I own WBTALK.com and just am not really sure what to exactly do with it. Currently it is a webmaster forum that is similar to sitepoint or even digitalpoint from 2 or 3 years ago. I don't have the time to deal with monitoring a forum so it simply sucks up my bandwidth. Traffic isn't terrible but I think there should be something better to do with it than what i currently have going on. All suggestions are welcome.
if you can't look the forum best is to sell. try with flippa.com to list and sell it or hire some moderators and may be you can make the site better one
Well, The domain Name WBtalk is exactly Made for WebMaster Talk Buddy..! It should be run as a Forum rather than making it changed to someother things..! Rent some one for the Purpose of Administrating and Moderating it..! You can Contact me.. i think i can help you..! Get atleast a 5-8 People who can work as a crew and they would make the forum Awsome..!
just like my website [/URL] when i bought the domain at first, i find it difficult to promote because i do not know any thing about automobile. but when i started creating time and put some efforts, today i now appreciate the site. so my brother all you need is time and just little efforts, you will get it right. just use it as a forum.
Alright guys, I will leave it as a webmaster forum. Funny thing is that I understand the business just that my other business's cost me time to run and are making money. Monetization is the biggest problem that I have. Guess I need to research exactly how to get this one to make a little money.
I'd implement Adsense and other similar Ad companies (of course) sell certain adspace to MEMBERS (remember, they're webmasters!), and maybe have a premium membership program with benefits for say $5 a month. For example, $5 a month gets you access to the Marketplace section, something like that.
I agree, why not hire some people ot make the website better? Make it a website of where you would like to always be ^_^
Monetization has always been my issue and thank you for the advice. I like the idea so I need to get busy. You guys are absolutely great.
Maybe use a mutual-moderation system like Slashdot.org, so participants can make worse stuff go away. Offer moderation privileges to some of your best participants. Change "Discuss Domain Name" to the proper "Discuss Domain Names". The "Webmaster Care Section" description invites only negative things and has little traffic. Maybe it should instead invite positive comments on good work, nice sources of icons, custom banner work that you like, etc. The "Top 3 Search Engines" description invites discussion of more than just the top 3 search tools. Maybe the forum name should be changed. Advertising seems like the obvious monetization. Maybe AdBrite would be good, as you can get a little income from general ads and they also sell ads on specific sites so you could invite people to buy ads targeted at your site, and link to your AdBrite directory page. You probably don't have a lot of traffic, so not much ad income, but ads should produce a trickle better than T-shirts would.