The Ultimate Real Official Cheatsheet for Running Your User Generated Content Site.

Here is a cheatsheet/scorecard/checklist/whatever that list tactics, policies and mindsets you should use on any User Generated Content site (review site, forum, help site, hobby, etc…).

This is how you get more participation (aka more content) written by users.

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DFHU Quick Tip: Fighting Spam With User Exeperience Metrics

As we all know captchas can greatly reduce conversion rates for legitimate user generated content (UGC).

So how can we use User Experience Metrics, (i.e. clicks, scrolls, active time on site … like those gathered by freetale) in order to fight spam?

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DFHU Quick Tip: Save the Juice for Periodic Content

Many niches have periodic events such as holidays, quarterly reports, retrospectives, best-of lists, etc… where each period begins/ends with some similar, but updated content.

For instance if you run a dating advice site, you might run a contest every year for free valentines day gifts to give to your significant other.

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A Mind For Converting Readers To Organic Linkers

Many of your readers also have websites or social media sites that they are members of.

With that in mind, if you are generating valuable content for these readers than in addition to trying to convert them into buyers you should also considered looking at your readers as potential organic linkers (people who will link to you).

The word “convert” should automatically trigger your little Internet Marketing brain into thinking conversion funnel.

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DFHU Quick Tip: Teaching Your Affiliates Through Keyword Bounty Hunting

We all know that google bombs have been dead for years now, but maybe you can still ‘own’ a bunch of the SERPs for a collection of keywords?

Here is the scoop.

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