Selling advertising space on your forum
Written on 25 Jan, 2010 at 20:01 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Monetization | viewed 265 views times | 0 Comments
There are many options to monetize a forum, from Google Adsense, to affiliates such as eBay and Amazon. The direct selling of advertising space is another option. This requires more active work than the more passive methods such as Adsense... (Continue reading)
Suicide threats made in a forum
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 21:55 in Member Management | viewed 361 views times | 0 Comments
Have you had a suicide threat on your forum from a member? Chances are you haven’t and most forums probably will not have to deal with it. Some forums will and do have to deal with these. What will do... (Continue reading)
Nulled vBulletin
Written on 14 Jan, 2010 at 21:38 in Design & Software, Legal | viewed 2,861 views times | 0 Comments
Nulled vBulletin is not a different version of the forum software vBulletin. Nulled vBulletin is a version of the software that has been hacked to remove the license information. The nulled means it has been pirated and everything that could identify... (Continue reading)
Using a Paid Forum Posting Service to Kickstart a Forum
Written on 11 Jan, 2010 at 17:43 in Forum Management | viewed 678 views times | 0 Comments
There are many ways to kickstart a community. One option in the early days is the use of a paid forum posting service – that is paying people to post to get that initial content. There are plenty of sites... (Continue reading)
Monetizing a Forum
Written on 10 Jan, 2010 at 1:40 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Monetization | viewed 340 views times | 0 Comments
Forums cost money to run and they take time to run (see a day in the life of a forum admin). If you are in it just for the passion or the money, there are a number of ways to... (Continue reading)
Monetize a forum with Adsense
Written on 6 Jan, 2010 at 19:43 in Forum Monetization | viewed 298 views times | 0 Comments
Google’s Adsense program is probably one of the more effective ways to monetize a forum. Essentially, you place the Google Adsense code on your forum in the template for where you wish to show the advertisements, Google then displays contextually... (Continue reading)
Monetize your forum with Amazon
Written on 22 Dec, 2009 at 16:38 in Forum Monetization | viewed 441 views times | 0 Comments
Amazon.com offers an associate (affiliate) program that can be used by forum owners to monetize their forum. Reports I have read from forum owners on this are mixed. It will work on some forums and not on others. In some... (Continue reading)
Beware of the dog!
Written on 21 Dec, 2009 at 19:09 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Security and Spam | viewed 1,174 views times | 0 Comments
In my RSS reader this morning was a blog post: My “Beware Of Dog” Don’t Spam Me Sign from Danny Sullivan. He was getting frustrated about the idiocy of the spam attempts on his blog. It struck a chord with... (Continue reading)
Should a visitor always need to register to post on a forum?
Written on 19 Dec, 2009 at 4:29 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Member Management | viewed 3,119 views times | 0 Comments
Is it always desirable that you have to be a registered member of a forum to post a message? In most circumstances we want visitors to join as members (see converting the visitor into a member); we want them to... (Continue reading)
The curse of the profile spammer
Written on 13 Dec, 2009 at 0:37 in Security and Spam | viewed 484 views times | 1 Comment
Spam and fluff posting on forums are as old as forums. What is getting worse lately is profile spam, mainly because the SEO Kiddies think that forums links are worth it. This is done by those who join forums or social... (Continue reading)
How much does it cost to run a forum?
Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 19:48 in Forum Monetization | viewed 724 views times | 0 Comments
The costs to run a forum can vary substantially. What the actual costs of running a forum will depend on how much you do yourself; how much you want done; and how much you pay for other services. The costs... (Continue reading)
Do forum signature links help a sites ranking?
Listening to the SEO kiddies on some SEO forums, you can’t help but notice how they heavily promote posting in forums to link drop signatures and profile spam as a way to help build backlinks to a web site to... (Continue reading)
Converting the visitor into a member
Written on 29 Nov, 2009 at 3:43 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion | viewed 476 views times | 0 Comments
As part of the 90 9 1 principle or theory of forum participation, one of the strategies is to convert the visitor to the site into a member (ie convert them to the 90). Getting the visitor by a variety... (Continue reading)
A day in the life of forum administrator
Written on 25 Nov, 2009 at 16:49 in Forum Management | viewed 618 views times | 0 Comments
What does the forum admin actually do? Below is my hypothetical list. Its a combination of things from several different forums and a number of the tasks are shared with moderators. It is largely based on what I did today.... (Continue reading)
Forum metrics to monitor your forum
Written on 22 Nov, 2009 at 20:37 in Forum Management | viewed 286 views times | 0 Comments
What forum metrics do you use? How do you monitor the health and growth of your forum? There are many ways to do this and everyone has their preferences. I use a spreadsheet and for each month monitor: Number of new members... (Continue reading)
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