Business Model Discussion: Building tons of surfer forums? - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 12-22-2005, 11:32 PM

Any webmasters here do the following?

1) Finding surfer demographics that have high PPC potential

2) Building mainstream forums focused on this demographic

3) Seeding the forums with paid posters and paid articles

4) Promoting the forums aggressively

5) Retaining and encouraging members to posts through paid posters

6) INTEGRATING the user-created content with high value content areas like blogs/article bases/interest-specific portals.

Share your experiences. If anyone needs help with this, contact me to discuss labor logistics and guerilla promotion strategies...

$5 submissions · 12-24-2005, 04:54 PM

Bump for adult to mainstream webmasters.

Dirty F · 12-24-2005, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Bump for adult to mainstream webmasters.

My troll posts get way more replies

$5 submissions · 12-24-2005, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Franck

My troll posts get way more replies

Yeah, franck. Maybe the time has come for us to collaborate on an ALL TROLL board project--mainstream, of course.

I wonder how an ALL TROLL surfer forum would play out.... of course, it has to piss off/engage the right high paying PPC market segment.

NickJ · 12-24-2005, 06:03 PM

sounds like a lot of work to me.

$5 submissions · 12-24-2005, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NickJ

sounds like a lot of work to me.

That is where cheap labor comes in

Pete-KT · 12-24-2005, 06:05 PM

already own a surfer forum thats doing GREAT for us

dig420 · 12-24-2005, 08:10 PM

http://www.darkcavern.com/forum

Hornydog4cooter · 12-25-2005, 11:21 PM

Been pushing a mainstream forum since December 1st now. I have maybe about 18 members which 15 of them are me lol. But people come and go, bookmark and click the google adsense ads. I am averageing 67 cents a click so far . Cant wait for the big traffic to come...

Marshal · 12-26-2005, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Any webmasters here do the following?

1) Finding surfer demographics that have high PPC potential

2) Building mainstream forums focused on this demographic

3) Seeding the forums with paid posters and paid articles

4) Promoting the forums aggressively

5) Retaining and encouraging members to posts through paid posters

6) INTEGRATING the user-created content with high value content areas like blogs/article bases/interest-specific portals.

Share your experiences. If anyone needs help with this, contact me to discuss labor logistics and guerilla promotion strategies...

great idea!

Ace-wtf · 12-26-2005, 06:00 AM

sounds good

it should generate traffic

$5 submissions · 12-26-2005, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Hornydog4cooter

Been pushing a mainstream forum since December 1st now. I have maybe about 18 members which 15 of them are me lol. But people come and go, bookmark and click the google adsense ads. I am averageing 67 cents a click so far . Cant wait for the big traffic to come...

Nice. I wonder if a very entertaining TROLL board would get tons of bookmarkers and ad clickers

Love Sex · 12-26-2005, 06:39 AM

The answer is yes. Entertainment factor plus something usefull will make money as long as it can get proper marketing. Take GFY for a prime example.

u-Bob · 12-26-2005, 06:51 AM

there's no money in that

no need to try it....

$5 submissions · 12-26-2005, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by u-Bob

there's no money in that

no need to try it....

Isn't that what they say about SE's and blogs?

darksoul · 12-26-2005, 06:58 AM

I tried it and failed. With a hosting talk forum.
Guess the market was too saturated or didn't pushed it enough.

12-26-2005, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by dig420

http://www.darkcavern.com/forum

May I ask which chat you're using for the forum?

RawAlex · 12-26-2005, 08:01 AM

Chat boards only work if you can find mindless fools to be moderators for free, with the caveat that you will have to manage them at least from time to time to keep them from becoming kings and queens and pissing people off.

It works for some people - but the amount of actual hourly labor involved can get pretty high.

Alex

Theo · 12-26-2005, 08:23 AM

adsense on boards wont make you significant money. Target a single good category, get your board big and contact companies in the area to advertise on it.

$5 submissions · 12-26-2005, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RawAlex

Chat boards only work if you can find mindless fools to be moderators for free, with the caveat that you will have to manage them at least from time to time to keep them from becoming kings and queens and pissing people off.

It works for some people - but the amount of actual hourly labor involved can get pretty high.

Alex

Very good point, Alex.

sfera · 12-26-2005, 01:37 PM

bump for u!

$5 submissions · 01-12-2006, 03:47 PM

I'm not looking at xxxx.domain.com type subforums but forums that are small and have a tightly defined identity. Basically, very tight resource sites for highly selective high value traffic.

u-Bob · 01-12-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Isn't that what they say about SE's and blogs?

that's right. no money in that either

xanx · 01-12-2006, 04:57 PM

I have done this successfuly for years,

I chit chat with you if you like.

$5 submissions · 01-14-2006, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by xanx

I have done this successfuly for years,

I chit chat with you if you like.

Hi Xanx, thanks! Much appreciated!

$5 submissions · 01-14-2006, 04:05 PM

One thing I've noticed about many boards though is that from an advertiser's perspective, they are good mostly for BRANDING. Unless the discussions are about SPECIFIC product reviews and industry issues with actual call to action text and other actionable lead info in the discussions themselves.

Rui · 01-15-2006, 03:04 PM

Beeing a avid mainstream forum user I don't see how this would result in a way of getting +real users (and all that comes with it).

