Warrior Forum Nears 400,000 Member Milestone!

Bill Farnham

13 years ago

Dang, I was late to the party and there was only around 75,000 members when I joined.

There goes the neighborhood...

~Bill

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Tsnyder

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

Dang, I was late to the party and there was only around 75,000 members when I joined.

There goes the neighborhood...

~Bill

Yeah... how do you think I feel? NOOB!! LOL

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Bill Farnham

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Tsnyder

Yeah... how do you think I feel? NOOB!! LOL

LMAO.

Wish I had found this site in 1998 when I started marketing online...

~Bill

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rrm

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

LMAO.

Wish I had found this site in 1998 when I started marketing online...

~Bill

Yeah, me too. I'm even way more the noob. Sometimes I think back to those years (late 1990s) and think about where I might be today if only... but oh well, that's pretty fruitless. Gotta mush forward, so in 10 years from now we are not looking back to 2011 saying, if only...

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Bill Farnham

13 years ago

Originally Posted by rrm

Yeah, me too. I'm even way more the noob. Sometimes I think back to those years (late 1990s) and think about where I might be today if only... but oh well, that's pretty fruitless. Gotta mush forward, so in 10 years from now we are not looking back to 2011 saying, if only...

Ron,

In a large sense, things are easier nowadays. Back then a domain name cost $75 dollars. There were no off-the-shelf shopping carts. We paid around $7,000 to have our website built. Nobody shopped online like they do these days.

Search engines were a joke.

Video? Yea right...

It was mostly dial-up and even graphics took forever to load.

Aweber? Never heard of them.

And on and on...

Here's the deal, the web today is a much better platform for advertisers. This is apparently lost on the majority of folks who join forums like the WF because of the desire to...wait for it...live the internet lifestyle.

Now picture this...when was the last time someone uttered the phrase, "I can't wait to start living the classified life style", like somehow using the classifieds was going to create an all encompassing euphoric experience. It sounds goofy, doesn't it.

So the bottom line is this...you have as good a chance or better starting off today using the internet to advertise your message, or product, or service, or to interact with customers or prospects than you did back in the day.

Be thankful. No regrets allowed.

"Gotta mush forward, so in 10 years from now we are not looking back to 2011 saying, if only..."...very true.

~Bill

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Alexander K 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

It was mostly dial-up and even graphics took forever to load.

Oh wow, I know you weren't thinking that far back, but that reminds me of the 80's. Web addresses were phone numbers, and graphics were.. cursors on the screen at best.

How times change. Be interesting to see what new changes happen in the 2010's.
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dave147 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

LMAO.

Wish I had found this site in 1998 when I started marketing online...

~Bill

Wish I had founded this site!
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officer_iron

13 years ago

That's great how quickly this forum is growing. I hope it continues to gain and create greatly-skilled IMers.

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by Long Beach Nathan

Thanks to all the Warriors that continue to offer great advice and info. You are truly appreciated

You are truly appreciated for asking the questions that we answer

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and yes it is growing at a very fast pace.

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Michael Ten

13 years ago

Cool, I think. Thanks for posting the FYI.

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Gaz Cooper

13 years ago

I wish I could get my original username back Gaz Cooper then I would be listed the year 2000 ish when I first became a member.

Its grown for sure

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Matt Morgan

13 years ago

Originally Posted by OW

Oh wow, I know you weren't thinking that far back, but that reminds me of the 80's. Web addresses were phone numbers, and graphics were.. cursors on the screen at best.

How times change. Be interesting to see what new changes happen in the 2010's.

One thing is Mobile phone apps,

mobile phone software and phone software + hardware is advancing faster than ever!

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I wish I could get my original username back Gaz Cooper then I would be listed the year 2000 ish when I first became a member.

That was the old warrior forum layout/platform.

Then it moved over to the vbulliten platform.

Many members from them old days.

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scraig

13 years ago

This forum has helped so many people. I hope in continues to grow and prosper!

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Paul Myers

13 years ago

Yeah... how do you think I feel? NOOB!! LOL

Muuuwahahaha....

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Joshua Rigley

Banned 13 years ago

I wonder what this forum will look like once it hits 1,000,000 members. It reminds me somewhat of a city: in small towns, everyone knows everyone. In bigger cities, no one knows anyone, and everyone distrusts anyone they meet. The bigger a city becomes, the more important people become and the less important a person becomes.

A thought experiment thingie; what if this forum was divided into small groups, or tribes, where you could only see posts from members in your group? Would that result in more people getting answers to their questions, and more people taking action/succeeding because of having a tight-knit community to support them?

