hello guys, i recently built a wembasters forum. any suggestions how to optimize it and getting traffic?? aside from forum sigs, what else can i do? the site is on my sig..
not very easy. there are very big wm forums. if i were you, i would create a forum for a specific content like design, php, etc.
That sector is a very hard one to crack,i would also suggest a niche in that sector and i think that could work well.
As others have said, you could get more specific with your forums to start out with, then build on that. DP started out as a forum related to some webmaster tools that they had developed. It kind of snowballed from there based on my understanding. Pick a topic you are experienced with, and go with it. You might look into paid forum posting. It is a good way to get content onto your website, and make it appear active to other potential visitors. It can be expensive, but it is about the only way to get a forum jump started if you don't have a handful of partners involved with you.
unfortunately i dont have any partners in this one.. so you guys think paid posting would do well on this one? =X im more comfortable with a webmasters forum rather than the more specific niche like php coding, java, css, or other technical stuff.. lol
In forums, niche is the way to go. Call all your friends to participate in forum and make it look active. No paid posting never helps, you will be better off having a resource section though (you can spend the money to have good quality articles)
by this you mean?? resource section, like a section for downloads, tutorials, and tips? any examples of a resource section?