Here are the top 5 tips to get the most views of your forum adverts. 1 Always have a good subject line. This is what people see first! Offering a service in the subject line will attract attention - eg. "Add your link to my website." 2 Posting at smaller forums will get your adverts MORE views per ad than at larger forums! This is because your ads stay in view for much longer! 3 At the end of your post, place a "P.S." with a sentence such as."P.S. Visit now, as this offer is only available for a short time" 4 Make use of your signature! Not only will it get you more traffic, it will increase the number of links pointing towards your websites! 5 Replying to your own message will put your post top of the list again. Some forums don't allow repeating a message, but you can get around this by posting "updates." For a list of free advertising forums, view the below link.... http://free-seo-helpdesk.blogspot.com/2008/11/free-advertising-forums.html If you'd like your forum adding to the list, please leave a comment
Any forum admin or moderator worth their salt will add you to their ban list before you get to #2. The very first thing you should do is read the forum rules - and do this BEFORE you sign up. Contact the forum moderators and ask about their policy on advertising. Your posting ads and links may conflict with the paying advertisers of that forum. Some forums have a zero tolerance on unauthorized advertising - aka spam.
Sorry, I should have specified that these tips are to get more views at your adverts at free advertising forums only. They certainly aren't meant for any other type of forum.
Wherever you advertise dude ... wherever you advertise ... Getting members for your forum is one of the hardest things to do. Please go through this forum to get more info on this topic.
I like to post on yahoo message boards or at traffic exchanges - such as linkreferral. I also get some traffic from search engines, I'd like more of this though