How do you guys get the members

[Gaz.t]

Like you all I want my new forum to be succesful

Can anyone give me some tips on how to get good regular members.

Advertising Etc

Thanx alot

GAz

[Jake Bunce]

gaz.t, please visit this link and enter your user name to show you are a license holder. thx.

[Gaz.t]

Done it mate

Hows that

[Jake Bunce]

thx.

the best thing you can do to get new members is to offer content on your site that is unique. people won't come just for forums, your site needs content. that's why my site isn't very busy right now, i'm all forums.

[MUG]

Originally posted by Jakeman
thx.

the best thing you can do to get new members is to offer content on your site that is unique. people won't come just for forums, your site needs content. that's why my site isn't very busy right now, i'm all forums.

Same here....

Anyway, if and when vB CMS comes out, I'm getting it!

[Raz Meister]

@forumz run pretty successfully.
So does ascifi.com.

You just need to find a way to get visitors to come to your site. Basically you need to offer something unique - which tends to be content on the main page.

[Gaz.t]

thanx Guys

What about advertising

Anyone or where do it for free.

Feel free to look at my forum and if you notice any improvements that will help Let me know

[Steve Machol]

I started my forum in 1995. I had been a regular poster on the sci.med.vision newsgroup and when I started OptiBoard I just put a link to it in my sig. That's the only 'advertisement' I've ever done. I now have the largest forum in the world for eyecare professionals

[Gaz.t]

@ smachol

Do you want to put a link to my forum in your SIG

[DirectPixel]

/me goes and start posting on newsgroups.

[MUG]

Originally posted by eiSecure
/me goes and start posting on newsgroups.

Good idea...

[bromyaur]

My forum has been up since last November, seemed to take off pretty well, lot of people signed up right away, then I closed the board in January cause I was going into the hospital, was in there for about 4 months, reopened it and now my board has lost it's momentum, and most the ones who did sign up never came back even after I sent out a mass email informing them I was reopened.

That coupled with the fact that my boards main focus is 3d graphics, Bryce mainly and there are hundreds of graphic forums out there as well as most graphic artists spend most of their time working on graphics not posting on message boards has had a negative effect on my sites growth.

I have tried adding a health section, and some other areas for the casual user and I hope it works.

Me thinks I might try the newsgroup thing as well..

[ehjay]

hehe, newsgroups are good sources for members.
i wish i had some great hint to share with you about how we got our member base, but really.. that just kind of happens when you combine the forums for four blizzard fansites and create a big community.

i've always found newsgroups and other related websites to be good places to inadvertently advertise your forums.

[bromyaur]

inadvertently advertise your forums

lol, I like the way you put it.

[Gaz.t]

May be asking a bit much but im not familiar with news groups

Can someone post on a news group for me my link is in my Sig

My forum is GSM releated (Mobile phones)