what makes more money?

12 years ago

I don't think forums are out-dated,
I think it is a matter of finding the
ones where the people in your chosen niche hang out..

For example the Warrior Forum has a ton of traffic
and a ton of opportunities..

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bhushan@rancor 12 years ago

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

yes i thought so , i just dont see alot of guys talking about forums or how they earn on them,

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prismkuet

12 years ago

Forum is still good, not any outdated one. You can earn earn money with that only if you know, how to earn. Try to find out the proper way to capitalize your forum. Best of luck!

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mickeyroad

12 years ago

forums are not outdated, they are still up and running, one of the most effective media to earn money with.

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bt 12 years ago

I'm a little confused, are you talking about owning your own forum, or advertising on a forum.

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- trotterstraders 12 years ago
  
  owning and in time trying to make money from it
  
  Originally Posted by bt
  
  I'm a little confused, are you talking about owning your own forum, or advertising on a forum.
  
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trotterstraders 12 years ago

im glad you guys are saying this as i think my ideas maybe better suited to setting up a forum then just a blog, would love to hear any hints or tips from any one with experience in monetizing a forum or a blog
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Yulia from DNP

12 years ago

You dont have to be an expert, but that's why the better idea would be to pick a niche that you like, and have interest in, you dont want to spend a lot of time promoting , writing and learning something that you have no interest in.

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MikeViney

12 years ago

Create your own blog in an area your interested in and get people to sign up for your newsletter. It can be fun and if you are knowledgeable about something that most others are not people will come in droves to read it. At the end of the day if it doesn't work out you have a nice body of work you can use in future ventures.

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

what if the areas in which i have interest are not good for monetizing? ideally id like to do this as a business not a hobby

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by trotterstraders

what if the areas in which i have interest are not good for monetizing? ideally id like to do this as a business not a hobby

If you want it to be a business, rather than a hobby, you need to have (or to develop) interests in areas which are good for monetization.

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

so far to me the only people that seem to make alot of money from blogs , are people selling 'how to make money blogging'

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

If you want it to be a business, rather than a hobby, you need to have (or to develop) interests in areas which are good for monetization.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by trotterstraders

so far to me the only people that seem to make alot of money from blogs , are people selling 'how to make money blogging'

Maybe they're just better at looking as if they make money from blogging about that and promoting it? I strongly suspect that many of the people I see involved in that kind of niche are only bluffing, while most of those I know to be earning a good living aren't involved in any "IM advice" or "Make Money Online" niches at all.

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trotterstraders 12 years ago

iv always wondered how much these guys who claim they make millions really make, i know some do but it is hard to tell who is who
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The Real Deal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Maybe they're just better at looking as if they make money from blogging about that and promoting it? I strongly suspect that many of the people I see involved in that kind of niche are only bluffing, while most of those I know to be earning a good living aren't involved in any "IM advice" or "Make Money Online" niches at all.

(emphasis by TRD)

I have the exact same experience as Alexa.

Don't get stuck in the "closed loop" of the Make Money Online niche. Sure, there is a lot of money and hungry buyers in this niche, but there is A LOT more money out there in the "real world".

In regards to a forum I would personally never start one.

Why?

1. It's tough to get one off the ground. You need a lot of quality members posting regularly in your forum to attract new members.

2. I think, (don't know for sure since I never ran a forum), that its really hard to create an atmosphere where people want to post valuable stuff. I have been "lurking" on several large forums for a decade or more and almost never contributed anything of value.

Why? I have just never felt "part of the community" in most places, and always wondered why anyone would really care what I have to say. Part of a recent promise to myself is to change my ways and to start to contribute, but I think its really important to develop the right atmosphere in a forum...

3. The spammers of the world are getting more and more sophisticated. If your forum becomes popular every day will be like an arms race with you against the spammers.

Personally I like business ideas that are kind of "build it and forget it" and that will continue to bring in residual income for years. Forums don't fall into that category.

