How to Make Money with a Forum

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by anthonywebs, Aug 2, 2009.

  1. #1
    I have this forum called http://awforums.com but I have no clue how to make money with it. I could put ads up but ads never make much money. Does anyone know how to make money with it.

    I am not selling it.
     
    anthonywebs, Aug 2, 2009 IP
  2. harrysidhu

    harrysidhu Peon

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    you cant, well i mean forums arnt the best way to make money and it requires a lot of work its probably one of the hardest things to do.
     
    harrysidhu, Aug 2, 2009 IP
  3. tikijj

    tikijj Well-Known Member

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    You have to promote your forum, I'd say this is a start but you still got a long way to go. I've seen new forums offering bunch of free stuff or hiring posters to draw interest initially until the forum grows.
     
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    tjsocr22 Active Member

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    When I used to own forums I found the best way to make money with them is to sell links on the pages. Once you have a lot of threads and building posts you can sell them for more and more.
     
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  5. nVus

    nVus Peon

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    forum building is pointless and is more like nickel and diming than actually making good money.
     
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    RosenCruz Active Member

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    making money with forums is really hard..when your forum grows but ad income does not you may even lose money..for server expenses
     
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  7. jarb

    jarb Peon

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    try to sell a product or service that relates to the forum subject matter. As the others have noted, it's a difficult way to make money unless you have a huge database.
     
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  8. anthonywebs

    anthonywebs Banned

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    I guess I will have to put ads up
     
    anthonywebs, Aug 3, 2009 IP
  9. neo_one

    neo_one Banned

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    first you have to promote your forum and get alot members[make daily price or competition], make usefull thread and finally put some ads,.... or maybe you can rent some space on your forum,
     
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  10. theapparatus

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    Pretty much. We tell our hosting clients who want to include advertising to join a marketer like cj.com and pick and choose advertisers that fit your forum. Relying on something like Adsense is just to random.

    Either that or find a decent PPV advertising service.
     
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  11. awayra

    awayra Peon

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    hi mate, i m new to this forum and i dunoo how to start making money. can you please send me any link for step to step guide and any procedures that how can i do this. please i would be thankful to you for this great favour.

    waitng mate.

    cheers

    bye
     
    awayra, Aug 8, 2009 IP
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    Just like Digital point.
    Put adsense ads on your forums.
     
    surender19797, Aug 8, 2009 IP
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    just do cpa
     
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  14. awayra

    awayra Peon

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    thanks for your reply. how can i do that?
     
    awayra, Aug 8, 2009 IP
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    awayra Peon

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    and what is cpa
     
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  16. RosenCruz

    RosenCruz Active Member

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    you have to sign up for google ad sense..they check your web site and give you ad codes if your site is fine with their TOS...
     
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    Chancey Well-Known Member

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    Work on your traffic first.
     
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    yeah, it's difficult to make money with forums
     
    mregand, Aug 9, 2009 IP
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    Once you have a lot of threads and building posts you can sell them for more and more.
     
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    More and more people are starting internet forums or message boards online. They range from simple free forums where people can gather to talk about anything, to expensively scripted "members only" communities that cover a very specific topic.

    No matter what type of forum you run, there are several excellent ways to earn money with it. The most important thing in any money-making venture online is getting traffic. And the most important thing about getting traffic for an online forum is making sure visitors come back again and
    again.

    The best way to entice casual forum visitors to stay is by providing an active, interesting community. When people come upon a forum, they are more apt to stay if there are already many active topics and thought-provoking conversations. You can encourage this by getting involved yourself, or by enlisting some of your friends to post. You can also hire paid forum posters to do it for you.

    Another great way to make your forum look more active is by having only a small number of forum sections or categories to start out with. If you have more specific categories, your forum posts will be spread out over a large list. If you have fewer categories, each one will look more active because there will be more topics closer together.

    Once you have a reasonably active forum with many members posting, you will be able to start making money with your forum. The most important thing to remember is that you should not break your own Terms of Service (TOS). If you do not allow your forum members to post affiliate links, or outside links at all, you should not do it either. If you have a section for advertising, all of your ads should go in there as well.
     
    Noahdeck, Aug 18, 2009 IP