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I am trying to get my travel forum <url snipped to comply with forum policy > up and running, but am still having a hard time getting visitors...
Started reading articles about the subject though and found this one"
http://www.abc-articles.info/forums/41325.php
pretty usefull. It explaines how you can increase traffic to a just-started forum pretty good. I'm trying it now, and have had a couple of new registration already in a short time.
Read it and use it I suggest!
Started reading articles about the subject though and found this one"
http://www.abc-articles.info/forums/41325.php
pretty usefull. It explaines how you can increase traffic to a just-started forum pretty good. I'm trying it now, and have had a couple of new registration already in a short time.
Read it and use it I suggest!
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That's a very common tactic for starting a new community of which I can say I've done myself. Used with other techniques it can help to get a community rolling.
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I have heard many people do this, but have to admit I never did it myself. Who knows, maybe if I did, it wouldn't have taken DaniWeb a year to reach our first 100 members.
Dani the Computer Science Gal
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A niche forum is difficult to get off the ground initially. I have experienced this myself. However, if such a forum starts growing you might be one-of-a-kind, unique forum.
Keep at it and good luck with your efforts.
Keep at it and good luck with your efforts.
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From an interview I gave back in early 2005:
We also have a huge advantage that makes us unique, which has really helped. When I started DaniWeb, all of the webmasters of the world were screaming that only niche sites work. I set out to prove them wrong – and create something different in the process. We opted to go for a broad site, focusing on all aspects of I.T..
Unlike networks of sites, we’re a one stop resource that puts everything all together in one community. At the same time, we build up each individual forum as if it were a sub-site in and of its own. This encourages members who may have expertise in one area but not another to continue to explore new territory and learn, because the fear of being the uneducated newbie who doesn’t know anyone is eliminated. Instead, members feel more comfortable exploring new areas of the site and learning because they already belong to the community.
We also have a huge advantage that makes us unique, which has really helped. When I started DaniWeb, all of the webmasters of the world were screaming that only niche sites work. I set out to prove them wrong – and create something different in the process. We opted to go for a broad site, focusing on all aspects of I.T..
Unlike networks of sites, we’re a one stop resource that puts everything all together in one community. At the same time, we build up each individual forum as if it were a sub-site in and of its own. This encourages members who may have expertise in one area but not another to continue to explore new territory and learn, because the fear of being the uneducated newbie who doesn’t know anyone is eliminated. Instead, members feel more comfortable exploring new areas of the site and learning because they already belong to the community.
Dani the Computer Science Gal
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I believe ppl will keep on visiting a low traffic forum if they can find what they want. Example, if your forum is offering something unique and they can't find it elsewhere, then your forum will have a large membership database soon. Offcourse, early bird catch the worm.
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Check out my answers on these two threads:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread42343.html
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19255.html
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread42343.html
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19255.html
Dani the Computer Science Gal
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