategy can backfire and hurt in the long run.
First of all, we would be devaluing our sites and also
creating a dependency on external rewards, rather than building trust and loyalty with fans based on the quality and value of what SC and you as a model offer.
Secondly, the very nature of SC and each charm site is based on customer satisfaction. Incentives to "enjoy yourself" to those who don't have the desire aren't sustainable. Let's face it, there are guys who enjoy just looking at the pictures, and who don't care about text. There are guys who enjoy chatting with the charms. There are guys who just want to find a quick relief. There are guys who have favorites and follow them for years. There are many many types of SC fans and we can't try and force them to participate here on the fan box IF they don't have the desire too.
We want to find the fans that have a genuine satisfaction and appreciation for SC and our sites.
Like the fans that already post here! Once we find those fans, they'll want to stay on their own
Thirdly, we would be wasting resources and energy on chasing short-term gains, rather than focusing on long-term growth and sustainability. We wouldn't be creating a loyal fan base that will support us through thick and thin, but rather a fickle crowd that would jump ship as soon as they find a better deal elsewhere. We would miss out on hearing what our fans like and dislike.
And Lastly, UNLIKE the SC main site, there's no age verification process on the fan box. Legal ramifications could arise for DIRECTLY providing memberships to a porn site to an undisclosed minor. We have no way of covering our butts so to speak on the fanbox.
We don't want to pay someone to enjoy our product. We want legitimate fans who honestly enjoy our content and have a desire to socialize with us on our fanbox.
This is the scenario that would be a win win for all of us who frequent the fan box.
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The question I have is what is the intent of the fan box and what incentive will get people to help accomplish the intent.
The intent of the fanbox is to provide "rewards" in the form of fans being able to socialize and experience a little more of the SC web site. It's an extension of the SC web site. It's a place where charms can meet up with their fans, and create interest in their sites. Where they can hear what fans like and don't like. Get new ideas. And socialize with like minded adults.
The fan box needs to be entertaining
for both sides in order to be successful.
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allow those people that come on and look (not registered) to see that Registered Fan (XYZ123)just received a monthly membership to his favorite charm for being interactive
The only thing that "guests" can't see on the fanbox is the files attached. They can't see the photos. This goes back to what I keep asking about............I don't understand why those who are guests don't register and log in. Take the contest thread for instance, when a guest logs in, they must become aware that there are photos there, yet they don't log in........I don't understand what they find so interesting by just the text we post.
I truly wish that an unregistered guest would explain it to me. It's definitely a mystery and it's something that I think is KEY to unlocking why we don't have alot of participation.
And as I mentioned earlier, we need sustainable and growing fans to help us support our sites. Giving someone a free membership isn't going to accomplish that. It's like finding a $20 on the sidewalk. You put it in your pocket and it's made your day
BUT do you ever go back to that same spot in the sidewalk and pick up another $20?
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Someone had mentioned FanBox Fan of the month and Charm of the Month contests. I believe this was done before. Fans actually were picking a charm I think, and it's been so long ago, but I kinda remember that I may have done a fanbox fan contest?
Anyways, I don't have the time available to run more contests, but if anyone wants to do these contests for everyone that's cool!
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I hope more continue to post here. I'm lovin' all the ideas
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:17 am
