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Selling advertising space on your forum

Written on 25 Jan, 2010 at 20:01 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Monetization | viewed 1,095 views times | 0 Comments
Selling advertising space on your forum

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)

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Monetizing a Forum

Written on 10 Jan, 2010 at 1:40 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Monetization | viewed 4,267 views times | 2 Comments
Monetizing a Forum

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)

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Monetize a forum with Adsense

Written on 6 Jan, 2010 at 19:43 in Forum Monetization | viewed 883 views times | 0 Comments
Monetize a forum with Adsense

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)

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Monetize your forum with Amazon

Written on 22 Dec, 2009 at 16:38 in Forum Monetization | viewed 1,991 views times | 2 Comments
Monetize your forum with Amazon

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)

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How much does it cost to run a forum?

Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 19:48 in Forum Monetization | viewed 5,100 views times | 0 Comments
How much does it cost to run a forum?

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)

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Monetizing your forum with eBay

Written on 1 Nov, 2009 at 23:56 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Monetization | viewed 2,141 views times | 3 Comments
Monetizing your forum with eBay

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 eBay... (Continue reading)

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Forum Advertising Software

Written on 19 Oct, 2009 at 1:11 in Forum Monetization | viewed 6,107 views times | 0 Comments
Forum Advertising Software

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)

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Free Forum Hosting

Written on 13 Oct, 2009 at 18:11 in Servers & Hosting | viewed 2,000 views times | 0 Comments
Free Forum Hosting

If you just starting out and not sure if your idea for a forum will succeed, there are a number of free options. Here is a list of most of them: f0rums Aimoo AtFreeForums Boardster eAmped Foroomy Forumer Forum Circle Forum Hoster Forumotion Forums Free Forum For Free ForumsLand Forums Place Free Powerboards Free Forum Free Forums HQ Forums Invision... (Continue reading)

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