Don’t get me wrong,
If used right,
Auto-DMs are a good feature!👌
But they’re lacking one important part:
A personal touch👥
“The way a member joins your community determines how active they’re going to be.”
If you’re welcoming them with an auto-generated message,
they’re much more likely to not even be active at all in your community🙅♂️
BUT,
If you actually take the time to make a personalized Loom for them,
showing them around and inviting them to a call,📞
where you just want to get to know them.
They’re much more likely to be active afterwards!🙋♂️
Look, we as humans seek interaction with other humans.
If you tell them to introduce themselves,🗣️
they’ve automatically started interacting with members in your community.
Because there will always be some people welcoming them.
Well, it’ll be at least you👋
PLUS,
You can also use this method to book more onboarding calls☎️
Just tell them:
“If you found this call helpful,
I’d be happy for you to make a post about it in the community.
This will help me speak to more people. Thank you!”
There’s one downside though, it’ll take you more time to welcome everyone⏰
But that’s what an engaged community is worth :)