"I set my groups to show on the main page by Latest Activity.  That's how members know something has been posted inside them recently.  Plus...discussions/comments inside of groups show in your Latest Activity Feed as well.   The…"

"Thank you for all answers, but i realized that groups on start page just appear the name of group, without the recent posts! So how my members will know that there is something new? On the other hand forum appears last posts on start page. So i…"

"NOTES - these are historic content, yes conceptually a good idea, but awful to manage, let alone set as its all HTML coding. Yes you can use them as snippets on the FRONT page, but getting this to work is dreadful - your far better off…"

"Very good responses by both Diane & Seymor54. My site has a forum that I keep members updated on new things and I go through them every month or so and delete ones that do not apply anymore. I have never messed around with the blog section, but…"

"GROUPS are far easier to manage members niche interests, as you can create discussion groups within the GROUP, also members can interact with one another.   Forums are global, and in many respects difficult to manage as you have to moderate…"

"I'm sure it's different on different networks.  It's all in how a creator chooses to make use of them. Think of groups as gathering places for specialized interests.  Not all people are interested in the same things, so they…"

"that was. thanks a lot"

"i have already done this. i have added the craftsbook.ning.com/group/jewelry on the group address but it says that the address should have only letters and numbers without spaces!!!!! the system wants to make me crazy!!!!!"

"what speed racer said most times it fill this in for you when you create the group but some times it doesn't"

"Leaderboards are instant promotion; just for being active.  Its like having a bunch of featured profiles.  Check out the creators network leaderboards."

"blogging is the idea of the site instead of looking around to internet for craft-blogs you have to enter just the ning site and find all bloggers and their creations"

"the problem for me with that is that the content is elsewhere, but it depends how important the blogging aspect of your community is"

"i dont know, i think its difficult to persuade people stop maintaning blog and start maintaining ning page. In their blog, they have a story of 2-3 years. That why i thought about RSS"

"some were keen for me to do it."