Anyone here run their own forums? - GoFuckYourself.com

brizzad · 09-10-2006, 01:24 PM

How the hell do you guys get members.. i'm trying to get started.. but here's my stats since September 2nd

Threads: 70, Posts: 403, Members: 48

Any tips?

dougeetx · 09-10-2006, 01:26 PM

I run one for mainstream. http://www.RealityTVFriends.com/forum . I have over 1200 friends on myspace and I'm using a commenter program to comment everyone's myspace profile. It's decent so far. My page has only been up a couple of days, too.

brizzad · 09-10-2006, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dougeetx

I run one for mainstream. http://www.RealityTVFriends.com/forum . I have over 1200 friends on myspace and I'm using a commenter program to comment everyone's myspace profile. It's decent so far. My page has only been up a couple of days, too.

That's great to hear... i just started a myspace profile and am gaining members from groups related to my forums.. almost 300 friends in 3 days. ill bust out the auto commenter soon

baddog · 09-10-2006, 01:33 PM

Where do you advertise it?

brizzad · 09-10-2006, 01:45 PM

I just started out with adwords, which was a huge mistake because the niche has a very large PPC rate, and people were going to a near empty forum and not registering due to the lack of activitiy. live and learn

a friend just pointed me to forumtrends.com, so hopefully this will help out

dougeetx · 09-10-2006, 01:45 PM

Here's where I bought the commenter. You can also buy a mass friend adder, too.

http://www.friendadder.com/

If you want to take a long way of doing it, you can go to http://www.backpage.com (using firefox) and then open up every city in a different tab and put into the adult section about your site for free.

High Plains Drifter · 09-10-2006, 02:27 PM

I run a medium-sized (800k posts) forum. Its a fuckin bitch to get any new traffic to it. Getting listed on big-boards will get you some clicks, but you need 500k posts to get listed.

Anyone that has traffic sources for this, let me know, I'll pay well.

baddog · 09-10-2006, 02:31 PM

try buying ad space on blogs or other places surfers frequent

www.pimpspromo.com

I don't have a rate card with me, but will respond when I get home next week if interested

Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE · 09-10-2006, 02:32 PM

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DamageX · 09-10-2006, 02:46 PM

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sickkittens · 09-10-2006, 02:53 PM

A good forum should build itself with SE traffic and word of mouth.

scottybuzz · 09-10-2006, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sickkittens

A good forum should build itself with SE traffic and word of mouth.

se traffic rocks for forums.

GonZo · 09-10-2006, 04:06 PM

Building a forum is an art.
Hiring paid posters is no short cut in my book. Part of the solution is to have a genre or topic you are interested in and persuing it.

$5 submissions · 09-10-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by brizzad

How the hell do you guys get members.. i'm trying to get started.. but here's my stats since September 2nd

Threads: 70, Posts: 403, Members: 48

Any tips?

If you need mainstream forum assistance, ICQ me for some 1 on 1 coaching

I'm here to help adult webmasters who are diversifying into mainstream

Chris · 09-10-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dougeetx

I run one for mainstream. http://www.RealityTVFriends.com/forum . I have over 1200 friends on myspace and I'm using a commenter program to comment everyone's myspace profile. It's decent so far. My page has only been up a couple of days, too.

you spam and scam
who would of thought

SlamDesigns · 09-10-2006, 04:16 PM

I used to run some boards. I drove traffic to them by going to other boards with a similar theme and posting (useful) topics and replies, and having a link to my board in my sig.

Like someone else said though, whatever you do make sure your board has some activity first. People will click away really quick if there are only a few posts there to start with.

$5 submissions · 09-10-2006, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SlamDesigns

I used to run some boards. I drove traffic to them by going to other boards with a similar theme and posting (useful) topics and replies, and having a link to my board in my sig.

Like someone else said though, whatever you do make sure your board has some activity first. People will click away really quick if there are only a few posts there to start with.

Yep. Blog comments help as well. As long as the "lead" material is ON POINT and actually ADDS to the conversation on the forum/blog you are promoting on, this should be fine. Also, build link swaps with sites that accept your comments/posts.

Mr.Right - Banned For Life · 09-10-2006, 05:43 PM

Some of them are a waste of time.

I have a forum

Threads: 1,006, Posts: 19,916, Members: 1,412

Its been up for 7 months and not one member on there has purchased anything from my ref links.

I am closing it down as it has been a big waste of time.

People go to forums for free things.

chaze · 09-10-2006, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Batts

Some of them are a waste of time.

I have a forum

Threads: 1,006, Posts: 19,916, Members: 1,412

Its been up for 7 months and not one member on there has purchased anything from my ref links.

I am closing it down as it has been a big waste of time.

People go to forums for free things.

I hope you will atleast sale it

you can do branding even if they don't buy stuff.

madawgz · 09-10-2006, 06:24 PM

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KRL · 09-10-2006, 07:02 PM

Word of mouth works best.

09-10-2006, 01:24 PM	#1
brizzad holla Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: KFC Posts: 11,769	Anyone here run their own forums? How the hell do you guys get members.. i'm trying to get started.. but here's my stats since September 2nd Threads: 70, Posts: 403, Members: 48 Any tips?

09-10-2006, 01:26 PM	#2
dougeetx Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,163	I run one for mainstream. http://www.RealityTVFriends.com/forum . I have over 1200 friends on myspace and I'm using a commenter program to comment everyone's myspace profile. It's decent so far. My page has only been up a couple of days, too. __________________ Coming Soon! A NEW revolution in black adult social networking!

09-10-2006, 01:45 PM	#6
dougeetx Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,163	Here's where I bought the commenter. You can also buy a mass friend adder, too. http://www.friendadder.com/ If you want to take a long way of doing it, you can go to http://www.backpage.com (using firefox) and then open up every city in a different tab and put into the adult section about your site for free. __________________ Coming Soon! A NEW revolution in black adult social networking!

09-10-2006, 02:53 PM	#11
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09-10-2006, 04:06 PM	#13
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09-10-2006, 01:33 PM	#4
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	Where do you advertise it?

09-10-2006, 02:27 PM	#7
High Plains Drifter Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ♠ ♣ ♥ Posts: 2,341	I run a medium-sized (800k posts) forum. Its a fuckin bitch to get any new traffic to it. Getting listed on big-boards will get you some clicks, but you need 500k posts to get listed. Anyone that has traffic sources for this, let me know, I'll pay well.

09-10-2006, 02:31 PM	#8
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	try buying ad space on blogs or other places surfers frequent www.pimpspromo.com I don't have a rate card with me, but will respond when I get home next week if interested

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09-10-2006, 04:16 PM	#16
SlamDesigns Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,339	I used to run some boards. I drove traffic to them by going to other boards with a similar theme and posting (useful) topics and replies, and having a link to my board in my sig. Like someone else said though, whatever you do make sure your board has some activity first. People will click away really quick if there are only a few posts there to start with.

09-10-2006, 05:43 PM	#18
Mr.Right - Banned For Life I guarantee it Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18,314	Some of them are a waste of time. I have a forum Threads: 1,006, Posts: 19,916, Members: 1,412 Its been up for 7 months and not one member on there has purchased anything from my ref links. I am closing it down as it has been a big waste of time. People go to forums for free things.

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