One of the best ways people are making more money than AdSense is by contacting companies directly and asking them to advertise on the site. This way (depending on traffic) you can charge $100 or...

You could use a service such as Ning that allows you to start a forum and social network for free and then you can pay for premium services when your site gets to that point.

Starting a forum is...

OK, I looked at your site and the main problem I see is that there are no conversations going on. All threads have one reply or no replies.

You need to break it down as much as possible. Is the traffic you are getting going into the front page? Are they going to any other pages on your site? Have you created some starter discussions...

If you really want to make it easy, use Ning. It is a free hosted service that makes starting a forum/social network very easy. Nothing to load or requirements to meet. There are premium services...

Are you getting traffic, but no sign-ups or are you not getting any traffic?

Do you have a good stats program (such as Google Analytics) so you can see how many people are on your site?

Not sure what you guys do online, but millions of people use social networks. Not only do they use them, but they can spend hours online while connecting with friends and participating in...

Changing titles to have better keywords or to be more descriptive is a good idea, but it may make users mad if you mess with their forum threads.

Short term strategy is to spend a lot of money advertising your site while using a stats program to track the incoming traffic and make changes until you get a good conversion rate of sign-ups.
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Article writing and submission can still be a valuable way to build links and traffic, but it isn't like it was a couple of years ago. If you want to try article marketing, visit...

I think it is an important example to hear about a blog owner who worked for two years before starting to get some serious traffic from Google.

We can do lots fo things to attract traffic to our...

People won't be attracted to a new forum with no threads and conversations in it. They might be interested in a new type of forum if it is a topic they are interested in and they see lots of other...

It matters what type of social network it is. If it is a general social network, then most people use them to connect with firends and participate in a community.

If the social network is...

My thought is that keywords are still important to let search engines know what your pages are about, but they will carry less weight over time. Build sites and pages that offer good quality...

The level playing field is being altered. Instead of price and click through being the determining factors of which ads get shown, now Google AdWords has a quality score that requires much more from...

Do a search for $25 Googlke AdWords credit and you might be able to find a coupon.

Before you begin, understand that Google AdWords can be a tough nut to crack. If you are buying traffic for an...

Antoher thing to understand about PPC traffic is you have to have good metrics in place to know what your bid should be. Are you trying to get people to sign-up for an email list or to purchase...

Wow, old thread. Would be nice if we could still bu traffic for 5 cents. I remember those days : )

If I were just starting out, I would test Yahoo first because it is easier to get your ads on the Yahoo search engine.

Google AdWords can deliver a lot of traffic, but their "quality score"...

Another difference is that SEO can take a long time as you build content and links while PPC allows you to start buying traffic today.

PPC is getting harder to do as more people are advertising...

Also consider Ning. You can make a free site and then pay for premium features such as using your own domain name ($5/month) and controlling the ads ($20/month). Ning allows you to make a social...

It matters what niche market you are in.

Advertising (both AdSense types and sponsorship types), premium memberships, and donation links work, but you also should consider selling products to...

I bought traffic from Google before I had some sort of stats program. I wasted a lot of money because I couldn't see what the people were doing on my site when they got there. Now I have a good...

This is a problem all new forums have. How do you throw a great online party when everyone is the first one there? No matter how you get traffic (forum postings, blog postings, directory...

Make sure you have a stat reporting tool such as Google Analytics so you will know where your traffic is coming from and what they are doing on your site. Sometimes people are willing to join a...

I think Google, Ning, and a bunch of other platforms have entered into some sort of consortium (OpenSocial) allowing applications to be shared across many platforms. Here's the link that will help...

I would park the additional domains for now.

Start building content on your new forum and blogs first. Once you have some content on the sites, try to find some other forums and blogs related to...

Most people will not participate in an empty forum, but if you have a specific niche like yours, then people will probably enter and post something.

There are two considerations. First, will...