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LP-Trel
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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:02 am Post subject: Creating a community welcome letter |
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I was thinking of writing a community welcome letter and thought it might be a good idea that the community welcome letter be a collaborative effort of the community to welcome new members.
What do you think should be included in the welcome letter to help people get started? 
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marinaroz
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I think there should be a short explanation of the point system and reference to site rules and hosting information.
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LP-Trel
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That is a good start.
If anyone would care to write a paragraph or two or five, we can certainly make it a collaborative effort (Read: An effort that makes it so Trel doesn't have to write it.  ).
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Scoby007
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: |
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yeah I think this is a great idea I also think you could point out the benefits of being a member here at LP for example all the really usefull advice that people can obtain by posting - thats one of the key benefits for me
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ClickFanatic
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Hello and welcome to Lifelesspeople.com,
Lifelesspeople, or LLP/L2P for short, is a free webhost that is supported by an active community.
[..] (some more intro-talk)
LLP offers free webhosting to members of the community through the unique Pay-by-Post system. Participating in the community via the forum is rewarded with points, which can be used to 'pay' for the hosting service.
[..] (reference to the point explanation page?)
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Little time now, so maybe I'll write some more stuff later. |
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Jacky
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| ClickFanatic wrote: | Hello and welcome to Lifelesspeople.com,
Lifelesspeople, or LLP/L2P for short, is a free webhost that is supported by an active community.
[..] (some more intro-talk)
LLP offers free webhosting to members of the community through the unique Pay-by-Post system. Participating in the community via the forum is rewarded with points, which can be used to 'pay' for the hosting service.
[..] (reference to the point explanation page?)
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This could be used, but that's not all.
The letter should include URLs to KB articles which can help beginners to start at L2P. Things include what is PBPP, VSP, RDP, how to sign up for hosting, the plans, and how it work.
All these are normally thought by one who wants to get free hosting, but he will need to know what to do to get it.
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AtlJoker
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Yeah! And something that explains the different color point thinges. I still haven't figured those things do and how I get the gold and blue ones.
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Jorjel
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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And how about after the letter you post some of the users thoughts. You know, like testimonials 
Jorjel says: "Great community, great hosting!"
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Neil
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| version2 wrote: | | Maybe it's just me, but testimonials turn me off. |
Perhaps we should create a testimonial thread that can be referred to in the welcome letter.
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Good day and welcome to the community at Lifelesspeople.com! We are happy to see you become part of this place and hope you will benefit from our services for years to come.
The keyword in Lifelesspeople.com is people. We are about helping you and you helping us. At the end of the day, our ultimate goal is to help eachother. Whether it is through the critique you receive for your website or finding someone to design a header for your new layout, we sit in front of our monitors to create a community of fellow webmasters who are open to collaboration and critique.
The best place to start is the Knowledge Base. Read a few articles. Get a feel for what we are about. If you have any questions, it would be more than legit for you to ask. After all, our focus is community.
Once again, the whole community at Lifelesspeople.com extends a lifeless welcome to you. Good day. Stay lifeless.
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Jorjel
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Yes, indeed. A topic with testimonials to be referred to would be better. And Neil's starting letter is quite good. So, what's it gonna be?
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Jacky
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| Jorjel wrote: | | Yes, indeed. A topic with testimonials to be referred to would be better. And Neil's starting letter is quite good. So, what's it gonna be? |
And testimonials should be made by L2P users who have been here for 1.5 years and more than a certain post count, to make it believable.
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| Jacky wrote: | | Jorjel wrote: | | Yes, indeed. A topic with testimonials to be referred to would be better. And Neil's starting letter is quite good. So, what's it gonna be? |
And testimonials should be made by L2P users who have been here for 1.5 years and more than a certain post count, to make it believable. |
But what if we hate Lifelesspeople.com and its community?
Kidding aside, if there are testimonials, it should be fully fleshed out testimonials (like a couple paragraphs) as opposed to one-line quotes.
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