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How did you get your first members?
08-20-2007, 04:59 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 10  | How did you get your first members? I just started a forum and I've been having a really hard time getting people to join. Like I had decent amount of traffic come in but people do not join or if they do they do not post. Some help would be really appreciated.
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08-20-2007, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,029 Location: Michigan, US   Recent Blog: New Screenshots Released 
| I had some friends post to get the forum active early and then I placed links in my sig at various forums to drive traffic.
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08-20-2007, 12:03 PM
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 Title: Groupie
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 48 Location: Canada, eh?
| A few friends I've known off and on for years online came to help me out and they've been with me ever since  I then started advertising here and there to get the word out ..
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08-20-2007, 12:59 PM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 585 Location: New Delhi, India | Mostly friends in the beginning and then by building content and rapport. | ||||
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08-20-2007, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 153 Location: I'm a nomad | Mostly from my sigs plus I emailed everyone who ever made a comment on my blog to tell them about it and invite them. | ||||
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08-20-2007, 09:07 PM
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| Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 157 Location: WebmasterGround.com | My first members were all paid members. I am not as lucky as the rest of you to have good enough friends to come post on my forums. | ||||
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08-21-2007, 12:06 AM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 652 | Friends and PostFusion for me. | ||||
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08-21-2007, 01:06 AM
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| Title: Lurker
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 10 | What is postfusion?
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08-21-2007, 01:07 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,029 Location: Michigan, US Recent Blog: New Screenshots Released
| http://www.adminfusion.com/forums/postfusion.php Its an automated post exchange system, very useful to jumpstart your forums without paying for posts.
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