Interesting and fun content is the must-have of any community. As the community admin, the content you post is the thing that will engage your members and make them come back to your community again and again.

Viber is full of great tools that will make you a superstar admin who creates super fun, engaging content.

Grab their attention

Announce your topic with a Shout. Shouts can be used to introduce a new topic, make an important announcement that your members won’t be able to miss, or as the focal point of a set of messages. Shouts turn any ordinary text message into something eye-catching and colorful.

Add a Shout to your message now: Tap the GIF+ button > find Shouts > choose a background for your message > and go!

Go live!

Give your community that “live” touch and send a 20-second Instant video message. It’s quick, it’s spontaneous, and it shows what is going on RIGHT NOW. Record a short video directly from the community chat screen, and share it instantly. For example, show yourself buying the ingredients for your next cooking masterpiece, or record your quick commentary on the latest community discussion.

Record and send an instant video: Tap and hold on the record button > record your video > release the button to send.

Pro tip: Regular videos sent in the chat will play automatically (without sound), bringing the chat screen to life! Give it a try!

Be interactive

Your members want to be more involved in the community, and Polls are a great way to achieve this. Ask your members a question, and have them vote by tapping on the button next to a set of answers.

Pro tip: The 90min Fanvoice community regularly uses polls on top of pictures, videos and GIFs, to get members’ views on the most recent football news.

Add a poll: Tap the polls button > ask your question > add options > and create. Watch your members vote in real time as the count on the poll goes up.

Ask me anything

When you really want to hear from your members, open yourself up to Hidden-number chats and encourage them to write to you in private. These chats are safe, all phone numbers are hidden from everyone in the chat.

These chats have been used by some communities for “Ask me anything” or “Q&A” days. Community members send their questions, and they are answered in the chat.

Pro tip: The FC Barcelona community uses Hidden-number chats for members to send in questions to their “Q&A with a Soccer Star” days.

Turn on Hidden-number chats: Open the community info screen > turn ON Receive private messages.

We’ve given you the tools, now’s the time to get out there and be that superstar community admin you always knew you were!

New to communities? Check out our other blogs in this series:

• Get started with your very own Viber community!
• Your time to shine: Manage, grow and engage a Viber community!
• Community Insights: Measure the success of your community
• Master your community: New ways to add members & more

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and with it comes the same important question as every year: How can you surprise your loved one with a new way of expressing your true love?

Let’s take a look at what you have probably already done in the last few years:

You’re simply the best text

Sometimes, simple is better. What could possibly beat a lengthy, touchy-feely, beautifully written text message that tells the tale of your love? From a short and sweet “I love you”, through to a poem full of your feelings about being in love, a text message can be used to say exactly how you feel.

Love is sticky

You can’t seem to get enough of our love/ hearts/ kisses stickers, with over 6 billion of these stickers sent by you to loved ones last year. You are truly the masters of love stickers.

This year, take a look at our 2019 collection of Valentine’s Day sticker packs and get ready to share some more hearts and kisses.

GIF me a kiss

GIFs take your expressions to a whole new level of fun and emotion, capturing a precise moment and turning it into an eternal looping wish.

Shout out your love

Leave your loved one in no doubt how you feel when you add a Valentine’s Day themed background to your love-filled message.

NEW! Heart-shaped <3 Instant Videos

As a pro at expressing your love with stickers or GIFs, this year we are here to help to up your “I love you” game.

Send a quick 30 second, heart-shaped, instant video message right inside any chat. Simply long-tap the instant video button, record your selfie love note and share it immediately. Instant impact – you saying how you feel in your own words.

Surprise your loved one now

Happy Valentine’s Day!