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Please help me earn from my forum

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by buffalo, Apr 15, 2007.

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    I'm part of a forum and we are interested in selling ads to make the forum more profitable. I have no idea how to do this or what to charge. I'd love it if some of you experts here would take a look at the forum and let me know what you think about it in general and how much you think I might be able to get for advertising.

    If you are interested in giving some helpful advice please PM me and I will reply with the forum URL.

    Thanks in advance. :)
     
    buffalo, Apr 15, 2007 IP
  2. butterfingers

    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    Simple. Try to put adsense on your forum.
     
    butterfingers, Apr 15, 2007 IP
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    ninjashoes Well-Known Member

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    You should start out with adsense, if your forum becomes established and you get some decent traffic people will begin to send you emails asking for advertising.

    At that point you will be the judge of how much links or banners are worth on your site. Theres alot of factors that will help you decide such as traffic, niche value and page strength.

    hope this helps
     
    ninjashoes, Apr 15, 2007 IP
  4. buffalo

    buffalo Illustrious Member

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    We have adsense, but we aren't making as much from it as we would like.
     
    buffalo, Apr 16, 2007 IP
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    jdR!pper Peon

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    How much traffic is your forum getting? Perhaps it's the first thing that you should give more time and priority. You can not earn good money if you don't have good traffic.

    --Joe
     
    jdR!pper, Apr 16, 2007 IP
  6. buffalo

    buffalo Illustrious Member

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    http://http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3683/cbcstatgb5.jpg
    This is a screenshot of our tracker page. I don't know, is that any good? :confused:
     
    buffalo, Apr 16, 2007 IP
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    nickcmp Peon

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    It's never amazingly easy earning from forums that aren't reasonably popular, try other PPC's.
     
    nickcmp, Apr 16, 2007 IP
  8. buffalo

    buffalo Illustrious Member

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    We are trying bidvertiser also.

    I was just wondering how much we might be able to get by selling ad space.
     
    buffalo, Apr 16, 2007 IP
  9. butterfingers

    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    Isn't bidvertiser paying a little?
     
    butterfingers, Apr 16, 2007 IP
  10. buffalo

    buffalo Illustrious Member

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    Not really. :(
     
    buffalo, Apr 17, 2007 IP
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    grusomhat Peon

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    I would forget bidvertiser. You will get paid worse than adsense. Install a ad mod for the forum if you haven't already. Have memberships that people can pay for and don't have to see ads. It's always going to be hard though if you don't have very good traffic.
     
    grusomhat, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    xtraze Peon

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    To earn from a forum,
    you must first give away things free.
    And also need interesting content.

    Give it a couple of link baiting and find some members.
    Good luck mate.
     
    xtraze, Apr 19, 2007 IP
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    Misafir Guest

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    Nice signature :))) I will post in your forum. $1 for 20 posts
     
    Misafir, Apr 19, 2007 IP
  14. buffalo

    buffalo Illustrious Member

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    I think you read my sig wrong. I am not paying people to post in my forum. I am offering to post in other people's forums, not the other way around. ;)
     
    buffalo, Apr 20, 2007 IP