Hello Dear Friends ! The only way i have been earning some decent amount of money (through Adsense) has been from a forum! I am quite sure that everybody can do it so please give me 15 minutes to explain everything 1. Niche of Forum The niche of your forum is really important , if you choose to create a webmaster forum , most probably you will not make much as webmasters doesnt click on Adsense and that is for sure. So i would suggest you to open a forum about "Money Making" and you can open different categories like "Get Paid To" "Gambling" "Investments" "Forex" etc 2.Forum Software Now that you have chosen your forum niche , its time to install the board ! I would recommend you to install phpBB (its free , you can get it at www.phpBB.com). 3.Forum Template Try to use something unique and good looking , you can get some free ones at www.phpbbhacks.com or you can buy any phpBB template at TemplateMonster 4. phpBB Mods You will need some modifications for your forum in order to make it more attractive and easier to navigate Cash Mod - http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=94055 It can be used to credit members for every post they make. You can set the values like 2 Points per thread and 1 point per reply via ACP Referral Plus - http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=288885 Its a good way to bring more members in your community. You can credit members for every new referral 5 points or a reward for him so he will be eager to advertise your site Moderator CP - http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=224249 This plugin is really helpful as it allows Moderators to ban a member ! It creates a Moderator Control Panel from which they can ban a member. Adverts as Posts - http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/6340 You can add your advertisement after first post or last post so every member will see that advertisement 5. Creating Categories Categories are really important , try to use specific categories so a member can find easily where to post about Forex instead of posting under Off-Topic Section. If you dont know what categories to add then I suggest you to see www.goldreferrals.com and check the sections 6. Category Permissions It is really important to put permissions for every single category ! I suggest you to give permissions such as all members can read everything put only registered members can post. 7. Advertising Advertising is the most important part of a forum so you should decide what kind of advertising will you be making What I suggest you from my own experience is , Paid To Post Advertisement ! This is really simple , we you launch your forum , make it a Paid To Post site and put some rates per topic and reply (also per referral) If your rates are high , you will get really a great traffic. (We were using for GoldPoster.net 0.1$ per thread , 0.05$ per reply and 0.20$ per referral.We got 2000 Members within the first week) You dont need to spend a penny for Advertising your forum in different sites , your members will advertise it for you so they can earn some cents for every referral. You only need to open a total of 5 threads in 5 different forums and then just sit back and relax. Below you have the list of best forums for Money Making discussions TalkGold.com - www.talkgold.com MMG - www.moneymakergroup.com DTM - www.dreamteammoney.com NamePros - www.namepros.com Digital Point - www.digitalpoint.com For Full Article You Are Please To Visit My BlogPost at : http://0lgi.com/how-to-make-money-using-a-forum/ Thanks for your time Sincerely Olgi Zenullari
Also in forums,puts banner after last or first post,in the header,in forum category,etc. If banners are nice,they visitors would be like them Regards
I have to agree with this comment, there are so many spammers on my forum as well. Any tips would be great!
it was a good article about money making. i have two alternatives to forum software . smf (or joomla+fireboard component) will give you a similar cms
frankly speaking, i didnt find anything interesting in the article. no offense meant, just my opinion
If they are spammers you deduct money from their account and if the make it 3 times you ban him ! Its simple enough In our world there exist opinions like this , thats why there are conflicts everywhere ! If we would all agree for something , we would always live in peace ! Thanks Olgi
Thanks for the article, this is not anything new and it takes a good size budget to get going, at least $1000 but most likely more. There is a large chance that you won't earn enough from your ads to cover paying your posters. The other problem is the time involved in managing the forum. You need to spend hours sifting through for spam and making sure you are paying for quality post. If you have the budget and the time, I would not suggest using one of the free boards, I would invest in one like vbulletin. Since there are more and more of these types of forums, people who join are just looking for the money and not wasting their time clicking ads. This is just my opinion but your article is a good starting point for those looking to start a pay per post forum.