Welcoming and following member

byRosie021

436 followers

Updated 11 years ago

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to point out something I noticed quite often since I have been a member of WA.

We All Love to...

Welcome New members

Thank members for following

And posting feedback

That's one of the great things about WA...

It is truly amazing to have found a wonderful community that wants to help each other succeed and doing all the things above is one of the things that keeps us going. It is very important to do all of the above to keep this community heading in a positive direction. I can say from experience I have never felt so welcomed and motivated with any other company and I know the majority of you feel the same way.

So something to keep in mind...

We want everyone to feel welcome and we want everyone to know we are real. When welcoming new member and posting feedback and following messages myself I come across profiles where the user name is way different from the actual members name. I also see several posts where members reply or welcome other members and address them by there profile name. Honestly I feel that might be an o.k. thing to do while you are doing live chat but that's about it. I have came across many profiles where only Kyle,Carson, or the members mentor has addressed the member by their actual name. Someone very skeptical like many of us were might just feel it's a computer generated reply even though they can visit the persons profile.

Also we want...

Not only do we want everyone to feel welcome here at WA but we also want everyone to be comfortable. I personally have scrolled and scrolled down the page of many members profiles just so I can address them by their first name and also to put a "NAME" to a "FACE". My personal opinion is that most of the time it's easier to remember a "DAVID" to a face rather then a "HbK201" to a face.

Please keep in mind though...

Please keep in mind though that some people love creating user names because they don't like their own. That's perfectly cool. I strongly suggest if your profile user name is totally different than your actual name because of that reason update your profile and tell people how you would like to be addressed. That will save time for members who scroll down your page looking for your real name some time. I for one would appreciate that because I look for real names for a few reasons.

If the profile...

I don't know what does everyone think?If the profile doesn't have information on what a member wants to be called and it is a user name like "HbK201" do you think it would make a member especially a new member feel more welcome? Not only welcome but even a little more appreciated that you took the time even if it's a brief moment to find out their real name?

A great feeling...

Not only will some members feel more welcome and appreciated but it can make the member posting the message feel good too. Personally I feel fantastic when I do this because even though it is something small and most of the time it doesn't take long to do, it makes me feel I took that extra step to get to know a member.

And always remember...

"Many of the little things you do for others sometimes can be considered a huge thing to them."

Also...

"Doing what might seem small to you for someone else is actually a huge way to pay it forward"

Cheers to your success,

- Rosie