zachary Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Hello, I am in desprate need of people registering + posting on my forum.I spent quite a bit of money and no one is posting or registering My forumsStats:Invision Power Board 2.1.7Php Version: 5.1.6MySQL version: 4.1.21-standardPLEASE JOIN IM DIEING FOR MEMBERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ible-white Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 HHHHhhhhhmmmmm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 (link removed)First, the last thing you should ever do is solicite members from one forum to join yours.Second, this is not "Field of Dreams" the "build it and they will come" philosphy is a dream. Any website launch requires some sort of marketing. Search engine optimization, conventional marketing, or grass roots marketing. Blatant requests to "sign up" serve no purpose and have no relevence.Do you know how many members here play that game?Have you done any research as to where you might find people interested in a forum on the topic?Since its an internet multiperson game, drop your name while playing or use your domain name as your character name. Do something, anything other than just signing in to any forum you know and asking for their members to join.Your forums are just a month old - give it a chance. Websites take up to 3 months to get a respectable position in search engine results.I've got two words of advice:Marketing and PatientsP.S. Aside from that, one of our rules here is no advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I've got two words of advice:Marketing and Patients Yeah, seriously, if you're expecting to do any sort of respectable medical business you need patients. Also, you can't have enough patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Yeah, seriously, if you're expecting to do any sort of respectable medical business you need patients. Also, you can't have enough patience.lol - I hate when I do that!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiles Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Making forum alive is complex work , I had had two forumsone live in 15 days one live in 1 monthMy experience is you must have many friends means good out-goingnesshumm I just have only that sad experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Hermans Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Advertising a forum is hard. I used to run one based on phpBB for about 1,5 years the problem was that in the first period a lot of people registered (about 500) and started posting. After a while the ammount of new posts went down like every one did their say.Running a forum means you need to come up with new ideas these day's sinds most people allready got their place to go so a regular forum has no chance of surviving.My solution: I edited the back-up files by deleting the MD5 hashed passwords so people couldn't extract the passwords no more using rainbowtables and offered it for download to who where interested in the data (postings) sinds a few people kept trying to keep the forum alive.After that Bzzzzzzzzzz *plug pulling.Ruud Hermans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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