Hi, I already run a little community (I like running forums) and since the forum is running by it self, it's time to start another project. I already did my home work and I need some thoughts about the niche I should go for. The new community will not be in English and the niche I was thinking was one of this: - Webmaster ( Very comfortable and with some experience), - SEO (learning ...), - Media and TV (Internet, Broadband, IPTV, TV, etc) - General Forum, - Parenting (Well, I'm a parent my self ), - Cooking and receipts (everyone needs to eat), - ... suggestions if you have. What I would like to know from you is: - Growing Difficulty, - Revenue of the niche (Only AdSense), - Community management, - Other thoughts that you would like to share. Thanks n
I started a forum once, never again! At first it seemed impossible to get it off the ground. The problem is that people dont like to post on quiet or empty forums so I would advise filling it out a bit before you start promoting. forums are notorious for low adsense earnings. I think you would make more money from affiliate links...Maybe within the posts, repeat visitors become blind to the adsense you see, so unless you have a big turnover of visitors you are going to struggle with adsense.
I believe that it is nearly impossible to start a forum by itself however if you already have a popular site with lots of visits you can add a forum to that site and you will already have a strong userbase, kind of like DP.
HI, The ideia is starting a new forum from the ground. I know it's hard because I already start one this way ... 2 years agoo, and now is running.
forums take a lot of time to gain traction, you are better having a front end using vbadavanced or using wordpress to bring people to the front and then promoting the forum from that.