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Methods to get your forum populated? Wholesale Site

by mygear
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Hi what would be a few good tips to get new subscribers to a forum dealing with wholesale, liquidation, buying and selling.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
    Possibly sell a wholesalers guide somewhere and list your forum in there. You could offer the guide or even a beginners list on places like ebay where there are wholesalers hanging out looking for stuff.

    One option is to pay for some posters to go in as well - but not sure of the quality of the posts you will get as it is niche sensitive.
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  • Profile picture of the author twright
    If your wholesale forum is the one in your signature, you may want to consider, As a business owner, "would I talk shop on this website?" what value does this forum bring that another wholesale forum does not.

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  • Profile picture of the author Voasi
    I always like to do promotion style stuff. I once gave away tickets to a concert (it was a specific band site) for the person who had the most posts within a month. Offering something usually works. Maybe a t-shirt for the once you hit 50 posts. People LOVE free stuff - it really doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's free, people will participate.

    As for something specific - you could give away a buyer's guide for 25 posts or a free membership to World Wide Brand or SaleYoo for 50/100 posts. Then do a little PPC marketing to build awareness or post on other related forums.
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  • Profile picture of the author ScottFox
    Post a Warrior Special Offer?
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  • Profile picture of the author JoMo
    If you are going to give away stuff for users who reach a certain post number would it make sense to limit the amount of posts they can do a min/hour/day?


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  • Profile picture of the author Voasi
    I always tell people that if they try and "spam" the contest with posts that are irrelevant or don't add value, they'll be taken out of the contest. I haven't had any problems with it this method so far.

    Also, if you limit it to specific hour/day you could have people who just do the minimums each day and then you'll potentially have multiple winners.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoMo
    makes sense
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  • Profile picture of the author mygear
    Hrmm Maybe $100 to the first person to hit 1000 posts. =)
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