MonsterSmallBusiness Forum |
MonsterCommerce has always looked for ways to improve communication with our clients. The success of our clients is crucial to the success of the company, so we strive to remain in tune with your satisfaction level and needs. One of the features we’ve added recently to provide an outlet for communication is to provide a community forum. The MonsterSmallBusiness forum, available at forums.monstersmallbusiness.com, accomplishes many goals:
Providing you with a venue for meeting other small business owners to share experiences and information
Meet new people, and begin networking. The success of your business will be enhanced through the free exchange of ideas. If you want to get involved easily and keep a finger on the pulse of the industry, this is a great way to get started. Through the use of this forum, you will learn more about the features of MonsterCommerce software and our family of services. You will also have the opportunity to meet others who are in the same boat as you. This is the forum for you to discuss your obstacles and successes with your online store.
Giving you an outlet to share your experiences pertaining to the MonsterCommerce software and services
Think you’re the only one who noticed something new or different about your site today? Probably not. Check out the forums each day, and find out what people are talking about today. The hot topic might be a new way to use style sheets, drive traffic to your site or an announcement about an important upcoming event, change or even discounts. The more you know about those factors that affect your business, the better prepared you will be in the future to anticipate change.
Give the MonsterCommerce staff an opportunity to hear about the experiences of our clients
In order to target areas for improvement and opportunities for new features and services, all of the members of the MonsterCommerce staff are encouraged to stay active and involved in the forums. Many of the forum categories and sub forums are visited frequently by members of the MC team who specialize in that area. We are watching hot topics and responding to be of further help to you. Our goal is always to make processes stream-lined, documented, easy to understand, and helpful. We want to make sure you are successful, so the forum provides an invaluable tool for us to gauge our success with that task.
The forum has so far been successful in accomplishing these objectives. If you are already using the forum, we encourage you to continue to do so, for your benefit and to help enhance future offerings and services. However, if you have yet to venture into the world of online forums or simply haven’t had a chance to try out MonsterCommerce’s own, take advantage of this article for tips on forum usage, specifics about categories and hot topics, and basic instructions on getting around and getting the most out of its many features. We look forward to reading about your experiences both with MC software and in the business world, and we hope you’ll enjoy the forums as well. |
Forum Hot Topics & Categories |
Haven’t used the MonsterSmallBusiness Community Forum yet? Getting started is very easy. Simply go to forums.monstersmallbusiness.com, and click on “Register” in the pink bar near the top of the screen. Follow the step-by-step instructions for registering yourself with a new login and password. The first time you log in to the forums after you have registered, you will have the chance to click on “Remember Me”. This will allow you to skip over the login process as long as you are using the same computer. However, you should keep record of your password information. The first time that you log in, you should see “Logged in as:” with your username. Now you are ready to begin browsing and checking out the features available.
The home screen for the forum, once you are logged in, will automatically show the following categories as a default.
MonsterCommerce Announcements
Usually created by MonsterCommerce staff members, these posts will provide information about important changes and additions to services.
MonsterCommerce
Frequently Asked Questions about software usage, online documentation, merchant accounts, add-ons and other software development questions can be posted here.
MonsterWebPromotion
This category primarily focuses on the services available through www.monsterwebpromotion.com but also incorporates general chat about search engine optimization and online marketing techniques.
MonsterWebDesign
This section allows users to discuss the aspects of design as it pertains to the MonsterCommerce storefront and also includes discussion of services available at www.monsterwebdesign.com.
MonsterSmallBusiness
Frequently used by MonsterCommerce staff to post important and useful articles and tutorials, this space also allows you to give general feedback and discuss your online business experiences.
MonsterCommerce Staff
Used privately by MonsterCommerce staff.
Board Statistics
View the extent of activity that goes through the forum while you are using it. See what other members are online at the same time as you, and also view important upcoming events and general activity statistics such as how many total posts have been made or who the newest user is.
The hottest or newest topics are most easily viewable by clicking on “View New Posts” at the top right of any forum screen. This will take you to the newest posts from today. Click on the topic title to be taken to the entire thread. Click on the post under the “Last Action” column to view the newest post to this thread.
Easy Tip : All of the categories and subcategories can be conveniently accessed by utilizing the drop down menu at the bottom right of any forum page.
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