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How did you get your boards so active?
Tweet Topic Started: May 21 2005, 04:22 PM (2,015 Views)
chickenlady	May 22 2005, 07:51 AM Post #16
Member Posts: 61 Group: Members Member #17,527 Joined: April 25, 2004	I think you have a nice theme going there.I would just keep posting and leaving links on other boards(that allow it) that have the same interest as yours.I would also set up a forum where other boards can leave a link to their board and post a note that to do so they need to post a link to your board on theirs.It does take time to get an active board going and lots of hard work.You might also run a contest such as a posting contest with a prize to the member who posts the most.Plan it ahead of time and incorporate that into the links you leave elsewhere.Good luck



Zero Resistance-ZNS	May 22 2005, 08:10 AM Post #17
eÜil Zero lÖrd Posts: 935 Group: Members Member #33,233 Joined: October 23, 2004	PM Seth with the following message. As Title: ZOMGPMADVERTFOO@!11111111oeneoeneFOO! message: FOO! JOIN MAH SITE J00 FOO! J00 SUCKXORS AND CAN'T BAN ME XOR0S! F00! MSAH SITWXORS IS HTTP://INVISIONFREE.COM FOO! DIE FOO! taht should work Untested



Crystatic	May 22 2005, 09:26 AM Post #18
Member Posts: 107 Group: Members Member #53,004 Joined: May 1, 2005	Queen Bee May 21, 2005 04:49 PM Well for getting members, I registered with loads of search engines and registered on Top Sites, as well as other Harry Potter forums. Although check the rules of any forums you are about to advertise your site on. Usually Admins are okay about you putting a link to your site in your signature. The thing is, these methods are getting me members but apart from the friend I knew from before, no one is posting in the on topic threads yet. :rolleyes: How do you register with a search engine ?



Payton3486	May 22 2005, 09:26 AM Post #19
www.sports-dome.com Posts: 595 Group: Validating Member #46,630 Joined: March 4, 2005	my forum has lots of activity in the afternoon. we rarely advertise and we have a lot of members and lots of posts. the board isnt very old. if you want a lot of members, be sure not to make the entire board based on one thing. add some other forums. examples: off topic, graphics, entertainment (movies, tv, music), and others.



Queen Bee	May 22 2005, 05:22 PM Post #20
Welcome to IF! :) Posts: 244 Group: Members Member #32,491 Joined: October 14, 2004	Crystatic May 22, 2005 08:26 AM Queen Bee May 21, 2005 04:49 PM Well for getting members, I registered with loads of search engines and registered on Top Sites, as well as other Harry Potter forums. Although check the rules of any forums you are about to advertise your site on. Usually Admins are okay about you putting a link to your site in your signature. The thing is, these methods are getting me members but apart from the friend I knew from before, no one is posting in the on topic threads yet. :rolleyes: How do you register with a search engine ? This is where I got all my information on Meta Tags and Search Engines here. I hope it works for you. Quote: PM Seth with the following message. As Title: ZOMGPMADVERTFOO@!11111111oeneoeneFOO! message: FOO! JOIN MAH SITE J00 FOO! J00 SUCKXORS AND CAN'T BAN ME XOR0S! F00! MSAH SITWXORS IS HTTP://INVISIONFREE.COM FOO! DIE FOO! taht should work Untested LMAO!! If I didn't love my site so much and was able to see Seth's reaction before he banned me - that would actually be worth a laugh!! I must be getting old - I hardly understood any of it.



