Building this forum......impossible?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by FunkyFresh, Apr 29, 2008.

  1. #1
    I have had this forum High School Student up and running for quite sometime now but cant seem to get that much action going.

    Any help would be aprreciated on how I can get it bigger whether tips on advertising or anything would be terrific
    thanks in advance
     
    FunkyFresh, Apr 29, 2008 IP
  2. ASPMachine

    ASPMachine Peon

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    Search Engines are the only sources where we can get good traffic. Google gives me only 2-4 visitors everyday just like gives 2 bananas to 7 days hungry monkey. I wanna eat that much until my belly not blast. But it’s not possible. Once you bit Search Engine, you'll be on top.
     
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    Well it is for school kids, right? So why not go to where these people communicate? Myspace!
     
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  4. FunkyFresh

    FunkyFresh Peon

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    yea I did that but not sure on how I can use Myspace to get people, like should I make a page and add tons of people but the how do I connect them to my forum?
     
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    Does your forums have things that let them interact like point system and live chat? These are some of the things that teenagers and kids nowadays prefer.
     
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  7. FunkyFresh

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    well i added an arcade to the forum, and yea thats a good idea to add a point system or something cool and competitive of that sort.

    any other suggestions would definitely be apprectiated!
     
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    #8
    Are you in high school yourself? If so print up some flyers and tape them all up all around your school. Go to sporting events or other functions at other schools and do the same.
    Where do kids hang out in your town? Cafe, skate park, sandwich shop...? Put flyers up there too.
    Write some awesome articles and post them as threads and then submit them to article directories.
    Add links on your myspace page and facebook page. Tell all your friends on there what your site is about.
    Add a link to your site in the signature of your emails.
     
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  9. FunkyFresh

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    thats very good advice, i guess it has to be school appropriate content however since it will be posted around school.

    more advice anyone?! especially regarding advertising online
     
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    The point system sounds like it would work well; especially if you giveaway free ringtones or something for highest points.

    Maybe adding sections like "The Lunch Room", "Recess", "Detention Hall", etc would add more flavor.

    Recruit local high school kids to get the word out.
     
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    Just Googled "high school forums"

    There are lots of other high school forums and messages boards you could post to and let them know about your forum.
     
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  12. th13rteen

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    1. Are you a teen yourself?
    2. Are you in high school?

    If you said no to all then you'll fail miserably because you don't know what teens like. You're just thinking you know what they're into. You're thinking of the time when you were a teen.
     
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    The problem is that kids hate high school. hehe
     
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    What are you talking about? High school is great. Wow. Why do you hate HS?
     
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    Well the first off... I checked out you're forum and it looks completely fake. You're not connecting at all it looks like a 50 year old is trying to go back in time.
     
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    WHAAAT? Only nerds like to be forced into long boring lectures with limited and scheduled time to socialize.
     
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    th13rteen Banned

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    Okay who said that you have to listen to the bla blah and do your work? Wow. HS must have been boring for you. lol
     
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    Thats what they did in high school. Alot of bla bla bla and homework.

    Were you allowed to talk in class???
     
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    Yeah you can talk a bit but not a lot. Well there's always things like PSPs and text-messaging. lol

    Are you from the 70s? Just wondering. I like the music from those times. The cool times.
     
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    Yeah its really fun to play PSP under your desk hoping your teacher doesn't see. Thats cool.
     
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