Marketing ideas needed

Starting a forum aimed at the sports market ( allows users to talk about every sports available ,talk about stuff like poker etc, talk about betting , talk about gambling etc ).

So its really a forum for people interested in sports or interested in gambling etc to discuss . But they were not be any actual gambling taking placed so I need some ideas .

I have $3000 in adwords to spend on ads. Can anyone suggest good keywords to drive users to my forum ? . I think obvious keywords such as poker etc are restricted by google adwords.


Also can anyone suggest sites , ways etc of driving traffic to the site ?

Thanks in advance

 

Well first off I strongly suggest narrowing your forum topic. There are a ton of forums out there that are meant to talk about sports, and probably even more about poker/gambling. You need a more targeted niche if you want to be successful - for example, just one sport. Even better, one specific team of that sport. Otherwise I think you will just be wasting your $3000. Trust me, I have been in similar situations.

Also, you'll be able to bid lower on more targeted keywords.

 

Hello,
How about make a video where you explain something about the Poker, some tips, etc and then you can submit it to Youtube dot come, etc etc

Best,
Jakomo

 

Article submission is one of the best idea to increase backlinks

 

ptisouthwest,
Please, PM me your forum link. I'm interested in sport forums.

 

You can read my blog for some innovative marketing ideas.
Cheers!

www.cancanblog.com

 

try a PR submission, they are FREE!

 

How does that work?

 

Get some high-profile gambler interviews on your site.

Set up contests.

Do press releases.

Here's some more ideas: How my site went from 37 to 14657 monthly visits (and part 2)

 

niche down your forum. hire mod to delete spam, hire forum posters or purchase posting software. budget SEO link bulding campaign and the other good stuff

 

Can you afford marketing outside the web? If not, find a partner who do it to link to your website.

 

I am into article marketing... Outside of paid traffic it's one of the best ways to drive quality traffic and links to a site for selling. Checkout http://www.thekaizenbusiness.com/?p=174 it is an article that talks about the kind of results you can achieve with minimal effort article marketing.

 

Try with starting competition with prizes awarded, people love free stuff, even better if they earn, free stuff is success of all most visited web-sites on the Internet, such as Yahoo, Google, YouTube, MySpace.