I have a question on how best to proceed.

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by ProAzn, Sep 9, 2007.

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    I am the administrator of a discussion forum. It's a discussion forum targeted at Asian men and women of all races. It's powered by vbulletin.

    I have tried google ad's but didnt work good. I have amazon.com at present. I applied to yahoo but they have put it in a queue saying they have had an overwhelming request etc and will take time to view it.

    My forum recently started in May and at present I only have around 187 members. I really want to increase the membership as well as try to get back money I spent on the site (which was a lot).

    What do you recommend for my kind of website (because of the type of site it is;Asian etc)? I didn't know if it was alright to put up the url of my site yet.

    I would appreciate any suggestion or advice. Thank you.
     
    ProAzn, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  2. Becky

    Becky Peon

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    If its targeted at asian men and woman isnt it just tageted at that race
     
    Becky, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  3. ProAzn

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    Its targeted at Asian men and Women of ALL races. It's a discussion forum showing the appreciation of Asian men and their culture. My members are asian males and women of every race.
     
    ProAzn, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  4. zinruss

    zinruss Notable Member

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    ProAzn, i would suggest you register an account with http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/. This board is specially created for forum admins where i believe you can find a lot of usefull information.

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    Please note that usually forum will have very low CTR if you choose adsence. The following article may help.

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    zinruss, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  5. ProAzn

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    Thank you.. I just registered there and will give it a try.
     
    ProAzn, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  6. Ankur Sharma

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    Create something viral . Some viral ebook on asian culture. Start a competition . Remember content is king , fill your forum with great content. Trust me , online people they are dying to read some good content.
     
    Ankur Sharma, Sep 10, 2007 IP