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

thanks for your input, that is the one thing that puts me off a forum is the spammers , also if no one contributes could be disasterous, there are pros and cons for both i suppose

the how to make money online niche is one that interests me alot i have to admit even though i do not make money online

Originally Posted by The Real Deal

I have the exact same experience as Alexa.

Don't get stuck in the "closed loop" of the Make Money Online niche. Sure, there is a lot of money and hungry buyers in this niche, but there is A LOT more money out there in the "real world".

In regards to a forum I would personally never start one.

Why?

1. It's tough to get one off the ground. You need a lot of quality members posting regularly in your forum to attract new members.

2. I think, (don't know for sure since I never ran a forum), that its really hard to create an atmosphere where people want to post valuable stuff. I have been "lurking" on several large forums for a decade or more and almost never contributed anything of value.

Why? I have just never felt "part of the community" in most places, and always wondered why anyone would really care what I have to say. Part of a recent promise to myself is to change my ways and to start to contribute, but I think its really important to develop the right atmosphere in a forum...

3. The spammers of the world are getting more and more sophisticated. If your forum becomes popular every day will be like an arms race with you against the spammers.

Personally I like business ideas that are kind of "build it and forget it" and that will continue to bring in residual income for years. Forums don't fall into that category.

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The Real Deal 12 years ago

Originally Posted by trotterstraders

the how to make money online niche is one that interests me alot i have to admit even though i do not make money online

Same here, with the difference that I do make a lot of money online, although not from this niche. I keep seeing all these people with no real track record make good money in the MMO niche. Makes me think that I just might have to dip my toe in it at some point!

I know from experience that niche selection is crucially important. I think the MMO niche has a lot of great things going for it, although I do think you are more likely to succeed if you have some actual experience from making money online! Surprise surprise!

Here are some other niches for you to consider that have made me a lot of money over the years, (high 6-figures to 7-figures):

- Personal loans (seems to be moving away from "secured" and more into short-term loans.)

- Insurance (health is great but so is car and many other insurance types)

- Debt consolidation and/or "elimination" ("IVA" in the UK market is good)

- Health (diet pills and supplements work well, but it needs to be high quality products)

- Online casinos/Sportbooks (a lot of pitfalls here but can be very profitable. You need to do proper research to make sure you only promote quality operators, or you will lose all credibility)

Sorry if I deviated from the forum topic. I just wanted to give you some more ideas to think about outside the MMO niche!
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zigzag007

12 years ago

More targeted traffic...good day.

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

i think i may seek a mentor on this site

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jessebobb

12 years ago

Yeah, I really don't think forums are outdated yet, so long as there is traffic to that forum...

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IMAdam

12 years ago

It depends on the niche. Some are growing and some have lost members.

For example, many Real Estate boards that have been around for years were HOT during the RE boom, but are now ghost towns, so to speak, due to the crash.

Markets are cyclical so supply and demand shifts accordingly.

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Mike Roncone 12 years ago

The thing that makes more money is whichever you are better at developing. If you suck at making blogs but are great at creating communities that people love to visit and participate in, your forum could make you a lot of money.

However, if you suck at making forums and are terrible at stitching communities together, then your forum would never make it and blogs might be the better choice to master.

It all depends on your abilities and what you want for yourself.

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Catchy22

12 years ago

Depending on the forum topic and how much traffic you get, how well you optimize the site and so on forums can be one of THE most profitable businesses out there! That said, they can be very taxing on system resources (aside from bw and space) so be aware of that. VPS hosting is much better and VBulletin from the start is a good investment.

Amazon will pay off well on a forum with the right topic / content and you can offer premium memberships with additional features as well. That said, forums are hard to build. I have built forums with 30k+ members but if you can't drive the traffic there quickly from the start or the forum looks dead to new members you will have a difficult time and a long road ahead. I would suggest building a site up without a forum and getting a ton of traffic first. After that open the forum but keep the forum closed from non members to get sign ups. Go from there.

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Ryan Even

12 years ago

One thing you should be aware of is that it's NOT EASY to get the initial momentum going when you first start a forum.

If someone visits your forum and it's a ghost town with only a few posts then they are likely to think the forum is dead and not post themselves.

