Converting the visitor into a member
Written on 29 Nov, 2009 at 3:43 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion | viewed 7,756 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 14,023 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 3,980 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... (Continue reading)
The 90-9-1 Principle Applied to Forums
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 20:15 in Forum Promotion | viewed 7,121 views times | 0 Comments
Essentially, the 90-9-1 rule states that in a social community, 90% are lurkers, 9% contribute a bit and 1% contribute a lot. Jake McKee is a strong proponent of the theory and has a whole site devoted to it. Some... (Continue reading)
Dealing with vBulletin Spam
Written on 14 Nov, 2009 at 22:53 in Security and Spam | viewed 173,195 views times | 5 Comments
The spam posting and fluff posting on forums is not limited just to the vBulletin software, it is just that I am more familiar with vBulletin, so my comments here are directed at that. However, the principles for other forum... (Continue reading)
What do you do about competing forums?
Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 21:16 in Member Management | viewed 4,081 views times | 0 Comments
What do you do when one of your moderators or one of your valued members departs on good terms (or even bad terms) and starts a forum that is competing with yours? What do you do if they start recruiting... (Continue reading)
First Amendment and the “Freedom of Speech”
Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 1:23 in Legal | viewed 2,489 views times | 0 Comments
How often have you had someone try to claim their First Amendment and their “Freedom of Speech” rights? They usually come in response to something like the closing of threads or deleting of posts. Most of those who try to... (Continue reading)
Monetizing your forum with eBay
Written on 1 Nov, 2009 at 23:56 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Monetization | viewed 12,391 views times | 3 Comments
The eBay Partner Network (EPN) affiliate program offer another potential revenue stream for forums. It is especially useful to get some feeds of eBay auctions that are relevant to the niche of your forum. There are several ways to integrate... (Continue reading)
Ban these members from your forum
Written on 28 Oct, 2009 at 14:29 in Security and Spam | viewed 4,093 views times | 0 Comments
As well as getting rid of fluff posters, get rid of these members if you have them. They have either posted spam messages; or they are joining forums just to link drop a signature link in their profiles; or they... (Continue reading)
All forums should nofollow external links
Written on 24 Oct, 2009 at 20:51 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Management, Security and Spam | viewed 7,362 views times | 3 Comments
The spam and fluff posting is getting out of hand on many forums. Too many messages get posted for promotional purposes and to link drop signatures because of advice from SEO Kiddies that this is a good way to build... (Continue reading)
Yahoo! Answers as a Source of Traffic and Members
Written on 24 Oct, 2009 at 18:00 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion | viewed 4,952 views times | 2 Comments
Participating in Yahoo! Answers not only contributes to the community and helps people, it is also a potential source of traffic to your forum and a potential source of new members. Do a search for the keyword(s) related to your... (Continue reading)
Twitter being used by Google and Bing
Written on 22 Oct, 2009 at 20:55 in Forum Promotion | viewed 1,858 views times | 0 Comments
Both Google and Bing this week (23 October, 2009) announced that they have agreements with Twitter to include Twitter updates in their SERPs. Bing have launched their Twitter search (only accessible by those in the USA at the moment). Google’s... (Continue reading)
Sneaky tricks used by the spam link droppers
Written on 22 Oct, 2009 at 3:35 in Security and Spam | viewed 3,103 views times | 0 Comments
I have a low tolerance threshold for fluff posters with links in their signature, let alone in the message posted – I just delete them and ban them as they NEVER become useful members. A number of silly new tricks... (Continue reading)
Forum Advertising Software
Written on 19 Oct, 2009 at 1:11 in Forum Monetization | viewed 20,025 views times | 2 Comments
There are many options for software to serve up advertisements on forums. The simplest way to do this is to not use any software and to just insert the code for the advertisement (eg Google Adsense) into the template. It... (Continue reading)
Forum Directory List
Written on 17 Oct, 2009 at 16:46 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion, SEO | viewed 38,400 views times | 1 Comment
Building backlinks are an important part of forum promotion for traffic and search engine ranking. Submitting to key web directories is important and submitting to a wider range of directories will also help a site somewhat. It is also probably... (Continue reading)
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