How to keep people engaged with online events

Topic summary

A dropshipping store owner seeks strategies to increase customer engagement during online sales events.

Key Challenges Identified:

  • Dropshipping faces declining effectiveness due to difficulty adding value as a middleman
  • Current events lack sufficient excitement and participation

Suggested Strategies:

  • Offer steep discounts on high-value products to attract attention
  • Run contests or giveaways (example: company hiding graphics cards in backpacks to generate hype)
  • Build a charismatic personal brand to foster parasocial relationships with customers
  • Optimize website SEO and apply AIDA marketing principles

Status: Discussion remains open with one participant requesting clarification on SEO scoreboard and AIDA concepts. A detailed video response is available with timestamp reference (00:19:07).

Summarized with AI on October 24. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

I run online sales events for my dropshipping store, but I struggle to keep people engaged and excited during them. What are some practical ways I can boost participation and get my customers more involved?

@FeatureDe

Firstly Do you know your website SEO score board And AIDA.

Hi @FeatureDe

The first thing to acknowledge is that dropshipping is on the decline because it’s hard to add value as a middleman. To boost engagement, you need to create value for your customers. You can try steep discounts on expensive products or run a contest or giveaway. For example, a company selling backpacks gave away a graphics card in some of them, creating a lot of excitement and hype. You can also build a personal, charismatic brand to create a parasocial relationship with your audience, which makes them more likely to engage with you.

For our full answer, see the stream recording. We start answering your question around 00:19:07.

How do you mean? SEO score board and AIDA?