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Need advice on building a forum

by oliverjones
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I have recently invested big bucks in my site bongal and now need to think of ways to drive traffic. I like the idea of using SEO techniques but need some direction of where to start. Please check out the site and offer any advice you may have. Thanks guys
#advice #building #forum
  • Profile picture of the author TolyZ
    I like your site. Looks nice. Have you tried Facebook advertising? Adwords?
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    • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
      Originally Posted by TolyZ View Post

      I like your site. Looks nice. Have you tried Facebook advertising? Adwords?
      We have a fan page with 700k fans on FB but find it hard to get them over to the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author retsek
    Starting a forum is tough but once they take off, the returns are great..

    I'm using Facebook to drive targeted traffic to a new forum.
    I've also hired ghost users to build great discussions and make the boards seem more active.
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    • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
      Do the ghost writers not speak really poor English though? Do you like the layout of bongal?
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      • Profile picture of the author retsek
        Originally Posted by oliverjones View Post

        Do the ghost writers not speak really poor English though? Do you like the layout of bongal?
        well yeah generally, the people who do these types of jobs have poor english.

        But that's where your management skills come in. Managing a forum isn't only managing the software.

        So go to odesk, post a job. Use only the good ones.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    The website looks nice; however if I didn't already read this post I wouldn't really know that it's a forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
      Originally Posted by Joe128139 View Post

      The website looks nice; however if I didn't already read this post I wouldn't really know that it's a forum.
      Its a forum with a few bells and whistles I guess.
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  • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
    Is there any other methods I should be using other than PPC and banner ads?
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesGw
    Branding is super important for a forum. You'll want to work on that a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
    What do you mean James?
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  • Profile picture of the author clever7
    You must pay a few writers to participate of your discussions if you want to have traffic. Forums are dangerous because you depend on the public participation; you’ll have to spend a lot paying many people to post something. If you are lucky, your forum may attract real users and work by itself, but this is very Hard.

    I wanted to create a forum at my website but I gave up when I learned about having to pay writers to participate of the discussions, without knowing if this forum would really work…

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