I have a site http://www.blogspoint.com we are looking to have another site be our official forum, because the current one that we have is going to take too much work to setup and we need one now, while we are getting traffic. We are seeing growth of about 20 users a day at current, but we'll be doing some marketing by the end of the week and will see that number jump significantly. What I'm looking for is a forum general in nature or having some sort of appeal to a younger audience, that is willing to do some major branding. I would really like an established forum. We're looking at around 300 uniques daily, with about 2000 daily page views at current. The site hasn't even been online for a week yet, so this number is obviously going to grow exponentially. Please message me if you're interested!
Your site has got some useful members already and to have a forum within your blog site is not necessary as it will cause your members confusion as to where his/her comments shall be posted. a blog as we all know is also a place for interaction since comment post is opened to anyone. so, why should some one go to a forum to discuss whereby the topic lays infront of them? i have seen many sites like yours that has free blog creation tools and a forum as well. surprisingly, either the forum site or the main blog service is flooded with members, not both. does google blogspot has forum within? http://www.googleblog.blogspot.com since your ambition to have a forum within your blog, why not link to this forum that is opened to all mature audiences. ---- Discover What You DIDN'T KNOW About Your Favorite Search Engine -- And How You Can Use This Information to Grow Your Business.
Well, the main goal is reciprication. I would gain in their traffic and they would gain in ours. While we would like to have our own forum with just a single login, that's just not really an option at this moment in time... it may be in the future, but for the time being, we're just satisfied with taking on a brandable partner forum to help us along the way.