I am not surw how to market my new forum to get new members? I have some paid posters right now to get the forum moving with new threads and such, but how should I go about getting new members so my site can grow? Also, do the header ad's make the site look tacky? I also have ads in between each post.
Send out newsletter to all the druggies in your town, they'll probably join... Here are few things you can do to market your type of forum: - Let your friends and drug dealers know about it... - Participate in other Marijuana discussion forum and put your link to your forum in your signature and let others know about your forum by starting an controversial discussion.. disagreeing, problems, fight, get some attention! Start a fight.
Having spent a fair amount of time around these forums, I have found that there are a zillion of them...and they are all the same. For the most part, they are empty as well, partly because the topic is beat to death for those of us who are interested in it, partly because we can't have a B/S/T forum. Your header is plain and boring; there's nothing wrong with an ad banner, but the one you're using is pretty ugly. Green is a logical color choice, but that shade makes me want to vomit (sorry). Try #00CC66 "Marketing" the forum isn't really the right approach. What is your success metric? Affiliate referrals? Sign-ups? Forums are low-converting, I wonder if a blog wouldn't be better for this purpose. Of course, you don't want to hear that after buying the vBulletin license. An easy way to bring in random sign-ups would be to start threads on controversial subjects that passers-by have to login for so they can weigh in like "Should Dealers get the Death Penalty?" and "Shouls smokers be banned from politics?" I'd try to have SEO-friendly URLs named from topic slug instead of PHP...I don't know if this is an option, I think you'd need VBSEO.
Figure out a cheap products that people that use Marijuana would like, pipes or something like that (Never done drugs so I'm not sure how Marijuana is smoked or whatever), anyways, print your url on them and give them to the local dealers to give away free with every bag, kinda like the toy in the kids meal at McDonalds.
You nailed it! vBSEO is a great tool, i am using it on my forum and helps a lot! Yeah as I said and now you said, starting a controversial discussion is the best way to create drama and people these days love drama, and it's a great way to gain exposure at no cost.
*bumping his duplicate thread for the moron on a question that has been asked 10,000 time already anyway*
Every category I browse I see your Marijuana thingy. Dude take it slow; you not gonna get anywhere doing this.
Are you fucking retarded? Do a search, I did, there is TWO threads pretaining to this sort of forum, asshat. You really don't know when to stop do you? You are making an ass of yourself, no one likes an internet asshole, but I bet you are the same way in real life, no one likes you, you probably contempalte killing yourself daily, am I right?
No one on this forum ever fucking replies to threads, and it's full of morons, like Perry Rose, who think they can get away with being an internet asshole, and getting away with it, but the internet leaves bread crumbs, and Perry Rose, you my friend will regret ever messing with me.
Poor thing. He's not only stupid, he's about to cry. There have been, God knows how many threads asking how to get more posters. There have been at least 4 since last week, on up to today. This is why so many don't reply anymore, Gomer. You've read the same ol' typical replies, but you feel that you have to start, yet another one? On top of that, you start a second thead on the very same thing. lol I'm sorry, but you are funny. Go take a nap. Your brain needs a much-needed rest. Sincerely, Internet Asshole
About to cry? Ha! I would never give you the pleasure. Your childish comments don't mean anything to me, I laugh at internet assholes, because I know in real life they are nothing but a fucking nerd who has nothing better to do than attempt to insult others on a forum. I asked SPECIFICLY about posters for a marijuana forum, if you did a simple search you would not find many threads about the topic. Perry Rose, I have met many many internet assholes, but you my friend are the worst kind, you don't know when to stop, even when you have to resort to lame comments, and on top of things even start reffering to yourself as an internet asshole, your the type who PRACTICES on how to be an even bigger asshole, I read through your posts, you are a hated member on this board, and I won't give you the pleasure of responding to your posts, I know how internet assholes work, they CRAVE attention. Like I said, I am taking things into my own hands, simple searches have presented me with alot of your personal information. I am getting offline, to smoke a bowl, and boo-hoo you won't be able to "get-off" by responding to anymore of my posts, tooooooo bad!
The whole stupid joke is really old, I am college educated, anything but stupid my friend. YOU are stupid for posting personal detials on the internet, like I said, we will be in closer contact tomorrow perry.
It's details, not detials. Mr. Bowl. What happened, can't tear yourself away from both of your threads on the very same thing? "College educated"???