I read a post in our Show and Tell Community forum the other day that made me smile. A customer was looking for inspiration to make his company Web site better and did not want to hire a professional designer. He wanted to see examples of other sites built using only Office Live Small Business tools and templates.
What made me smile was how quickly – really within minutes– another entrepreneur responded with exactly the information that had been requested. Others chimed in too as the day progressed, offering their thoughts.
So for me there were two take-aways from that post that I wanted to share with you:
1. Our Community is working the way a good community should. People are eager to jump in and help each other. If you haven’t discovered this yet, check it out.
2. Our Community often delivers the inspiration that novice Web designers seek. A lot of really knowledgeable, interesting folks and lots of different points of view hang out there—folks like RxDave, who recommended the following sites in his response to the post I mentioned earlier. (Note that these are not Microsoft sites.)
Obviously I’m a big believer in the power of Community – but I’d be curious to hear your perspective. Do you like to participate in forums like ours? Why or why not?
Hope to see you in a thread,
Filiberto Selvas