Obviously, this idea has problems on face value, and needs some fleshing out. And even then, will probably never be implemented. It's just a thought.

Thoughts?

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nicheblogger75

13 years ago

WOW! All I can say is that's impressive. I'm thinking this may not only be the biggest IM forum, but the biggest forum online! Way to go guys!

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Paul Myers 13 years ago

Originally Posted by nicheblogger75

I'm thinking this may not only be the biggest IM forum, but the biggest forum online!

Not even close. I'm not sure if we're even in the top 100, in terms of numbers of members or posts.

The Internet is a Very Big Place.

Edit: In terms of number of posts, we'd currently be #504 on the list at big-boards.com. Right after a pagan community and a wrestling forum.

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- iAmNameLess 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Paul Myers
  
  Not even close. I'm not sure if we're even in the top 100, in terms of numbers of members or posts.
  
  The Internet is a Very Big Place.
  
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  You don't think so? Maybe not in members and posts, but traffic wise I would think it would be. The alexa traffic ranking is 135. Pretty good!
  
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- DianaHeuser 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Paul Myers
  
  In terms of number of posts, we'd currently be #504 on the list at big-boards.com. Right after a pagan community and a wrestling forum.
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  I just took a look there. Could be an interesting way to identify potential niche markets
  
  Wrestling!? I can never understand the fascination with that.
  
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  Originally Posted by DianaHeuser
  
  I just took a look there. Could be an interesting way to identify potential niche markets
  
  Wrestling!? I can never understand the fascination with that.
  
  Yes! I am a huge wrestling fan... I ended up creating a wrestling forum. Even spammers post useful wrestling info in that forum. lol.
  
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iAmNameLess

13 years ago

I remember being on DP first, I think they have around 500K members, but it is nowhere NEAR as active as warriorforum. So much better advice, conversations and activity here.

I think WF will hit 1 million members by 2014 if it can handle the load! A wealth of information, very glad I came here.

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Paul Myers

13 years ago

Cool. #75 on that list is a forum for discussion of purses, with over 20,000,000 posts and 319,000 members.

Howard Stern's fan board has over 15,000,000 posts and almost 200,000 members. He's in the top 100, if just barely.

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celente

13 years ago

Wrap your head around these numbers.

400, 000 members.

Lets say 20% of them join the war room. That is 80,000 people x $37 (lets round down)

= $2 .9 Million dollars :-)

Now lets say that out of those people there is :-

20 WSO's uploaded a day. (WSO is $40 list fee)

So that is 20 x $40 which = $800 USD a day.

$800 a day x 365 days a year = $292,000

Cha-ching! This place is a money machine.

The more members, the more money for the admins, and these numbers are just the icing on the cake I heard this place brings in a few thousand each and every day.

Its pure example of hard work and dedication does get results and brings success.

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Alexander K

13 years ago

Originally Posted by celente

The more members, the more money for the admins, and these numbers are just the icing on the cake I heard this place brings in a few thousand each and every day.

Its pure example of hard work and dedication does get results and brings success.

I'm sure the cost for the band width would make most people cry. But the admins definitely provide a product worth those kind of numbers.

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Sarah S

13 years ago

Wow, reaching 400,000 members is definitely an exciting milestone! Seeing a few of the members' join dates on this thread alone makes me surprised, I guess I didn't realize how long the Warrior Forum had been around for. The earliest join date I saw so far was Paul Myers'- I wasn't even even in high school yet in 2002!

I wonder what it was like to be here back in the early days of this forum, and it kind of makes me wish I could see screen caps to imagine what it used to look like, just for fun! I always get a kick out of those "blast from the past" images- kind of like when I stumble across Facebook screencaps from several years ago, or a website that is obviously from the 1990s. It makes me realize how much has changed over the course of a few years. Interesting stuff.

Originally Posted by celente

Wrap your head around these numbers.

400, 000 members.

Lets say 20% of them join the war room. That is 80,000 people x $37 (lets round down)

= $2 .9 Million dollars :-)

Now lets say that out of those people there is :-

20 WSO's uploaded a day. (WSO is $40 list fee)

So that is 20 x $40 which = $800 USD a day.

$800 a day x 365 days a year = $292,000

Cha-ching! This place is a money machine.

The more members, the more money for the admins, and these numbers are just the icing on the cake I heard this place brings in a few thousand each and every day.

Its pure example of hard work and dedication does get results and brings success.

