Starting A Successful Forum

[Fayble]

I was just wondering if anyone could help me out. I just opened up a forum yesterday and I'm at a loss for how to get anyone to join it. I'm the only active member, so anytime someone visits, it looks dead... I already bulk-emailed all my old members, but none of them have come back yet. The layout/skin/content are all good, so I don't know what else to do. I took a break from foruming so I don't even know where to advertise anymore and I've lost contact with all my old friends. If anyone could give me some good hints/tips it'd be very much appreciated.

 

[Bryd0]

I created my forum three years ago, and it became a success six months later when I did some major improvements and done lots of advertising in other sites. Try advertising your forum at ForumPromotion or use SEO (search engine optimisation) to boost traffic to your forum. Just remember, don't expect your forum to magically become popular when you've just created it.

 

[Fayble]

Thanks for the reply. And I was looking into that SEO thing you were telling me about. Do you think you could possibly explain it a bit better to me? I don't really get what it is or how to do t.

 

[Bryd0]

Search engine optimisation is something that you submit your forum or website so that it is indexed in every search engine. There was one site I did for that but I forgot it... and how it works is that when anyone does a search on whichever search engine he/she uses, your forum will pop up mentioning the keyword the person was looking up. For example, if someone was wanting to look up the new Skyrim game, one of the results will show a thread from your forum pertaining it. I'd explain it a bit further but that's all I know and I'm sure someone else can explain it better than I can

 

[Jazzy]

Thanks for the reply. And I was looking into that SEO thing you were telling me about. Do you think you could possibly explain it a bit better to me? I don't really get what it is or how to do t.

Here's a link that might help you: http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

 

[Fayble]

Wow thanks. This is gunna help me out a lot.