Great new feature on Qhub – enable ‘Guest posts’

As of today, all Qhub owners can allow people to contributions to their sites as a ‘Guest’. It’s an added extra that has been developed especially for you and is still completely free!

How?

Log into your Qhub (the one you created) and go to your ‘Settings’ link in the top right hand corner and choose ‘Qhub Privacy Settings‘.

Select the check box to ‘Allow Guest Contributions‘. [Read more →]

7 Things Not To Do With Online Q & A

In a previous post, I advocated numerous ways on how a Q & A section on your website benefits your business. According to a Reuters report[1] published a year ago, about three-quarters of small businesses did not take to social media yet — some 86% percent of small businesses in the United States alone.

Good news is that, according to the same report, about 42% of small businesses in U.S have used social media to generate leads, develop communities and make sales.?Roughly 38% of those who do use social marketing have no idea how to do it and are still ?trying to learn?. Learning is good, but making mistakes can be expensive. Here are some 7 Things not to do with your online Q&A site:

Don?t treat customers like sheep that need to be herded, because they are not

Some of the administrators of forums, communities, Q & A sites and other social media hubs tend to take on a ?holier-than-thou? attitude and generally be tough to please. When you are moderating a Q & A site or having someone do it for you, make sure that the administrators or moderators of the forum are pleasant, lively and enthusiastic folks. Treating customers like little school children, getting irritated for some seemingly innocent questions customers ask, etc., are signs of patronizing your customers and this must be totally avoided on your online Q & A program. [Read more →]

Qhub’s got some great new features

Qhub is growing rapidly and that’s thanks to all of you. To ensure that you and your users get the best experiences possible, we have introduced 3 great new features on every Qhub:

Comments

With the new ‘comments‘ function, anyone that asks a question can comment on answers received and those that answer can comment on their own answers. A useful tool to enable conversations between the asker and the answerer. Why not give it a try. If you like someones answer, let them know! It’s easy to do. [Read more →]

5 Ways To Promote Your Qhub

A highly trafficked Qhub can be a great tool for your business. When others regard you as an authority on a topic, they will trust your brand and any products or services (even your own) that you endorse. [Read more →]

11 Reasons Why You Should Have a Qhub

While the Internet is bursting at its seams with over 1.83 billion ¹ users and still counting, the raging, almost insatiable thirst for more information is still largely unmet. True, there is more information at our fingertips than ever before, but nothing beats the momentary thrill of getting your questions answered by people in the know ? the experts, casual users, and opinion leaders. Millions of users on consumer opinion forums, review sites, Yahoo! Answers and Twitter are pounding away questions all waiting to be answered. How then, could you possibly benefit from having a Qhub? [Read more →]

Gravatar integration

We have recently integrated Gravatar’s into Qhub’s. This means that if you already have an existing gravatar you shall no longer need to upload an avatar as we shall use your gravatar. But don’t worry if you have already got an avatar or want to use a different avatar, you can still use your own avatar by uploading one via Settings.

For more on gravatar visit gravatar.com

Private or public – which one’s for you?

You might have noticed (and read about) our fantastic new tool that enables you, as a Qhub creator, to choose the privacy of your Qhub via the ‘Qhub Privacy Settings’ page.

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Now even easier to create your Qhub!

We have been working hard recently, on the Qhub sign-up process.? When you want to create a Qhub now, you are prompted to customise your design, add some sample questions and choose how the general public can contribute.

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Qhub’s new features

Since you last looked at Qhub.com, we have made some additions to the site that we think you will really like. [Read more →]

Customize your Qhub

Today, we will look at how you can customize your Qhub site to look more personal to you or to match your own website. [Read more →]