Hi everybody. I know there are ton of sites with user-submitted stories and jokes (clientsfromhell.net, fmylife.com). I have an idea for a site like that (not humor related), I've assembled an engine for it (WP+plugins), it has a submit form, ratings, sharing buttons. But I'm a complete newbie as it comes to filling it with content and promotion. For initial content, I am going to post some related text content that I find on forums (until users start posting their own content, if they ever do). Is this a bad idea? And how do I promote a site like that? Any clues? Thanks a lot.
you can start promoting it on social networking sites like FB and Twitter. it's important to first create awareness about your site. when people discover that it's a really good site, then it will slowly become popular.
Easily you submit text, link content Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn. Definitely you promote your websites.