Recognizing our Active Users!

One of the comments that we get most frequently from our users is “I love the responses that I get from other Circle of Moms users.  How do I know which users are the experts and provide the most trustworthy feedback, though?”  This is a great question and we’ve taken it to heart.  Today, we released a couple of features that we think will help our users answer this question: user stats and badges!  We’re very excited about these new features and are eager to get your feedback on them.

User Stats

This feature is exactly what you’d expect it to be: users can see how frequently people contribute to the Circle of Moms community.  Right now we have five items that we measure: conversation posts, conversations started, questions answered, firsts and wall posts.

Circle of Moms Profile with User Statistics

This makes it very easy to see who is active and who is just passing by.

Badges

Badges are a great way for us to reward and recognize our most passionate users.  They are a fun and easy way for us to let you know who stands out in the Circle of Moms community and why!

SmartyPants – For moms that have helped other mothers in the past and proven themselves to be wise by giving valuable responses to conversations and questions, we have the SmartyPants badge.  These moms are very helpful.  If you come across one, feel free to reach out to her with your question; she has helped others in the past, and will most likely help you, too!

Social Butterfly – For moms that are warm and welcoming to the other members of the Circle of Moms community, we have the Social Butterfly badge.  One of the aspects of Circle of Moms that we love most is that the community is warm and provides constructive and caring feedback to other moms.  The social butterflies create the friendly atmosphere that makes this all possible.  Thank you!

Administrator – We have over 2,000 user-created communities and it was the community administrators that made this possible.  These women take the initiative to create a community in which moms can share advice, recommendations and empathy.  They keep the level of activity in Circle of Moms high and we love them for it.

Mom-trepreneur – We have a deep amount of respect for moms that run their own business and want to support them however we can.  The Mom-trepreneur badge identifies those moms who are also businesswomen and have registered their business with Circle of Moms.  Once you do this, we will promote your business to the Circle of Moms community and help drive traffic to your site.  If you are interested in registering your business, please go to http://www.circleofmoms.com/ad_create.php.

We hope you enjoy these new features.  Please let us know what you think of them in the comments!