Messiahnyde's blog: "Excito Diabolus"

Greeting in Excito Diabolus

Excito Diabolus is not a lounge like other lounges.  We do not offer nudity on cam to keep our members.  We do not play all the music that the radio plays in order to use the fan-base of the radio to keep our members.  We are a lounge that prides itself on being a good lounge because of the Good People and the Hard Work of the DJs and Greeters.

That means it is That Much Harder Work for us to keep our members, as we are advertising a place that has a smaller Fan-base than the lounges who play everything and/or have cams that will give you a show for your membership.  It is up to the Greeters to keep the people in here.  The More Viewers we have, the Happier the DJs are.  The More People hanging out, the more DJs will want to DJ here.

How to be a Good Greeter in a Place Like Excito

A Good Greeter in a Place Like Excito Diabolus Needs to be Quick to Welcome People into the Lounge.  This doesn't mean to say Hi and go back to your conversation.  This means to make that person feel as if he/she is wanted here.  A person entering the lounge will Leave if he/she isn't spoken to.  Some are more quick to engage in conversation than others, so don't be afraid to *shake them* to get their attention.  It is a good practice to randomly look in the member box at people who are not talking, and speak to them so they will talk.

Speaking to multiple people at once, such as saying "Hi everyone who just came in" is impersonal.  It is much better to speak to  each person individually, so it seems as if you are genuinely interested in speaking to that person.  

Try to give people something to respond to, don't answer a question with "Yes" "No" "cool".  Those things are uninterested answers that do not require a response.  Instead, maybe try answering with a descriptive answer.  Replace the "Yes" with a "Yes, because..." or a more descriptive way that may get a response out of the person.  The more a person talks and opens up, the more likely that person is to stay.

A major killer of the chat in Excito is when a talkative person says "brb i need to shower", and then another person says "yea good idea, i'll go shower too".  That just pulled 2 chatters out of the lounge, so the chat will suffer.  It is a bad time to go away from your keyboard if that just happened.  If you need to go, then by all means, take care of your Real Life stuff.  If it can be postponed until the person comes back, that is better for the lounge.  Once the chat dies, it is hard to recover.  

Cover Eachother.  If a fellow staff member needs to go fix something to eat, cover that person so that they can come back to a chatty lounge.  It is very stressful and boring to come back from eating and there's no chat going on.  We all work hard to keep this place awesome, so to let it all die down because we didn't cover eachother when someone walks away is very frustrating.  If there are 3 greeters in the lounge, and one goes to take a shower, and you decide that you want to go watch tv for an hour or so, you just left a greeter in there by himself.  If it's possible, wait for the person to get back from the shower so that there are more people participating.  This is a team effort, everybody needs to be respected enough to cover eachother's backs.

Another Big Enemy of Excito's Activity Level is the LIKE Button.  Too many times our chat has gone dead and you look in your Feed and you see the greeters/staff Liking People nonstop.  They are just points.  If you are close to leveling, or you have some Bling Activated, then by all means, go level, but please consider how it will affect the Lounge.  We work hard to keep this place alive, please be considerate of our hard work. 

We are not trying to Hire MEMBERS in Excito.  We are hiring STAFF.  This doesn't mean that you have to LIVE HERE.  You can be here once a week, if that's all the time you have.  What we need from you is to Care about the progress of Excito.  This means that if you have Free Time or you are ONLINE, You should be here helping us.  I am not saying to ignore your kids or to call in sick from work.  I'm saying that if you are online, you can be helping, so why not?  We need your help here very badly, we are hiring you with the confidence that you will be a productive staff member, and help us to keep the place alive.  Video Games and Television are our biggest enemies.  People will let us die to play a video game.  That is not what we are hiring Greeters for.  If you are genuinely here to help us, and you have free time to help, we need you :)

Welcome to Excito Diabolus Staff

Please Let Me Know by Commenting Below whether you agree with this or not. Or if you have any Questions Feel Free to Ask.

Feel free to post any suggestions on the content of this blog.  Maybe it is too aggressive? Maybe it isn't Aggressive Enough? Maybe I Left Something Out?  Your Comment Should Not Affect how we treat you in the lounge, nor will it affect whether or not you are Hired, unless of course you are just unwilling to acknowledge the contents of this blog.  

Comment Below if you agree to be a good Greeter at Excito Diabolus :)