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How to make a Popular Habbo Retro! - Part One
Hey guys, Raina here [: Thought i would just write a few things to help you guys out with your hotels. Ok so yeah i had split this into parts..
*The text that you have entered is too long (7864 characters). Please shorten it to 1000 characters long.*.. My bad [:
So first of all.. you need to be thinking , what are the users going to be seeing first? Why? Because these factors are what determines the difference between users signing up or looking for other hotels.
- Banner
- Log in page
- Sign up Pages
- Homepage
Ok so before you even think of doing any advertising , get these done, because there is no point advertising if users aren't impressed and don't want to sign up, now is there?
I think the normal log in and register pages are the best, because some people just don't like having different types, BUT that doesn't mean you can't customize those pages. Different backgrounds, and pictures give your hotel the unique factor and you need a unique factor!
Why? Well whats stopping users staying on the popular habbo retros? You need to make your hotel stand out!
Next, you need to be thinking, ok they've logged in, gone onto client... what to they check? Yes the catalog! This is probably one of the most important in client features, cause this is what users do.
"Meh hotel looks good, (logs in) (checks Catalog) Oh.. they dont have this and that (logs off)"
There.. you've lost a user who probably will never come back cause he remembers the catalog was rubbish!
Anything that isn't in your catalog, they will know and that is what they will want!
So make sure that you have every new and updated furni in there! Also, Organization! I hate Catalogs, where you can''t find anything because they're muddled up and here and there
And organized catalog will have..
- Furni by basic ( this is your total basic furni - mode, lodge, plants, bathroom, so on and so forth)
- Furni by culture ( your cultural furni - tiki, lost tribe, African, Egypt, jungle, japan ect.)
- Furni by season ( Christmas, Summer, Love, Valentines ect.)
- Furni by theme ( any furni that doesn't go in any of the above themes!)
Also merging furni's like Valentines 2011 - 2012 - Love, or All the Christmas Furni ect. Don't do too much merging cause then you'll get users complaining they can't find anything!
- Wired furni, Pets ( make sure you have all pets and accessories) Games ect, self explanatory [:
- Now the Habbo club you can be unique with, instead of calling it (Hotel Name) Club, why not call it Squiggly Club , or w.e LOL bad example ik ahaha but you get what i mean!
Also sort the icons for you're news :]
Customs, meh yes/ no don't care, as long as you have the other furni. Custom furni can sometimes look a tad tacky, but if you have good customs, then why not, give a unique factor)
Ok so we have the perfect log in, homepage ect. They've logged in, like the catalog [: all good... until they get bored, leave and never come back...
TRUST ME, First impressions count so BADLY because when that user leaves because they didn't like something THEY DO NOT COME BACK!
- Rotw ! Always have Rotw, cause some users just go on for rotw, it gives them something to do when no one is online!
- Unique Weeklies are great too!
: COTW... i don't like that much but that's just because i hate casinos haha!
: Guess the furni is great! Get a zoomed in distorted picture of furni and the user that guesses it gets prize.
: The Vault, is an amazing idea, defo think about getting this!
: Stat pages are great because it gets users competing ect.
And maybe think up some of your own!
So that keeps them from getting bored.. some of the time, but what about the whole other 80% of the time. This is the major bit where staff go wrong!
Events! I have been in so many hotels where Event staff keep saying *we are just waiting for a few more people*..... hour later * just a few more* Ok Just no! :L
If you don't have enough people to do ff, or w.e DO OTHER EVENTS WHERE YOU DON'T NEED MANY PEOPLE! Sorry haha , over friendly with the caps there ;3
OK?! *Ahh but what events can you do with like 1-3 players*
Well ;3 read on m'lovelys!
- Dont touch my floor
- Casino
- Higher or Lower
- Races
- Beat the Dragon
- Dont say yes or no
- Mazes
- Trivia
Ok there is 8 events you could be doing! And this means users aren't leaving because after an hour, other people haven't come on :L
Yabbo was got to be the most popular and fun hotels around.. Why?
Quests, Mazes, Compititions, Unique badges and so on and so forth.
You need to keep your users busy, entertained! Or they will leave!
And get some *bored as hell comps in there* Send out a :ha saying the person who can give me the best homework excuse wins a rare or send out random quiz questions * Who ever can tell me the colour of *owners* hair wins rare!
There is so much you can do!
Ok Now onto staff, another place where hotels go horribly wrong. Hire staff that are not just your friends but are fun, friendly and mental! Ok don't get staff that will say Hi to a user, and that is it!
- Owner, better with one, two's company, three is just a mistake! Cause then you get, oh did you hire him, no i thought you did.. yeah not good :L
Also to add in, Owners please try be online and talkative, Ik yous are busy with all the hotel things, but if you don't talk to your users.. they get upset HAHA like kids ;3
(Users like to share ideas and most staff don't want to hear it, but you never know, some of those ideas could be pretty handy)
- Mods, ok you only need 1-2 of these at the start. And get Mods that are popular with your users because they are fun and friendly.. rude staff are awful and cause users to leave! Also Mods are not only responsible for keeping users safe and happy, they should be doing events as well! Maybe not ff or dont touch my floor, but the random ones i was talking about *Best homework excuse* ect
Also later on I'll talk about making quests ect [: If you're not dead asleep by now haha (writing a book here D: sorry <3)
- Event staff
Have an Event manager, who will host the big events like rotw, quests ect, Also if the owner agrees, event managers should also be responsible for hiring Event staff [:
Event staff are the ones you need to be friendly, fair and fun! OK?! Who will do events all the time no matter what and don't sit on there arses all day saying yeah.. maybe later! get around 2-4 Event staff!
- T-Mods, self explanatory
- Admins, ok people get confused about admins, Admins are the ones with db access, who edit things like the catalog and the homepage. Not people called admins who dont do anything :L
Hiring staff.. I rather handpick, so ik what im getting and you dont get bugged 24/7 about job interviews<3
I'll write some more posts later ;3 Thanks for reading. If you have any questions email me at askraina@ymail.com [: (Look out for some more postys!)
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