Connect, Share, Discuss, Discover, Grow
The non-profit Social network & Search engine - Est 2004

Overview of Anoox Discussions program

Anoox Discussions enables you to Discuss your ideas with real people, toward finding the best Answers to your ideas. You can create your own Discussion or Join an existing one. Because many studies have shown that when it comes to complex issues, "Crowd Wisdom" (aka People) produces the best Answers compared to Machines.

An added (really cool) feature of Anoox Discussions is that you can seamlessly embed your Discussions into your Site by just copy & pasting 2 lines of iframe code that you get after posting your Discussion.

Moreover, when you hold your Discussions here on Anoox Discussions, you stand to connect with new Opportunities and get more free traffic to your Site, based on how engaging your Discussions is and how Popular it gets.

How does it work?

1 Via Anoox Discussions you can Start a Discussion for Free about any ideas and subjects that are of interest to you. NOTE: If what you want to Discuss is for benefit of your Site, then please post as Paid Discussion.
2 We will then inform a few Hundred Anoox members that are interested in your Discussion subject that it has been posted.
3 We will also inform you when your Discussion is posted to the Public with the URL to it. So that you can notify your friends of your Discussion URL. And via this email we will also provide you the iframe code for your Discussion so that you can embed it into your Website.
4 Then watch the Answers come in and make sure to reply as you deem appropriate, toward having a lively Discussion.

How do I connect with new Opportunities?

When you post a good Discussion that becomes Popular, your Discussion page can get 100s and even 1000s of Pageviews over time. And all these People visiting your Discussion, can click on your nick_name which will then take them to your Profile page from where you can describe what Opportunities you are looking for and what Opportunities you are offering, thus connecting with new Opportunities.
How do I get more Free Traffic from this?

When you post a good Discussion that becomes Popular, your Discussion page can get 100s and even 1000s of Pageviews over time. And all these People visiting your Discussion, can click on your nick_name which will then take them to your Profile page. And you can include in your Profile page the URL of your Web site, so 1000s of People visiting your Profile page can click to arrive at your Site. In fact we have many members that report having got more Free Traffic to their Site this way than 1000s spent on Advertising.
How do I add my Discussion to my Site?

After you create your Discussion, we will email you a confirmation email which will contain what is known as an iframe code. This is an HTML code that you can then copy & paste into your Web site which will then result in your Anoox Discussion being seamlessly part of your Web Site so that your Site visitors can read and reply to your Discussion right from within your Site without having to come to Anoox to do so. So in effect, via this technology you will be able to embed a complex and rich Discussion forum into your Web site about any subject matter you like for free!
What makes a Good Discussion and thus becomes Popular?

First not every good Discussion becomes or should become Popular, which means have many Answers. There are countless number of good Discussion posted, which had only few Answers, but they were the Answers that the Discussion holder was looking for. With that said, below are a list of Steps you can take to make sure your are posting good Discussion and see it become wildly Popular.
1 Be a Giver not a Taker. This is Most important - Make sure that you have posted and are posting Answers to other members Questions or Discussions. A good rule of thumb is that you have posted at least 30 Answers to other members Discussions for each Discussions that you start. And you have thus Friended many by Answering their Questions and joining their Discussions. Your Friends list will then be informed of Discussions that you start and are thus much more likely to join your Discussions, when you have done same for others. And they are more likely to inform their Friends of your Discussions, which can make your Discussions go Big, if you have done the same for others.
2 Inform your Friends . When you start a Discussion, we will email a few Hundred Anoox members, and inform many more via the Site that are interested in your Discussions subject. But you can make your Discussions more Popular, and many times ignite a fire under its popularity flame, by informing your Friends and contact list of your Discussion posted on Anoox Discussions by posting your Discussion(s) to your Website via the iframe embed code that we will give you, emailing your friends the URL of your Discussion, posting it to your other Social media pages such as Facebook, etc.
3 Be genuine & engaged. Be genuinely interested in the Discussion that you are posting and be prepared to engage the Answer givers, with prompt replies, in back and forth debates over their Answers and your ideas about the Discussion you have started. Toward arriving at the best Answers via such lively Discussions.
4 Do not post a Discussion as a public discussion, when it is only intended to result in traffic to your Profile and thus your self interest only. Members will see such Discussion for what it is, and if it is not flagged as SPAM and thus get rejected, it will then at least be ignored or get few Answers. If you want to post a Discussion for your self interest, then please post it as a Paid Discussion.
5 Promptly reply to the Answers given. Nothing reflects worst on a member, and lowers member ranking, than ignoring Answers posted to their Discussion. OTOH, prompt and complete replies to Answers ensures you and your Discussions grow in Popularity quick.
6 If you are in agreement with the Answer given, then at least reply with a "Thank you" message.
7 If your Discussion can be better described and appreciated with Photos, make sure to include high quality photos with your Discussion. After all, the as old saying goes: "A picture is indeed worth a 1000 Words".
8 If your Discussion is specific to a Geographic location, then make sure to mark it as Targeted to your specific Geographic location and do not mark it as a WorldWide type Discussion.
9 And last but not least, NEVER EVER SPAM. So if your Discussion is for the Public interest, then and only then post it as a Free Discussion. OTOH, if your Discussion is for the benefit of your Web site and Business, and specially if you want to include the URL of your Web Site in your Discussion, then please Submit it as a Paid Discussion, aka Review My Site request.