Hi, I would like to know your thoughts on how to get a newly released forum going? I am having a struggle to get it going... It is still new only a few days now, but I am low on patience
Create a few fake nicks and talk to yourself. Create some good topics and hopefully people will join in the discussion.
Yeah the more it appears a lot of people are members of the forum, the easier it will be for you to get new members. Their are affordable services out there, you just have to look around. I would go for freelance people that are trust worthy.
I think as long as it doesn't aim at a very specific niche topic it's nearly impossible to attract members to a totally new forum. Especially for something like SEO where there already are several big forums with thousands of members. If you still want to try I'd start with: - getting friends to register - creating many fake nicks and posts to make it look big - do post exchanges with other webmasters who have the same problem
Lots of posts, to start conversations. I've found that often controversial subjects will encourage people to register and leave their comment. But, you've got to get the word out that the forum exists first.
Well I am currently looking for post exchanges! I don't think I will pay for posts since I am on low budget now! I will be adding more contests to the forum to attract more and more members
Use IM software like msn, aim etc to your advantage, ppl on your contacts list are people u talk too (or used to talk 2) and are (sometimes) the best free advertising you can get. You tell them about ur forum, they get interested (join, post etc), they tell ppl on their contact list, one of them then join etc etc
Offer some incentives for members to post on your forums: $, points, free advertising, etc. Once you have gotten past the initial inertia, you can then decide whether to continue offering incentives.