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12-05-2008, 07:02 PM
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  | Best tips to kick start a forum Let's share out best ways of kick starting a new forum. Has anyone got any good ones, even if they are basic? |
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12-11-2008, 06:58 PM
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| its best to have friends in your niche, it seems a forum needs seeder to come in and start a GOOD topic, then let all the lurkers finally jump in and make a comment. otherwise the lurkers just click around afraid to post |
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12-13-2008, 12:18 PM
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| Very fair point. Anything else you have? |
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12-31-2008, 09:14 PM
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| Apprentice   Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Illinois USA
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 | Create a great referral and activity contest and give a good prize out!
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01-07-2009, 09:29 PM
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| I agree with the poster above me, contests are a great way to get people to sign up and post. I am currently organising one for my webmaster forum. Creating a few (2 or 3) fake users and posting with their accounts can also help to make the forum look more active. Once you have enough users you can gradually "fade out" these fake users. |
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01-10-2009, 08:53 PM
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02-16-2009, 10:00 AM
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| seems a forum needs seeder it seems a forum needs seeder to come in and start a GOOD topic, then let all the lurkers finally jump in and make a comment. otherwise |
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02-16-2009, 09:00 PM
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| Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Illinois USA
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| One thing I do before launching a forum is get post exchanges from about 4 to 6 people and get some posts on the forum so that I have posts to add to, then it give new members something to discuss as well 
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09-16-2009, 10:32 PM
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| i think you must find a good niche. All people with one interest will create a good forum |
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12-13-2009, 04:23 PM
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| Pretty good tips here I see. Maybe they could help me not to fail miserably with my forum (again  ). |
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