This is very simple and I will approach it in 3 ways:
Firstly, you know the calibre of your a2a friends personally or at the Forum. If it is a personal relationship, then there is no issue of how to get them to offer help. However, the ones that participate actively at the Forum are easy to access and determine their area of strength and expertise, going by the quality and integrity with which they inform forum audience, either by their replies or their own threads. Therefore, it may be more convenient to include such individuals in your Top Friends and any time you need their help just click on their profile or use your a2a to access them. Please ensure you thank them when help is rendered because many lack this courtesy and it discourages offer of more assistance next time.
Secondly, there are those that are not very active in any forum, so it may be difficult to understand how and where they can be useful. In this circumstance, run a check through their profile. Look at what they sell, their rank, date joined and other important badges that may give a hint as to their characteristics. For example; The Date Joined may give a clue as to the a2a friend's knowledge in SFI which may be useful if you want help in understanding a particular issue in SFI. Another is Gift Card Distribution badge that will give a clue on someone you may want to ask, how to successfully distribute GC, and the list goes on and on.
Lastly, in the absence of the above, just throw the offer of support as a general request in the a2a Stream Post and you will definitely receive good and encouraging replies and from such replies, you will be able to build another profile of individual a2a friends based on their responses, in case of next time.
Please do not get me wrong, it does not mean some of these people will always help or get it right but these are my recipe to attempt to get the best out of your a2a network.
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This is very simple and I will approach it in 3 ways:
Firstly, you know the calibre of your a2a friends personally or at the Forum. If it is a personal relationship, then there is no issue of how to get them to offer help. However, the ones that participate actively at the Forum are easy to access and determine their area of strength and expertise, going by the quality and integrity with which they inform forum audience, either by their replies or their own threads. Therefore, it may be
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