How to promote a big and inactive forum?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Gray-Fox, Dec 18, 2010.

  1. Gray-Fox

    Gray-Fox Greenhorn

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    #21
    Nah, I'm not going to pay for content, the forum is there to be built by the own comunity.
     
    Gray-Fox, Dec 18, 2010 IP
  2. dscurlock

    dscurlock Prominent Member

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    #22
    whats the difference? your paying for something either way...(content)
    It does not matter if it is posts, or articles...someone has to post it.
     
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  3. Gray-Fox

    Gray-Fox Greenhorn

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    #23
    The diference is:
    When you pay for something, the poster just goes there, and make his job.
    If it's an original and natural post, I can be useful for other people.
     
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    dscurlock Prominent Member

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    #24
    You come here asking for advice...There are no miracle answers for you.
    and it is obvious you are going to do what you want.

    Good luck
     
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  5. Recruitment Nick

    Recruitment Nick Well-Known Member

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    #25
    Because he won't agree to paid posters? I disagree

    Now I have used paid posters in the past so I have no issues with it - but I understand people not wanting to. When you have users in a community like a forum trust is an important aspect, and paying people to interact with them betrays that to an extent, and they might wonder where their 'friends' have gone once you stop paying for posts

    Exactly the same goes for registering multiple accounts for yourself and repeatedly posting

    I think both these suggestions would be very useful in this situation, but surely you can understand people not wanting to do so?

    As for the OP if you are not going to pay for posters or have multiple accounts yourself there is only so much you can do. Paid for advertising is one aspect. Other ideas might be

    * Give aways for people who have posted in x amount of time
    * Competitions
    * Freebies (a guide perhaps) for everyone who posts over 30 posts in a month

    Best I have off the top of my head, hope that helps a bit
     
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  6. Gray-Fox

    Gray-Fox Greenhorn

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    #26
    Im not looking for miracles, I just came here because I didnt have a clue of what to do... this is my first forum, so Im not expert on these things,
    also I got some very interesting suggestions here, for explample, I think Im going to try what avpower suggested me about unregistered users cant see the posts, and I'll start learning about facebook and twetter promoting.

    Ahh yea, this is a nice idea also. I guess Im gonna try some of these things combined to see the result. Really apreciated the help, thank you all :)
     
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  7. Recruitment Nick

    Recruitment Nick Well-Known Member

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    #27
    Is that a good idea? My guess is stopping unregistered traffic seeing posts will also stop Google bringing you traffic, which is presumably the only interest you have going atm

    Also if you are using adsense or other advertising methods then it tends to be the search traffic that find an interest in adverts rather than your users
     
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  8. Gray-Fox

    Gray-Fox Greenhorn

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    Im not sure about how it'll work with google results if I stop unregistered traffic. I have many pages indexed on google already, then I think that the users will still come from those indexed pages... only the new posts and threads will not be indexed by google. So I think I can use it as a temporaly way to get new registered users.

    And right now Im not much worried about adsense, since I dont have heavy traffic to earn substantial money.
     
    Gray-Fox, Dec 18, 2010 IP