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ltjman22 · 04-06-2007

What is the best hands down aproach to marketing a forum? I personally run a contest and such to get visiting users to post in the forums! I also put an arcade on the site to keep users interested! What do you guys do?

Jerlene · 05-06-2007

A contest as well. You really need to promote it hard though if you don't already have an established, active forum.

Colecash · 07-18-2007

The problem with contests is most members leave after the contest is over. Long term it is very hard to make a forum remain active and it ussually involves a certain amount of luck.

jack_40k · 08-12-2007

The best way to get people to come to your forum is by advertising, spreading the word over MSN/RL and (this is a new concept but it gets HEAPS of referrals) Youtube Video linking.

scoopy301 · 09-26-2007

Advertising and contests are the best way to promote the forum because in this way more and more members are attracted towards the forum for reference

heelix · 01-13-2008

I would have to say contests.

Also offering people money to sign up and post.

Offering some kind of incentive for people to sign up and use the forum.

baseballboy11 · 01-18-2008

I would also put links to it all my signatures at other forums, to get the word out that way, especially if the content between the 2 sites is related. I would also make sure to blog about it.

katiej · 01-28-2008

Use the ongoing video trend to spread word about your forum, and make it funny. People love funny videos. Find other forums relating to your subject, and participate there. Put your forum in your signature. Don't spam them just to get a link to yours though.

Jerlene · 01-28-2008

Use YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, websites of the same niche, etc.
If you have a lot of friends on MySpace then go there first. It's easy and gets a response pretty quickly.

akshayhack1234 · 02-06-2008

the best approach could be go the digital point way or have many contacts offering valueable exchanges of services and money with no frauds....this would be a nicer way to do it

04-06-2007	#1 (permalink)
ltjman22 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 409 Rep Power: 0	The best! What is the best hands down aproach to marketing a forum? I personally run a contest and such to get visiting users to post in the forums! I also put an arcade on the site to keep users interested! What do you guys do?

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Jerlene Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,077 Rep Power: 3	A contest as well. You really need to promote it hard though if you don't already have an established, active forum. __________________ 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7

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Jerlene Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,077 Rep Power: 3	Use YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, websites of the same niche, etc. If you have a lot of friends on MySpace then go there first. It's easy and gets a response pretty quickly. __________________ 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7

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07-18-2007	#3 (permalink)
Colecash Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	The problem with contests is most members leave after the contest is over. Long term it is very hard to make a forum remain active and it ussually involves a certain amount of luck.

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jack_40k Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	The best way to get people to come to your forum is by advertising, spreading the word over MSN/RL and (this is a new concept but it gets HEAPS of referrals) Youtube Video linking.

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scoopy301 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 1	Advertising and contests are the best way to promote the forum because in this way more and more members are attracted towards the forum for reference

01-13-2008	#6 (permalink)
heelix Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	I would have to say contests. Also offering people money to sign up and post. Offering some kind of incentive for people to sign up and use the forum.

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baseballboy11 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	I would also put links to it all my signatures at other forums, to get the word out that way, especially if the content between the 2 sites is related. I would also make sure to blog about it.

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katiej Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Use the ongoing video trend to spread word about your forum, and make it funny. People love funny videos. Find other forums relating to your subject, and participate there. Put your forum in your signature. Don't spam them just to get a link to yours though.

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akshayhack1234 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	the best approach could be go the digital point way or have many contacts offering valueable exchanges of services and money with no frauds....this would be a nicer way to do it

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