What is the best way to market a new forum?

What is the best way to market a new forum, to get lots of new members in a short period of time??

 

Post in other forums (include signature)... Write articles related to your forum and post in article databases.. Make sure to link to your website...

 

I would like to know that as well.

 

We gave away $50 ViSA and Amazon.com gift cards (one each) every month. Got lots of new members quickly.

 

get some dedicated members and build good links..

 

Advertise it on Adwords.

 

work on a good niche and you get the best of the links.

 

Use google Adwords


Mario

 

Else!!!!!

You can give links in social communities, other forums and link submissions. These can help you in long run.

Cheers!!!!

 

You can advertise at the Bloghology Social Network for bloggers and Internet Marketers/Entrepreneurs. There is a limited time offer now. For only $25 you will get a banner displayed on Bloghology Social for a month and you have the ability to target specific page (e.g. homepage, user homepage, profile, country, city)

 

Just promote it through link building,....

 

promote it on some social networking sites like orkut,facebook

 

all of the above techniques work, again, get something for your new arrivals, remember its like having an open house. you gotta spread the word and celebrate with a plan.

 

Following Points may help you.

1. Add Link in Signature,Profiles,Website etc
2. Use Social Networks
3. Write Articles.
4. Allow posters to earn by posting.
5. Give free things for referral, posting
6. Allow Poster to place there google ads (an ad revenue sharing forum) as DP does so.
7. Arrange contest for posting,referring etc...

Above are the some of the points you can used for marketing your new forums.

 

few good tips i read on another forum
Here are some good tips to success:

1. Put your site in Web Directories, those are just like phonebooks but with use to your website. Find ones that have good PR( Pagerank from 0-10) like PR 3+ and if your site is indexed your PR will increase.

2. Get lots of backlinks, this is a nice way to go. Basically if you post a lot on a forum and put a link on your signature you should get some backlinks depending on how many posts you get.

3. Try to buy links on high PR sites.

4. Submit to multiple search engines such as Google, MSN, Yahoo, and Altavista.

5. Use the Google Webmaster My Site program, and add your site to it. Then create a sitemap and they will Index your site on Google Search engine.

6. Learn how to use Link exchanges. This will get you some traffic.

7. Send messages to friends or people you know, this will get lots of traffic. Most of your friends will love to join your site.

8. You need to do lots of advertising. To do this get a text link or make a small banner. Then pay people to put it up on there site, or even trade posts for advertising.

9. A good way to get a link without any money on someone's site is to maybe post 50 on there forum, then ask for a link on there footer. In a month or so, you will see this paid off, because youre site may have an extra quality direct link and will be indexed in search engines.

10. Find something interesting, and put it on your site. For my site www.fantasy-pc.com I have news updates on the homepage on interesting topics such as snake venom to top money makers. This draws attention.

11. Get loads of fresh content. Google loves this. What I mean by this is to just update your site, make changes and improve a lot!

12. Have a nice theme, people don't like regular plain themes, but colorful ones such as the subsilver theme for phpBB is dull but the subblack theme is better.

13. Keep to your site, and don't just throw it off. This will site that you don't care for it and neither will the users.

14. Find a way to keep your users entertained. On my site I have about 150+ arcade games to play along with chat rooms, tv stations, award shop, and a lottery!

15. Get something that makes some members feel special. Like for my website I have the Elite Members Club by paying $2-$25 or making 300+ posts you can be one. Elite members get special forums, names, title colors, access and much more!

16. Get something that will get users posting. I have FP Gold on my site that you can sell for services instead of money. These can be earned by posting more, and can be used for graphic designs, services, forum posting, script creation, website help, contests, link sales, signature sales, advertising, and way more!

17. Patience, this is the most revered thing in Web Devoloping, it requires a lot of patience and time.

Cheers

 

nice to-do list to do for a new forum.

 

thanks for sharing these tips..definitely helps..

 

Try MySpace, Facebook, YouTube.

 

i've been looking for these tips as well, thanks.

 

The most effective way is use adword to promote your new forum.
Coz whenever people search for "forum" they will found out your site is listed as feature,so they will join your forum