If you do start a forum you'll need to figure out how to get some activity in the forum right away so when someone first arrives the forum is filled with content (instead of them being expected to make a post to an empty forum).

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MikeLugar

12 years ago

I own a forum with 30k posts and about 1k registered members that are mostly all active. Forums are VERY difficult to get rolling, especially if there are a lot of competitors and already established sites.

I make a reasonable amount of money (not near enough to quit your job) off of my forum but you have to use more than just Adsense as forums have a VERY low CTR.

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

thanks for the comments guys, so even if a forum has 1k or more members can still be hard to make money from it? i always imagined the best way for a forum to make money is advertisng banners

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theparn

12 years ago

Maybe you should test you ideas, and see if they are easy to monetise. Are people paying for PPC in your chosen areas - monitor it over time to see if the same advertisers are always there. If so they must be making money from those keywords - IMPORTANT -> Not all the time because most people don't track what is working

You can do a PPC campaign.

You say you want to earn money from it, so think about what products, who would be interested to advertise their products or services. Look at the CPC in Google - if low maybe not that great a niche...

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

sorry if this seems like a silly question but how do you tell if people are paying for ppc ? in your chsen niche

Originally Posted by theparn

Maybe you should test you ideas, and see if they are easy to monetise. Are people paying for PPC in your chosen areas - monitor it over time to see if the same advertisers are always there. If so they must be making money from those keywords - IMPORTANT -> Not all the time because most people don't track what is working

You can do a PPC campaign.

You say you want to earn money from it, so think about what products, who would be interested to advertise their products or services. Look at the CPC in Google - if low maybe not that great a niche...

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Randall Magwood

12 years ago

Forums can be a great way to get traffic to your site. Once it becomes popular and has regular users on a daily basis... i'm sure that your adsense/clickbank/your own product will sell.

Blogging is easy. The key is rightful placement of your ads and products so that you can improve the chances of having people click on them. Both can make you alot of money.

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Benjamin Ehinger

12 years ago

Originally Posted by trotterstraders

hi
everyone on here seems to be talking about how to make money from there blogs however i was wondering do forums still make money or are they outdated way to make money now?

my dilema is, i have a few ideas for sites and would love to try in time to make money from a site however im worried that if i have a blog would i need to be an expert in the chosen area , where as with a forum you can hopefully keep the content fresh by having lots of different topics?

Forums are not out-dated and you can make money with them. You also don't need to be an expert to run a blog. You can hire writers that will do the research and provide you with expert content for your blog. Both can make quite a bit of money and the combination is a very powerful thing.

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

a combination between a blog and a forum?? or a forum with blogs on ??

Originally Posted by Benjamin Ehinger

Forums are not out-dated and you can make money with them. You also don't need to be an expert to run a blog. You can hire writers that will do the research and provide you with expert content for your blog. Both can make quite a bit of money and the combination is a very powerful thing.

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Benjamin Ehinger

12 years ago

Originally Posted by trotterstraders

a combination between a blog and a forum?? or a forum with blogs on ??

Either really. I have seen websites with a blog and forum tied into them create great income and I have seen forums with user blogs on them do well, too.

Benjamin

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hyonglin

12 years ago

I agree as well.

Originally Posted by Benjamin Ehinger

Either really. I have seen websites with a blog and forum tied into them create great income and I have seen forums with user blogs on them do well, too.

Benjamin

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

whats the best way to find out what niches are making the most money or what products are selling most

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12 years ago

Show your self as different each & every steps we should attract every one...In any business if you follow this strategy you can make your business success and earn money.

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marketwarrior06

Banned 12 years ago

Are you talking about having a forum and putting ads?
Dude forums are like the best option to income money. You can hardly find a person who don't visit forums. People trust forums than Blogs. Because forums are the discussion place. here thousands of people are present.
Having a forum is easy but establishing it is very hard.

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dmg68

12 years ago

It is difficult to answer precisely because there are many ways to make money. You want to earn more money in the long period? how much you want?