Nir	May 22 2005, 09:34 PM Post #21
Former IF Support Staff Posts: 5,852 Group: Members Member #291 Joined: December 31, 2002	Quote: PM Seth with the following message. As Title: ZOMGPMADVERTFOO@!11111111oeneoeneFOO! message: FOO! JOIN MAH SITE J00 FOO! J00 SUCKXORS AND CAN'T BAN ME XOR0S! F00! MSAH SITWXORS IS HTTP://INVISIONFREE.COM FOO! DIE FOO! If you want to try it, go right ahead. I don't suggest it, and such messages never help. They are an annoyance, and sending a PM to anyone else they ask for a link is a huge annoyance. Try not to approach people when advertising, try to let them come to you. For example, don't PM people with a link to your forum. Rather, give them a reason to find your forum. Targeting an audience makes this much easier. For example, if you have a Harry Potter forum, then go to a forum with a large number Harry Potter fans and see if you can post a link without advertising. Sounding proffesional and appealing is key. Also, affiliates (when one forum links to your forum and you link back) works very well. Partnerships, where both sides benefit when well thought out result in great success. Quote: How do you register with a search engine ? If you go to a search engine, then you should be able to find a way. You can do it for Google right here. Don't stop there. Try submitting your site to directories, top sites ect/ Having a link available really helps, even if its not on a place as popular as google. And remember, results take time. Never think that doing nothing will bring you members over time, but if you are constantly doing things to promote your site then over time the member registrations will increase.



Shivan Fire	May 23 2005, 12:54 AM Post #22
Support before Beer Posts: 329 Group: Members Member #43,986 Joined: February 7, 2005	Easy, to make specialized forums active is you've always got to offer more appealing things than all your competition. But if you really want a head start stort your forum building on another forum. Like let's say you wanted to build a Gfx forum. A good way is to go to a large gfx forum and develop a really good rep and gain lots of respect that way when you are ready to open your doors you already have a score of devoted members. Works for me.



Dragon Lord	May 23 2005, 02:32 AM Post #23
Member Posts: 2 Group: Members Member #55,119 Joined: May 22, 2005	My site has 5 memebrs and only i post. How do i add to search engines and how much does it cost



Zero Resistance-ZNS	May 23 2005, 02:35 AM Post #24
eÜil Zero lÖrd Posts: 935 Group: Members Member #33,233 Joined: October 23, 2004	Dragon Lord May 23, 2005 01:32 AM My site has 5 memebrs and only i post. How do i add to search engines and how much does it cost Submit to Google, it's free. http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl there, submit it there. No payment, just click and have meta tags. oh meta tags. and Ole' Dynamix's guide should help you. http://support.invisionfree.com/index.php?showtopic=25296



.Soldier	May 23 2005, 04:22 AM Post #25
^_^ Posts: 915 Group: Members Member #52,853 Joined: April 30, 2005	To get heaps of members on your board i would advise you to advertise it in... Yahoo Google I got 500 members in less then a month advertising it in there.



Queen Bee	May 23 2005, 02:13 PM Post #26
Welcome to IF! :) Posts: 244 Group: Members Member #32,491 Joined: October 14, 2004	S O L D I E R May 23, 2005 03:22 AM To get heaps of members on your board i would advise you to advertise it in... Yahoo Google I got 500 members in less then a month advertising it in there. So do you mean you paid for advertising? Or you submitted to their search engine for free? I didn't know you could pay to advertise on google etc. :unsure: Oh btw happy belated birthday



Ragnarok Sasuke	May 23 2005, 02:18 PM Post #27
The Xenocide Posts: 93 Group: Members Member #42,962 Joined: January 28, 2005	Maybe the graphics just don't appeal to well... try making a change every once in a while.



huricane	May 23 2005, 02:39 PM Post #28
Member Posts: 9,544 Group: Members Member #23,669 Joined: July 7, 2004	Queen Bee May 23, 2005 02:13 PM I didn't know you could pay to advertise on google etc. :unsure: Oh btw happy belated birthday You can, just as you cna purchase to have ads on your site hosted by Google, you can have your site as an advertisement on Google as well, as well as other Search Engines.



Setsuna-ZNS	May 23 2005, 03:32 PM Post #29
Member Posts: 3 Group: Members Member #55,222 Joined: May 23, 2005	If you want your forum to stay active, give the members a reason to come back. make sure it's appealing to them.



Zek	May 24 2005, 05:10 PM Post #30
Member Posts: 67 Group: Members Member #15,066 Joined: March 21, 2004	I find it very hard to get members myself. Since August or September I have lost so many active posters. The board got negligeted due to other commitments. Though my co-admin who I think is friendly doesn't bother or doesn't want to help me or listen to me. He'd rather that I'd leave the board be and do nothing, to get members. I am not about to leave a board that looks negligeted.



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