I''m trying to advertise my forum. I'm advertising using Adwords and Abrite. Ad words i feel like a barely get enough clicks. But when i do. I usually get users signing up. With Adbrite i feel it is a complete waste of money. I get hundreads of hits. But it is all coming from one country Barely any hits from the usa or Canada. Which is my main target for now. Where else could i go for advertising?? I have the money to advertise but i don't know where to advertise. Thanks,
PPC advertising has its place, but have you tried other methods? Article writing is a biggie for me, write 4 to 5 short articles a day and you'll reap the benefits. There are loads of sites that let you submit articles from free and you can add your link in the bio for each article. Also, try posting to blogs and forums on a regular basis. Build your credibility and you'll get some sign-ups. Also, as you write your articles add them to your site. this helps build content and credibility as well. Hope that helps. Keith L Jones Internet Business Toolkit
Try bloggers, find people, who would write about your forum in their blogs for some $ and if you will find the one who have good traffic, you will get one too.
Have you tried http://www.exoclick.com ? You can start your bids from $0.01 and our geo targeting will allow you to screen your ads only for selected countries (i.e. USA and Canada).
You might also want to try Adengage. I have had success with them. I like the fact that they offer photo text ads where you can choose a small picture to be shown next to your ad. If you choose wisely, it can greatly increase the number of clicks you get. I have people that advertise on my site using the picture ads and will use a picture of some hot chick even though it has nothing to do with their site, and they will get quadruple the number of clicks than the others. Now I can't say how well these clicks covert though....