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    Default Best way to get traffic for a forum?

    What is the best way and easiest way to get traffic to forum? I would like to asked for a safest way which wont be considered as spam?
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    Default Re: Best way to get traffic for a forum?

    Make some promotion. Maybe give away some prizes for posting.

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    I think you need to make sure you don't get the cart in front of the horse. Grow your readership first. Good content is a start. Polls work well for people to start getting used to coming back. Do an e-book and give it away free to build an email mailing list. Then start the forum, using your email list to pose a new topic or question every day until people get so used to coming back that they book mark it. Then use a good forum hack like phpBB.com.

    That's my 2 bits worth.

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    I guess you need something people are interested in. Forums often provide help so if you had something to help with. Some are niche or topic specific, and others more general. Do some promoting at other popular sites. Hang out at some other similar forums that allow signatures, and provide some help or tips their. Maybe they will take an interest in your help and check your site out.

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    If you provide sincere answers to questions posted in the forum...and if you are able to build yourself as an authority in the subject...

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    If somebody knew that answer here, be sure they wont expose it

    Easy answer is hard work.

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    make sure you participate in the forums and post answer to related thread.

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    anything beats trying to wait for them to come. I tried that with my first forum and it didn't work.
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    I think forum posting, article posting are the best to get traffic to the forum.

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    I do not think that there is a magic formula for this, but having a few posters that create some buzz arround your forum + some link building can made the difference.
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    I went through an oline course with Chris Farrell (what you may call an online Guru) and he said forum posting is the way to go for traffic. He received 3,000 members to his list in two months (which is very very impressive). The key is to provide good, well-knowledgable information to people. Then from there, use your signiture to draw in a particular crowd. However, make sure you are not pushing a product on people. Pull them in with something free, such as an eBook or video. Then prove to them you are worthwile and they will be on your list and from there deliever. What do I mean by deliever? Simply have a product that is worth the price...as for SPAM goes. Some forums are very, very picky so just be careful how you convey your website.

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    I'm not really getting a good traffic in link signature. But I guess you need to lighten or bold your link signature in order to be recognized. And maybe traffic will come.

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    emumbert is right. content is key. a good idea is to have a seperate section from the forum to write articles on. if your articles are good people will wanna talk about them and this will get your forum off the ground.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThailandForum View Post
    Create good interesting worthwhile content?
    Exactly, then take care of SEO and you'll be there

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    Forum posting might get you a small amount of traffic. but for huge traffic you have to social bookmarking, social networking on twitter, facebook, myspace these site will gave you a huge traffic

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    From what I read on my host's forum, you gotta give your visitors or members an incentive to post there.

    A sense of a solid community will also keep them there once you've got them lured.
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    Agree...grow your readership through high-quality, engaging copy that will draw a readership. Once there, they will want to start communicating through the forums within your site.
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    Traffic for forums only with good post

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    hmm Link Exchange with websites.

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    Quote Originally Posted by technohive View Post
    What is the best way and easiest way to get traffic to forum? I would like to asked for a safest way which wont be considered as spam?
    Dont wait for members to come to your forum and make posts.. Get a list of Frequently Asked Questions in the categories available in your forum.. Then promote your website in Social media websites and communities which are relevant to your forum theme...

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    There are many ways to get traffic for your website....you can do forum posting,Directory submission,blog comments,social bookmarking,..you can also use twitter and facebook..

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    Link are allow in forum,than traffic is attracted in that forum.

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    Members don't have the time to check into your forum daily unless there is new posts every day. So you need to keep the content fresh and hot.

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    You will probably need to create a few accounts yourself on the forum to start a few threads as no one is going to join a forum where there is no discussion.

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    I guess emailing list worth, "No List No business" Leroux P.

    and it's true for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by birdie View Post
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    Getting traffic to a forum is one thing, but having them signup and start posting is another. The main thing you need to do is while getting traffic, you also need to make your forum look active rather than dead. This means getting people and even family posting on your forum so that it looks active. Any visitors coming to your site will have a better reason to signup then. No one wants to signup and be part of a dead forum.
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    try to make attractive signature and if forum is allowing images in signature then it would be a great chance to get some decent traffic

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    More and More valuable post and threads would definitely bring traffic to your Forum site.

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    Try to keep a lot of category for different type of people. Don't narrow it down too much. If guys find the topic they are interested to know to already knows well. they will come back.

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    As all the member getting frusted to check forum on a daily,as there is more often new post daily.so it is necessary to keep it up to date.

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    There is lots of new way to generate the traffic and collect the maximum backlinks from the business.
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    Join a forum which is relevant to your site, build a good reputation then voila most probably than not you'll have the forum traffic you've been looking for.

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