[ASK] How To Start a Forum?

[lancis]

I don't know what is your niche, but one good way to gain users fast is to create a tool on your forum. Then offer it to registered members with 5+ posts.

Thus, instead promoting the forum you promote the tool on other forums.

If you don't understand what I am talking about, look at imtalk.org - they have a directory submission tool, status submission tool etc. Its a nice and elegant way to gain audience fast.

 

[seen444]

I've started up 2 very successful forums, they're both very active.

You need to populate the forum by yourself, create 20 profiles and copy and paste threads + answers from other forums. Leave some threads without answers to make people signup and answer.
You can change the thread subject to maximize se-traffic.

Go to google blog search and type in something related to your forum. Post comments and just place your url in the website-field, people will come.

I used this method to start up both my forums. One of the forums got 25k+ members, the other in the diet-niche got 2,5k.

many forums do not let you copy images though and copying would be very difficult and time consuming if you have to insert each image URL or to upload the images to the forum and then put them in the post. Anyone knows a way around it?