Post by shole on Jun 22, 2010 6:52:35 GMT -5
First Step:
Add your forum URL to as many sites as you can like:
www.google.com/addurl
www.submitexpress.com/
www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx
and and find many more I submit in like 500 for free just serch for them in google
Second Step:
Find users by going example I have a forum about warcaft 3 and i go to garena(Warcraft 3 Community where you can play warcraft 3 against other players)and posted some comments in chat like "Join www.wc3s.smfnew.com/ win VIP membership..."That should you do too.Make a contest like best poster of the day or something like that to lure more members they will think they are special if you give them a cool rank icon like Crow or Sword or something like that.
Third Step:
Be active on your forum post as much as you can don't leave any forum with 0 topic and 0 posts that will lead that members don't come back..
Forth Steep:
Add something to your forum so that you make it unique I for my forum made a Clan Section where you can get a chat box ,music and more free items for your clan like a cool rank icon!
Fifth Step:
Lets say you have an empty forum with you and maybe one other staff member. Now you need to build a membership database so that you forum can start to grow. There are many different ways of doing this. You can do a "fake" way with fake accounts and post/membership exchanges or you can try to do a natural way and get more real members to join up. Either way will help you in the long run.
Fake Members
Fake members would be users that you and your staff create. Most people just create fake users and leave them be without any posts. Other create fake users and give them a few posts so that it looks like the user is somewhat or has been active at some point. I think making fake members is an okay method but you need to give them posts or they will look just that, fake. Once you start to get an active membership database going, you can retire from using your fake members. Remember if a regular member befriend a fake member, you may be obligated to keep posting with that fake member to keep that regular member interested in your community, that could be a downfall especially if later down the road, the real member finds out it is a fake member. That is the main downfall with any fake members, real member finding out they are fake and may not being able to trust the community anymore. Keep this in mind if you plan to use the fake member method.
FAKE MEMBERS USE THIS IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE INTERNET BY NEW I MEAN YOU NEVER RUN A FORUM OR ANYTHING ELSE!
Sixth Step:
Post/Membership Exchange
Another way to get more users and content/posts at that is having posting and membership exchanges. A post exchange is where an owner of a different forum joins your forum and posts X amount of new topics and/or posts on your community and in return, you join their community and post as much posts as they gave to yours. Post exchange numbers vary but are usually quick and that member usually never returns to your forum unless you request another exchange with them. A membership exchange is the same except it is ongoing or basically you remain and active member on their forum and they remain an active member on your forum. This forum of exchange is the best I have found but can present issues with not having enough time to keep up with the exchange at times. Other exchanges include exchanging links which could help you get more members as well and exchanging registrations which means you join a forum and that forum's owner joins yours, no posts just a registration exchange. This method is not my favorite but any way counts I suppose.
Well I hoped you liked my little tutorial and I hope it helped you get more members!:cool:
Here is an Update:
Step 7:
Forum Posts and Forum Games
Forum posts are important and show the forum that it is active etc.....
Also it lures people to join and start posting!
Now lets talk about forum games there are 2 types i think:
1)Story type
2)Count type
1)Story Type
That is where you ask from the members to make up a story or to start one(Role Playing Game or so but that is for Game forums then all)
2)Count Type
This is where you count numbers/country's or states and so on.That os the perfect way to get post and make the members more active by offering an prize example. I posted a thread to count up to 500 the winner then shell be given a VIP membership witch only 10 members can have until my forum have 200 members then it will be 20 and so on.But i think you got my point witch is that you get more post + active members + satisfaction for the members and yourself!
More tips coming soon
Add your forum URL to as many sites as you can like:
www.google.com/addurl
www.submitexpress.com/
www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx
and and find many more I submit in like 500 for free just serch for them in google
Second Step:
Find users by going example I have a forum about warcaft 3 and i go to garena(Warcraft 3 Community where you can play warcraft 3 against other players)and posted some comments in chat like "Join www.wc3s.smfnew.com/ win VIP membership..."That should you do too.Make a contest like best poster of the day or something like that to lure more members they will think they are special if you give them a cool rank icon like Crow or Sword or something like that.
Third Step:
Be active on your forum post as much as you can don't leave any forum with 0 topic and 0 posts that will lead that members don't come back..
Forth Steep:
Add something to your forum so that you make it unique I for my forum made a Clan Section where you can get a chat box ,music and more free items for your clan like a cool rank icon!
Fifth Step:
Lets say you have an empty forum with you and maybe one other staff member. Now you need to build a membership database so that you forum can start to grow. There are many different ways of doing this. You can do a "fake" way with fake accounts and post/membership exchanges or you can try to do a natural way and get more real members to join up. Either way will help you in the long run.
Fake Members
Fake members would be users that you and your staff create. Most people just create fake users and leave them be without any posts. Other create fake users and give them a few posts so that it looks like the user is somewhat or has been active at some point. I think making fake members is an okay method but you need to give them posts or they will look just that, fake. Once you start to get an active membership database going, you can retire from using your fake members. Remember if a regular member befriend a fake member, you may be obligated to keep posting with that fake member to keep that regular member interested in your community, that could be a downfall especially if later down the road, the real member finds out it is a fake member. That is the main downfall with any fake members, real member finding out they are fake and may not being able to trust the community anymore. Keep this in mind if you plan to use the fake member method.
FAKE MEMBERS USE THIS IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE INTERNET BY NEW I MEAN YOU NEVER RUN A FORUM OR ANYTHING ELSE!
Sixth Step:
Post/Membership Exchange
Another way to get more users and content/posts at that is having posting and membership exchanges. A post exchange is where an owner of a different forum joins your forum and posts X amount of new topics and/or posts on your community and in return, you join their community and post as much posts as they gave to yours. Post exchange numbers vary but are usually quick and that member usually never returns to your forum unless you request another exchange with them. A membership exchange is the same except it is ongoing or basically you remain and active member on their forum and they remain an active member on your forum. This forum of exchange is the best I have found but can present issues with not having enough time to keep up with the exchange at times. Other exchanges include exchanging links which could help you get more members as well and exchanging registrations which means you join a forum and that forum's owner joins yours, no posts just a registration exchange. This method is not my favorite but any way counts I suppose.
Well I hoped you liked my little tutorial and I hope it helped you get more members!:cool:
Here is an Update:
Step 7:
Forum Posts and Forum Games
Forum posts are important and show the forum that it is active etc.....
Also it lures people to join and start posting!
Now lets talk about forum games there are 2 types i think:
1)Story type
2)Count type
1)Story Type
That is where you ask from the members to make up a story or to start one(Role Playing Game or so but that is for Game forums then all)
2)Count Type
This is where you count numbers/country's or states and so on.That os the perfect way to get post and make the members more active by offering an prize example. I posted a thread to count up to 500 the winner then shell be given a VIP membership witch only 10 members can have until my forum have 200 members then it will be 20 and so on.But i think you got my point witch is that you get more post + active members + satisfaction for the members and yourself!
More tips coming soon
But do you think it's better to hide posts from guests so they might register as members or do you think this is a bad idea?
