I'm getting traffic but no sign up's
- Thread starter Flex1
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makinsales
Regular Member
- Jul 23, 2011
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Starting a forum is really difficult.. A lot of people don't know what to do.. It's hard to get people to post new threads.
Trust me I know from experience.
Trust me I know from experience.
Endire
Elite Member
- Mar 27, 2012
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Flex,
I agree, offer something for the first "x" amount of people that sign up. I have also heard of people having success by paying people to create useful threads as members and posting them or acting as an authority on the forum to answer questions. People have to have a reason to go to a forum and typically that reason is because there is a community on a forum that helps them accomplish their goals or otherwise provides useful content. If they can't find those things, they don't want to sign up.
Maybe you can find some ideas here,
http://folusho.com/level-up-how-to-increase-activity-within-your-forum/
Hope that helps,
Shawn
I agree, offer something for the first "x" amount of people that sign up. I have also heard of people having success by paying people to create useful threads as members and posting them or acting as an authority on the forum to answer questions. People have to have a reason to go to a forum and typically that reason is because there is a community on a forum that helps them accomplish their goals or otherwise provides useful content. If they can't find those things, they don't want to sign up.
Maybe you can find some ideas here,
http://folusho.com/level-up-how-to-increase-activity-within-your-forum/
Hope that helps,
Shawn
Well, my forum is about electro music and dubstep so there really isn't any thing i can do to make/ give people an incentive to join. Unless you can think of anything?
originalposter
Regular Member
- Jul 22, 2013
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I am no forum expert, but I agree with what others have said above. You need to somehow show some 'value' in your forum, perhaps some exclusive shares, contents or tutorials. Then you need to think again, how you can get them return for more or leave replies/comments, so some engagement go on. Otherwise, it will be dead again.
I can imagine it is quite hard. Just look at how many 'internet marketing' forums out there. A lot of them didn't even get pass the launch phase. Then there are a lot that were once shown a little success, and quickly dropped due to inconsistency of content or engagement.
I can imagine it is quite hard. Just look at how many 'internet marketing' forums out there. A lot of them didn't even get pass the launch phase. Then there are a lot that were once shown a little success, and quickly dropped due to inconsistency of content or engagement.
Corydoras007
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- Sep 17, 2012
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I agree with many of the suggesters above but I also like how this actual forums does it.
The first page is content (teasers) that can be seen by visitors. However, if you want to see parts of the forum (e.g. blackhat seo, whitehat, making money) you have to be signed up.
There are many techniques in building a forum but from experience, it takes a lot of time, brains, and patience when building up a forum.
The first page is content (teasers) that can be seen by visitors. However, if you want to see parts of the forum (e.g. blackhat seo, whitehat, making money) you have to be signed up.
There are many techniques in building a forum but from experience, it takes a lot of time, brains, and patience when building up a forum.
SEOWorkstation
Newbie
- Aug 2, 2013
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Well this is a black hat forum, so here's a black hat tip for you:
Most people would not join a new, relatively empty forum, when there are many other more active forums around. So you need to get your forum to look active.
To do that, there are a few tools that scrape posts from other forums and add them to your forum.That way, you do not start with an empty forum.
Just an idea...
Most people would not join a new, relatively empty forum, when there are many other more active forums around. So you need to get your forum to look active.
To do that, there are a few tools that scrape posts from other forums and add them to your forum.That way, you do not start with an empty forum.
Just an idea...
Can you share some tools you would recommend, I'm interested in this