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trotterstraders 12 years ago

my short term goal is to earn money from sites my long term goal is to be able to earn enough to have several sites and earn enough to earn a living from them

Originally Posted by dmg68

It is difficult to answer precisely because there are many ways to make money. You want to earn more money in the long period? how much you want?
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uniquecontent

12 years ago

Hey, I am bit confused what you wanna know? You want to create own forum or you just want to go through the forums to make money?

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trotterstraders 12 years ago

i want to own websites that make money

Originally Posted by uniquecontent

Hey, I am bit confused what you wanna know? You want to create own forum or you just want to go through the forums to make money?
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ameliahlene23

12 years ago

you can make money by placing adsense from your own website, work with fivver, sell domains, websites on flippa.com ,....

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hilarious89

12 years ago

To me forum is the best than blog to make money. If you have a forum then you can easily make quality contents through threads but in blog all the contents have to written by you.

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therichb

12 years ago

Guys,

I have learnt a little from my experience so far !!!

The more traffic or viral effect you can create through your website, the more income opportunities or you can say the more ideas you can generate for income / money making through your blog or site.

Marketers do go with Blogs these days since they are too dynamic & allow you to create your own customized themes / plugins which can result in desired results when you invest money & time in proper format.

Even forums arent a bad deal

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TimeTravelAgent

12 years ago

Forums are definitely not dead. With Adsense and custom ads as well, you can make a fair amount of money a month. It's a matter of patience and lots of effort on building a good community.

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oniram

12 years ago

You can contact the owners of the WF or other forums and see if they will impart some advise.

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CrispWords

12 years ago

I have done both and while it is true that the forum will take work, it can also take a life of its own once it hits puberty. The beginning is the toughest part because you have to nurture it, but later on it will pay off.

Just remember, why would people come to your forum?

If there is a good enough reason, they will keep coming back (HINT: great content = loyal members).

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rising_sun

Banned 12 years ago

Inactive forum and dead forum rally amazing.

You should make it resourceful and try to increase traffic .If you do so it will active.
Take some effective step to make it active.

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trotterstraders

12 years ago

how can you charge members to join a forum if its fairly new or inactive to begin , should you wait untill you hot a certain number of members ? or just have a paid members section

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KickAss Marketing

12 years ago

Forums are actually not outdated. The appropriate term may be "saturated". Its just that many people (entrepreneurs) are already using it and they're using it quite well.

Innovate! Learn to use old things in new ways.

Also, you don't need to be THE expert in a certain area. All you have do (if your not an expert enough) is to be a host to persons who are.

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kieranlavelle

12 years ago

You don't need to be an expert to keep a blog you can just do research for each post.

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JayParker

12 years ago

Forums are great to build a community around your niche, it can take time. My best recommendation for making a great income is building a list of subscribers on your niche, then build a relationship with them. After building that trust, provide them with recommendations of products you think would be useful to them, you make a profit in each sale.

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SamAlnawar

12 years ago

If you are good in finding a perfect niche for your forum then you can easily hit a good figure. And forum is old but remember old is gold...!!!

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OPTIMUSMKTG

12 years ago

I own a vBulletin site (the last one I'll ever have - Wordpress junkie now) I've been operating for close to 10 years. The forum was originally setup as a place to congregrate and discuss a certain niche. I didn't make any money with it (nor did I previously try to monetize it) until I customized the entire theme earlier this year and added a CMS homepage (vBCMS). It's amazing what a redesign will do for a site. That first month I received a ton of solicitations seeking quotes for various ad types on the CMS homepage. I was able to quickly earn back what I spent on the customization. Solicitations have slowed down lately, but I still get 1-2 ad solid leads per month. It's a great feeling when you begin making $125-$500 for simply posting a guest post advertising a product/service or through running a 6-12 month campaign ad on the sidebar.

In summary, the redesign has worked wonders as it now provides my content with a much more professional appearance. When I don't have time, I outsource articles, although it's often difficult to find quality writers for that site's niche. Not many people are experts in that area.

The moral of my story is that one can still make money with certain forum software.

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