How to drive traffic to new forums?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by ralphlauren55, Oct 31, 2009.

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    Hey all lets say I made a forum for marijuana users (this is not my idea just an example) what kind of ways can I drive traffic to this forum besides content on the site/seo? just trying to get initial traffic b/c ppl don't visit forums if no one else is on them lol.
     
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  2. ralphlauren55

    ralphlauren55 Peon

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    bumping this
     
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    get forum posters from buy/sell

    that way when people visit your forum it will look busy and they may require

    create interesting topics
    create controversary topics
    offer competitions and incentives
     
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  4. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    put your url on joints and give them out :D
     
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    lol Now you are talking ...
     
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    Work out deals to get your URL printed on every joint sold in your area.
     
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  7. mousee

    mousee Active Member

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    It depends on how much time you agree to wait before the good results. If the speak seriously it's a trade-off between money and time. if you do SEO yourself and advertise your forum using free sources you'll get the reuslts, stable results but not fast results.

    But if you have money for advertising you can spend them for example for:
    1) our visitors can earn money with us - you get $$$ for every valuable post.
    2) for registered users - bring your friend and get $50...
    3) many other attractive ideas.
     
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  8. simply-seo

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    Try to get partnership with marijuna companies and ask them to get on to your site for their brand representation.
     
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    Adverstise your forum through Adwords and initially pay to get new members
     
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    Get your mum and dad to post.
     
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