Empty Forum - Need Starters!

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by scottmweaver, Jan 23, 2007.

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How Did You First Promote Your Forum?

  1. Traditional PPC Advertising (AdWords, Yahoo, Etc.)

    46.2%
  2. Posting On Other Forums

    61.5%
  3. Blogged About It

    15.4%
  4. Word of Mouth

    30.8%
  5. NOYB - None of Your Business

    15.4%
  6. Mailing List

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  1. #1
    Hey guys,

    I just started an AdSense Forum here:

    http://forums.adsense-fire.com

    I need some early joiners to start pumping out posts and what-not. Do you have advice for how I should go about doing this, exactly?

    Thank You,
    Scott
     
    scottmweaver, Jan 23, 2007 IP
  2. forumrating

    forumrating Notable Member

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    #2
    word of mouth works fastest.
     
    forumrating, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  3. Diether

    Diether Peon

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    #3
    Try some post exchanges to get your first topics, posts and members.
     
    Diether, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    Tikoutikou Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Paid posting and offline marketing works for forum.
     
    Tikoutikou, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    ovsoft Peon

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    #5
    Avoid paid-posting services, I had very bad experiences
    Just my 2 cents
     
    ovsoft, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  6. scottmweaver

    scottmweaver Peon

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    #6
    Other than spending $1000/day on advertising, right? :)
     
    scottmweaver, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  7. kh7

    kh7 Peon

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    #7
    You need a faster server first. This forum loads slow for me now, and it doesn't even have regular users yet.
     
    kh7, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  8. Diether

    Diether Peon

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    #8
    You definatly need to fill it with content yourself first.
    Try to create as many topics as you can every day.

    You can also create a few users yourself and talk to yourself for a while.
    Gives the impression that there is at least some activity.
     
    Diether, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  9. Nick_Mayhem

    Nick_Mayhem Notable Member

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    #9
    Or you can write articles for the subject of your forum and post some of them on your own forum and post some with the links on the article repositories.
     
    Nick_Mayhem, Jan 27, 2007 IP
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    pr0xy122 Peon

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    #10
    If you want me to be honest, I was 12. And I spammed other forums relating to mine. Yes it is blackhat but I did not even know what SEO was then.

    I reached 500 members, it was an invision Free Board (IFB). I didnt know how great this was and dumped it (deleted it).

    :( :(

    Lol, good luck anyway. word of mouth is the best option if your forum has something unique to offer. Do not ppc.
     
    pr0xy122, Jan 27, 2007 IP
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    tbarr60 Notable Member

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    I'd recommend post exchange, find some people in this forum to trade posts with you. I'll PM you about an exchange. :)

    I am not sure if you'd do well with posting services. I tried one and they did perform but the posts didn't seem too natural.
     
    tbarr60, Jan 27, 2007 IP