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Okay, I'm swallowing my pride... · **Released**: 04-29-2007

...how do you folks with big boards do it? I'm proud of the two sites I created in my sig?both having won BOTM both here and at vbulletin.com despite having no active community to speak of. SpaceBuffs.com especially has some very nice backlinks pointing at it, hence the high PR. It has links in both the Yahoo and ODP directories, as well as some nice science sites and major university sites. I have a link to the site in my sig on various forums which have a topic similar to SpaceBuffs.

Still...nada. I can't convert visitors. I'm not sure what it is I'm doing wrong. The frustration has caused me to completely give up promoting the sites and adding any content, and I pretty much keep both up and running just so I can have them in my design portfolio.

I love working on forums, both my own and for clients. I'd love to one day have a successful forum of my own, instead of abandoned eye-candy. Any tips on how to drive traffic to the forums and convert said traffic would be GREATLY appreciated.

gengar56 · #42 09-13-2007, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

If you feel you are an expert, by all means, make an ebook, I may even read it, but I dont think stats really qualifies anyone as an expert.

I didn't say I was an expert

Thanks for the feedback.

jawatkin · #43 09-14-2007, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by gengar56

Does it really depend on that?

I started my forum in 2004, so it's been about 3 years.

What do you think now?

Well, I'm just speaking from my own perspective whether it would be worthwhile. I just crossed 25k today and started in March this year, so it wouldn't be for me, but I bet (assuming it is replicable) others would be interested. Good luck!

techartist1 · #44 09-21-2007, 05:40 AM

When I first started my board, I was on there every day making up 4 or 5 questions and then I would answer them myself as other user(s). Is this cheating? Not really. You need good content - and if you ask good questions and provide good answers, believe me, people will be interested.

And if your site looks like a graveyard, no one is going to visit or post. Think of it this way, discussion boards are all about communication, and if you feel like you are talking to yourself, it is NOT motivational.

There's no secret. You need recent posts and good info and lots of users. If it takes a little acting to get it going, no one will be the wiser and your readers will get good info and mkae new friends!

If you'd like to see my board...http://www.debt-consolidation-credit...ce.com/forums/

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