Here is a handy guide to how 10 different types of users can use Bighow and have fun with online publishing:

1. If You Are A Citizen Journalist:

- Use Bighow to report about news & events, make announcements, connect with fellow citizen journalists.

- All citizen journalists are automatically tagged according to their location based on data you fill during joining.

- Use Bighow Community and forums to take the conversation further.

- Use Bighow Pics to post photos.
 

2. If You Are A Journalist:

- Use Bighow to get a toehold into the big world of online publishing.

- Start by collecting as many links as you can about your beat using Bighow Links.

- Get your friends' and contacts' opinion using Bighow Poll.

- Share stories you find on Bighow using the share link provided each post.
 

3. If You Are Passionate Person About A Topic:

- Cover a topic If you are passionate and knowledgeable about something.

- Why not collect all the information you know using Bighow Links and writing backgrounders using Bighow news?

- Later, you can create a group around your topic so that others can join and track your passion.

The more people collect, the more enlightened they are going to be.
 

4. If You Are A Student:

- Use Bighow News and links to create write-ups and collect internet links for your assignments.

- If you got a question to ask, use Ask Bighow or Bighow Poll to get information from other users.

- Post your resume using Bighow resume.

- Besides, having an easy-to-read URL, Bighow Resume allows comments so that prospective employers cam leave comments apart from sending you email directly. Idea: start covering the news about your campus.
 

5. If You Are A Entrepreneur:

- Start by building a profile for your business.

- Then, show your expertise in your field by collecting licks and advice on your domain. It builds trust among users, you know.

- If you have your own website, aggregate all links about your business on Bighow to help users access your info. using Bighow Tags.

- The more information you collect, the bigger the tag is going to be, thus increasing chances of its findability. - - Don't forget to post classifieds for your requirements or offer a special deal to your customers using Bighow coupons.
 

6. If You Are A Researcher:

- Use Bighow links to collect links about your research.

- If you find interesting information on Bighow, use the save button on the links to save into your own folder for further study.
 

7. If You Are A Teacher:

- Before you start into full-fledged blogging, why not use Bighow to collect links on your subject, which you can share with your students?

- Use Bighow News to write backgrounders about your subject/s.

- Use Bighow to engage students outside the classroom.

- Think of your Bighow blog as your classroom where you post lesson plans, post lectures, quiz students using Bighow Poll...
 

8. If You Are A Business:

- Make your business more findable by collecting related links and tagging them with your business name so people can find it easily using Bighow Tags.

- Besides, people can find your business using the location information such as city, country or locality.

- Use Bighow Classifieds and Bighow Coupons to further your business.

- Did you know coupons are a great way to attract customers, especially during a tough economic climate?

Idea: If you are in the real estate business, start covering the locality like a newspaper, topping it up with posting classified ads on behalf of the residents.
 

9. If You Are A Reader:

- Browse Bighow for interesting Items.

- See if people from your city/locality have posted any item. If not, why don't you post an item and help build a information portal for your locality?

- Once you post, others might get interested and voila, a community is building! If you do not like a post, use the Flag feature to inform us.

Idea: Use Bighow to write an online novel - a chapter in each post.
 

10. If You Are A Blog/Website owner:

Use Bighow to promote your content and services. Tag your best items using Bighow Links.

- Write profile of our blog/site using Bighow profiles.
 

last updated: Feb 2009