If the idea is just getting some key placement on SE's and whatnot and get some nice adsense clicks then i see what you are saying.

$5 submissions · 01-15-2006, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rui

Beeing a avid mainstream forum user I don't see how this would result in a way of getting +real users (and all that comes with it).

If the idea is just getting some key placement on SE's and whatnot and get some nice adsense clicks then i see what you are saying.

Well, the challenge is how to make more money with LESS traffic. Sniper shot vs. shotgun blast.

polle54 · 01-15-2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RawAlex

Chat boards only work if you can find mindless fools to be moderators for free, with the caveat that you will have to manage them at least from time to time to keep them from becoming kings and queens and pissing people off.

It works for some people - but the amount of actual hourly labor involved can get pretty high.

Alex

love your sig man

pornguy · 01-15-2006, 04:05 PM

I can see that it could bring in a lot of clicks and money.

xanx · 01-15-2006, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Well, the challenge is how to make more money with LESS traffic. Sniper shot vs. shotgun blast.

one trick is making sure you have an option for very cheap advertising. For instance I use a system that drops google style text links under every pic and video at random. The views are amazingly high and I only charge 10.00 for three months for someone to have their text link in there.

It's a very good bargain, so much so that members would buy paid spots for stuff like poking fun at other members and stuff like that. The site does well just in the pure numbers of people buying the links. It's a win/win for all involved.

Now don't expect to retire off that, you will need other methods of income but that one works very well.

Doctor Dre · 01-15-2006, 04:31 PM

We run local message boards with our local dating portals ... one of them have 100k + posts ... never moderated... not having any problem with it either

12-22-2005, 11:32 PM	#1
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	Business Model Discussion: Building tons of surfer forums? Any webmasters here do the following? 1) Finding surfer demographics that have high PPC potential 2) Building mainstream forums focused on this demographic 3) Seeding the forums with paid posters and paid articles 4) Promoting the forums aggressively 5) Retaining and encouraging members to posts through paid posters 6) INTEGRATING the user-created content with high value content areas like blogs/article bases/interest-specific portals. Share your experiences. If anyone needs help with this, contact me to discuss labor logistics and guerilla promotion strategies... __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

12-24-2005, 04:54 PM	#2
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12-26-2005, 06:00 AM	#11
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12-26-2005, 06:58 AM	#16
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01-12-2006, 03:47 PM	#22
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	I'm not looking at xxxx.domain.com type subforums but forums that are small and have a tightly defined identity. Basically, very tight resource sites for highly selective high value traffic. __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

12-24-2005, 06:03 PM	#5
NickJ So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 325	sounds like a lot of work to me.

12-24-2005, 06:05 PM	#7
Pete-KT Workin With The Devil Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: West Bloomfield, MI Posts: 51,532	already own a surfer forum thats doing GREAT for us

12-24-2005, 08:10 PM	#8
dig420 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 9,240	http://www.darkcavern.com/forum

12-25-2005, 11:21 PM	#9
Hornydog4cooter Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,859	Been pushing a mainstream forum since December 1st now. I have maybe about 18 members which 15 of them are me lol. But people come and go, bookmark and click the google adsense ads. I am averageing 67 cents a click so far . Cant wait for the big traffic to come...

12-26-2005, 06:39 AM	#13
Love Sex Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,905	The answer is yes. Entertainment factor plus something usefull will make money as long as it can get proper marketing. Take GFY for a prime example.

12-26-2005, 06:51 AM	#14
u-Bob there's no $$$ in porn Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: icq: 195./568.-230 (btw: not getting offline msgs) Posts: 33,063	there's no money in that no need to try it....

12-26-2005, 08:01 AM	#18
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Chat boards only work if you can find mindless fools to be moderators for free, with the caveat that you will have to manage them at least from time to time to keep them from becoming kings and queens and pissing people off. It works for some people - but the amount of actual hourly labor involved can get pretty high. Alex

12-26-2005, 08:23 AM	#19
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	adsense on boards wont make you significant money. Target a single good category, get your board big and contact companies in the area to advertise on it.

12-26-2005, 01:37 PM	#21
sfera Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: ICQ: 248877409 Posts: 8,597	bump for u!

01-12-2006, 04:57 PM	#24
xanx Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,711	I have done this successfuly for years, I chit chat with you if you like.

01-14-2006, 04:05 PM	#26
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	One thing I've noticed about many boards though is that from an advertiser's perspective, they are good mostly for BRANDING. Unless the discussions are about SPECIFIC product reviews and industry issues with actual call to action text and other actionable lead info in the discussions themselves. __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

01-15-2006, 03:04 PM	#27
Rui web Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: On icq: 85-483-060 Posts: 9,533	Beeing a avid mainstream forum user I don't see how this would result in a way of getting +real users (and all that comes with it). If the idea is just getting some key placement on SE's and whatnot and get some nice adsense clicks then i see what you are saying.

01-15-2006, 04:05 PM	#30
pornguy Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Homeless Posts: 62,911	I can see that it could bring in a lot of clicks and money. __________________ PornGuy skype me pornguy_epic AmateurDough The Hottes Shemales online! TChicks.com \| Angeles Cid \| Mariana Cordoba \| MAILERS WELCOME!