ideas on marketing a NEW forum

Hello;

I've started a new computer forum (nearly 1 month before)

It's currently PR 5.

I've started to let members to add the links in their signatures and i've started to promote it on webmaster sites

My question is that it's a good idea to promote it in webmaster sites or not?

Or is it a stupid idea? I'm a bit confused about this

If it's stupid idea, What do you suggest me to promote it?

The mentioned site is in my signature

Thanks for the comments and new ideas

 

I promote mine on my signature and it works good. So yes, the backlinks will be random but work.

 

I think spending some time on other computer forums and blogs would be a nice start. You also might consider adding some content there yourself

 

the link in your signature is down

i've tried to spend time in other computer forums and web sites but the result is a bit terrible. nobody lets me to add link (even if as source of an article).

has anybody have more suggestions?

 

I am using some banners on my other related websites to promote our forum.

And there is also a website you can use for promoting your forum: promotion-source.com

 

I think your idea on promoting on webmaster forum is very good. Website and computer are a completely different things but related together. Most of webmasters are also interesting on many computer subjects such as

- Computer Hardware
- General Computer Software / Security Software / Utility Software
- PC Games / Online Gaming
- Programming
- Linux / Windows / Mac OS

So you have nothing to worry about You may consider my little ideas on promoting it.

1. Become a writer for famous technology site such as Technorati. You can be an expert in its category and let people know the forum you owned.

2. Make participation on computer and technology related forum. Become an expert in your topic and put forum link in your signature. If those forum readers do like your answer, they would go to your forums and have a high chance to become your forum member.

3. Give something for free - Like a small but useful PC utility software. You can get a much more reputation by wording spread among peoples.

But first of all before doing above - Your forum must being lived and not a ghost town forum. If those peoples come and found no one participated already. They would close and almost never return to your forum.

 

Hello;

Thank you for suggestion.

I'm currently trying a a twitter contest to get more people to my web site. Do you think it's good idea as a start point?

Thanks

 

Nice to know. Thanks.

 

I don't have much experience but as I know about it. You can promote a forum by addding valuable posts with good signature that can be worth considering to us..

 

Hello;

First of all, i want to thank you who has shared their ideas on this thread.

I've reached my first target. My first target was getting 250 replies and my forum has currently 256 replies with the ideas on this thread It took 2 months to get these replies

I currently continue to apply these ideas to reach the 2th target 1000 replies

I want to repeat my question: Do you have any more ideas about marketing a new forum?

Thank you for the comments

 

We want to show banner in this forum . Plz pm me costing ?

 

Whoa how'd you get to PR 5 in one month? Care to share your tactics? I'm stuck at 0 and the rankings sort of show this

...Forums can be a real bitch to promote. Because there are so many of them out there. I say, honestly, just promote it everywhere you can. I don't think it's useful to discriminate or tout one place over another. The medium doesn't matter as much as the topic. The more relevant the site is to your forum the more likely you may find people interested in joining.