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Discussion Boards
Message Boards or e-mail Listservs connect you with website visitors in real time, or when it's most convenient. These features make it easy to keep in touch with a large group of people. You may post news bulletins, share ideas, and increase significantly your networking capabilities.
Discussion boards and ListServs are great features for any business that wishes to enhance their networking capabilities, as well as retain and grow their client list. These tools provide a convenient way to keep up with office or client communication. SAMSA offers both so you can choose which feature(s) are right for you.
Discussion boards (sometimes called bulletin boards) primarily serve as a website based communication tool by allowing people to read and respond to postings. Benefits of a discussion board:
- Messages are threaded so you can follow the response flow in chronological
order and see who has posted what
- Messages are archived on the website for a history purpose as well as
to help bring about key words that will give weight to your website in search
engine results
- Excellent for large groups to share ideas and post news in a clear and simple manner
ListServs are an email based communication tool. In this feature, a single email is sent out to every member of a particular ListServ. Benefits of a ListServ:
- Ability to set up one or multiple ListServs
- ListServs allow you to send out news, coupons, and other promotional
material
- Option of SAMSA setting up two way messaging allowing list members to
respond to messages that then reach all other members or opting for SAMSA
to tailor a one way ListServ that prohibits replies to mailings.
- Assurance that your information will securely be protected if you choose to have your ListServ in a password-protected area for members only
Combining these powerful tools create a dynamic, user-friendly method of communication. ListServ messages also get posted to the website in a threaded, archived discussion areas. Additional benefits of this combination include the ability for members to respond to emails directly on the website .
SAMSA has installed discussion boards, ListServs, or a combination of both for many types of businesses. For screenshots of existing clients using discussion boards please see our portfolio.
| Associations | |
|---|---|
| Saginaw County Bar Association | 2 way ListServ and discussion board for member communication |
| Bay Area Association of Mechanical Plumbers | password protected ListServs with bulletin board “members swap shop” |
| Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks | 2 way ListServ and bulletin board for member and public communication |
| Michigan County Road Association | 7 password protected committee ListServs with web-based administration |
| Organizations | |
| 1 way informational ListServ | |
| Volunteers for China | 1 way informational ListServ |
| Ecommerce Websites | |
| CKB Wholesale Products | 1 way ListServ for announcements and coupons |
| FCM Rail | 1 way ListServ for announcements |
| Healthcare Professionals | |
| Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, P.C. | password protected ListServ and bulletin board for physician communication |
