promoting a forum

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by muchochiz, Dec 17, 2010.

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    i have this idea of creating a forum basically for young people with trending / controversial topics ranging from entertainment to lifestyle to politics etc , i feel good about it and i believe it would pull lots of traffic however i plan on promoting it through facebook target ads and then as others come in they would invite their friends and then i would convert the traffic to profit . Now my question is this . Which is the most affordable and effective way of promoting something like this on , is it either facebook CPC or CPM ad option ?
     
    muchochiz, Dec 17, 2010 IP
  2. swasts

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    maybe you can try to promote it via facebook fan pages also...but before you setup fan pages on facebook....makesure your forum have good post to discuss also....promoting through FB fan pages also free....maybe you can try it...

    just my 2 cents..
     
    swasts, Dec 17, 2010 IP
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    He makes a good point. People are not going to want to participate on a forum if it is not active. Therefore you may want to consider hiring a few individuals to contribute to the forum. Make it lively.

    good luck, man.
     
    businessman413, Dec 17, 2010 IP
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    muchochiz Active Member

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    sure i've thought about making the forum lively , it has to be even if i start out with some controversial topics first . anyway so whats best cpc or cpm
     
    muchochiz, Dec 18, 2010 IP
  5. Recruitment Nick

    Recruitment Nick Well-Known Member

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    Rather than that sort of advertising I've had a bit of success going down another route. This may or may not work for you

    I have a blog in my niche which does very well traffic wise, and is seen as something of an authority (as far as blogs in my niche are able to be seen to be) - I say this as it may have an impact on how you are reacted to if you don't have this, I haven't tried it n niches I am not an authority in.

    Basically I reached out to other bloggers in the niche and offered to do a post/series of posts for them in return for a bit of pimping (in post) for my forum. This got a number of sign ups pretty quickly... which coupled with my own blog and newsletter allowed for a quick amount of new users. Now I only reached out to 4 or 5 bloggers - if you were to reach out to many bloggers in your market even small ones could well prove useful.

    Maybe that is something worth exploring?
     
    Recruitment Nick, Dec 18, 2010 IP