Welcoming people to BP

[Katie Fairchild]

I joined BP a little over a week ago, and was happy to find the Welcome new members to BP. I did introduce myself. And did get a few responses of welcoming me.

My searching for funds, Investors, etc. will probably not work out, and that is fine, as I really did not know how things worked on this. But, I will stay here, as the site has so much more information that I need to educate myself on, such as HOA, lease with option to buy, and the list can go on and on. I did not know that there was such a thing as birddogs in real estate, and I might be pretty good at that.

Anyway, this site can be somewhat intimidating to newcomers, as it is somewhat hard to learn how to navigate it, at least in my opinion, but the more time I spend on it, the easier it gets. Plus, some people are shy, and afraid to ask questions. And welcoming them when they submit to the forum, I think is so important. There was an individual that joined yesterday, and no one said hello or welcome aboard, yet his post was read 33 times.

I read on another forum, what would it take to get people to engage more on BP, and I will probably go back and comment on that again.

I use to be an admin on a fairly large social networking site, and I had several volunteers, to include myself, to welcome new members. This turned out to be very valuable, and these new members invited other members to join. I also had it set up that when a member joined, that useful information was given on how to navigate the site.

I will be visiting BP as much as my time allows, as it is a great site with so much valuable information. But there is not as much engagement in conversations on BP than I had expected. I think if this could be changed, more people would stick with BP, invite their friends, and communicate more with other members via forum discussions, blogs, groups, etc. And having more people welcome new members would go a long way.

Just my thought, and just trying to help.