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dani190
Joined: 06 Jul 2006
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 Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: forum development, how to gain members? |
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Hey guys, iv been having some trouble gainnig members on my forums at http://bullseyesupporrt.net
Iv tried submitting to lots of search engiens and im listed and i have them indexing almost by the minute but i just cant get visitors to join
any ideas?
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seo
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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1. Forum does not have that many posts.
1.2. You need to get more posts by doing things like post exchange.
2. Too many categories while there aren't that many posts. This discourages new members.
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Zerabira
Joined: 01 May 2006
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To help populate it a little and make the site useful research a little on each subject and make sticky threads in each forum with useful links, info, FAQs etc. You need to put more effort into generating content or it's dead in the water.
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Camron
Joined: 14 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| pay people to join! thats how i do it! |
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seo
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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| Camron wrote: | | pay people to join! thats how i do it! |
... really? How much do you pay? Does new member get paid upon registration? Does he/she get paid upon posting? How does it work?
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frankcow
Joined: 26 Jun 2006
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I have found paid posters to be virtually useless, especially if you have aniche forum
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seo
Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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| frankcow wrote: | | I have found paid posters to be virtually useless, especially if you have aniche forum |
Have you actually used any paid posting service, frankcow? If so, how was your experience? What did you dislike about it?
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frankcow
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I wouldn't say they're useless if I didn't know!
My experience was that it took 3 weeks to start posting, they promised 100 good posts under 3 usernames, and so far I've received 7 crappy short posts under 1 user name
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aboyd
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
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I hired Forum Elves & Forum Launch. Forum Elves was a no-show (but never charged my credit card, so I'm not too upset). Forum Launch posted a bunch of stupid 1-liners. Overall, I regretted using paid posting.
I found some posting exchanges worked OK. Some worked miserably. Depends upon the person.
I think the best method is to create 2 or 3 accounts for yourself, and build up your forum posts completely on your own. If you can think like an actor, and post in different "styles" then you can use multiple accounts to create discussions or to resurrect old topics, or to play devil's advocate, etc. And since you love & care about your own forum, you can ensure quality control.
Of course, once people start responding to the topics and conversations are flowing, it seems best to go back to your 1 "real" account. Things can grow naturally, once you give them a proper seeding.
-Tony
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frankcow
Joined: 26 Jun 2006
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I used we-pay-you-post
I'm trying to resolve it with them, otherwise I'll be forced to report my bad experience in a blog and a few forums
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seo
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| frankcow wrote: | I used we-pay-you-post
I'm trying to resolve it with them, otherwise I'll be forced to report my bad experience in a blog and a few forums |
Well, ... it seems that you're already reporting your bad experience here  . So, they have three packages ( http://forumelves.com/packages.html ) :
New Recruits
> 100+ Posts
> 20+ New Threads
> 2-4 Writers
> 100 Visitors
$25
Best Helpers
> 450+ Posts
> 100+ New Threads
> 6-10 Writers
> 1,000 Visitors
$90
Entire Workshop
> 1800+ Posts
> 400+ New Threads
> 12-16 Writers
> 10,000 Visitors
$275
Which package did you purchase?
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