i have recently created a forum..it is haffow.com..it is about internet marketing,seo,social networking etc...how to get members to my forum....i have try hard to create backlinks......
There are many ways to promote your forum. 1. Email marketing 2. twitter marketing 3. forum posting 4. classified posting 5. directory submission 6. Article submission 7. Blog comments
Once you get them there, it is very important to have a fair amount of good quality and interesting content in your forum or nobody will want to join or stay.
Have you read this article, how to run a successful forum? Forums aren't easy to establish yourself in, especially when you're trying to promote. Are you promoting on Twitter or Facebook?
Mate........! not too hard to run a forum................... just to follow all the suggestions under your thread post. It is enough
You can definitely leverage social media traffic to visit brand new content in your forums. Other favorite method is signature links in other forums.
There are so many ways: directory submission, forums posts and signature links, email marketing, articles, comments on blogs, link building. Good luck
Mate......! your forum is mainly related to webmasters as your theme is for seo, internet and social marketing. So you could send a request mail to all of them to join and share with your forum.
promote your forum with seo...You can also advertise your forum on other forums & social networking sites
Go for promoting it on social media...... no place else you will be able to get traffic for your forum.......
At the beginning you have to find some people to make discussions there, otherwise promote a forum is not easy, as we all know people like to participate in a crowded forum, so u can ask your friends to start some discussions there and make your forum more live.