hi, i have recently started an iphone forum (iphonetalk.info) but i have no clue on how to market it or to get people to sign up and start posting. any help would be greatly appreciated. since the site is new, i also need moderators if anyone is up for it pm me.
Get your forum ranked for terms like iphone forum iphone hacks iphone tips iphone discussion iphone board etc. etc. Perhaps create a few fake users and use their accounts to post topics (so your board looks busy). Maybe alter the coding of the page where it mentions the user count, post count & topic count for the board in general so that you're forum appears busy. Have a VIP section (if applicable) and make sure people know what they have to do / how many posts they have to get before gaining access to the VIP board. I.e. Reward loyal users. Just think about it logically - what would make you stay at one particular forum?? Good Info Friendly Admins / Users Active board Prizes VIP section
Here are a few suggestions: 1)Start a Squidoo lens about it. 2)Write articles about it and put a link in the bio box. Submit to ezinearticles and goarticles 3)If you can put together a video or animation and put it on Youtube and google video that would be good too; make sure to place the url in your opening and/or closing screen.
Advertise on other forums with a similar niche. And as for your moderators, that wont be hard, try to make it a reward on your site, tell people you are looking for active members and that will be an incentive for them to post. Its a win win for you, you get more posts and a moderator for free.