Very true! And don't forget about the annual $60 paid subscriptions to have an image in your signature or to be able to post articles. In addition to those posting a WSO, there are also people paying the $20 fee to post a classified ad. Then on top of that, there are those who pay $40 or $20 to bump a previous WSO or a classified ad. Plus, there's the money earned from members paying to advertise with a paid banner ad. I'm sure that all of those also add up to a significant sum per day! You're right, it's definitely a great success.

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Paul Myers

13 years ago

Sarah,

The earliest join date I saw so far was Paul Myers'

There are a bunch of us who were here long before 2002. I joined in late 97, I think. Quite a few people who were here before I joined are still members. There are probably hundreds still here who were members before we switched to the Snitz platform in 2002, when everyone had to sign up all over again.

Prior to 2002, you had to pay to be a member. $37, I think. Mailed a check to Allen, who then emailed you the log-in info.

makes me wish I could see screen caps to imagine what it used to look like

It was very different. There was one forum section, no PM functions, no signatures built in, no profiles, no other special capabilities, and you had to use your real name and have a working email address in every post. And, most significantly, every post was reviewed by a moderator before it was ever visible to the other members.

A very different time.

Paul

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Long Beach Nathan

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Sarah,There are a bunch of us who were here long before 2002. I joined in late 97, I think. Quite a few people who were here before I joined are still members. There are probably hundreds still here who were members before we switched to the Snitz platform in 2002, when everyone had to sign up all over again.

Prior to 2002, you had to pay to be a member. $37, I think. Mailed a check to Allen, who then emailed you the log-in info.

It was very different. There was one forum section, no PM functions, no signatures built in, no profiles, no other special capabilities, and you had to use your real name and have a working email address in every post. And, most significantly, every post was reviewed by a moderator before it was ever visible to the other members.

A very different time.

Paul

That's interesting to hear about the old forum. I do remember stumbling across some type of archived version of the forum before I joined. I'm sure that was a big risk to have everyone have to opt-in to the new one, but we can see now that it was well worth it

People have definitely made some interesting points about how much better things are now in regards to the whole IM scene. It's easy to take for granted the fact that it's so simple and easy to get a .com these days, but I had no idea they used to be so much more expensive; I only started to learn about IM back in '06! That makes me feel almost like a newbie compared to some of us, lol!

I do wish I had joined the WarriorForum back when I first started learning though.

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13 years ago

wow, this is huge success...its the best SEO forum around.

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Paul Myers

13 years ago

The more members, the more money for the admins

Admin. Singular, as in Allen.

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lgibbon Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Admin. Singular, as in Allen.

But for people that use more than one name
the plural comes naturally.
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Dave Ovenden

13 years ago

I know that I spend far to much time (and money!) here

I sure have learnt a lot though!

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Daniel Wilson

13 years ago

How many of those are spam accounts?

I'd say 20% of that number is the real number of active members. And that is a lot!

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Paul Myers

13 years ago

Daniel,

How many of those are spam accounts?

I'd say 20% of that number is the real number of active members. And that is a lot!

Accounts nuked for spamming and other verboten activities totals almost exactly 5% of registered user accounts, as of this minute. I just checked that.

Talking about active users is tricky, given that the norm is for there to be anywhere from 3 to 6 times as many guests as registered and logged in members at any one time. Membership stats give a deceptive picture of overall traffic.

The overwhelming majority of people who visit most forums read and never post. Many of those people buy things and click on ads, but never get around to becoming members. Pretty standard for online communities.

Paul

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Gijsbertus 13 years ago

What's ''verboten activities'' :confused:? If spelled correct it should be ''verbotene aktivitäten''

No offense Paul !
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- Paul Myers 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Gijsbertus
  
  What's ''verboten activities'' :confused:? If spelled correct it should be ''verbotene aktivitäten''
  
  No offense Paul !
  
  [chuckle] Have I told you today that you're a smartass?
  
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Matt Broody

13 years ago

WarriorForum rocks

Just curious what new sub-forums, features are planning to be added in future

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Long Beach Nathan

13 years ago

I sometimes think about that too. I'm still impressed with all the things we can do already!

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WikiWarrior

13 years ago

Wow, that's a lot of members! I wonder how many there would be total if you add in all the unregistered guests that regularly visit the forum. I think I was a "lurker" for about a year before I joined.

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by WikiWarrior

Wow, that's a lot of members! I wonder how many there would be total if you add in all the unregistered guests that regularly visit the forum. I think I was a "lurker" for about a year before I joined.

WF is unarguably the best internet marketing forum around.

Here is where you ffind the highest number of internet marketing purist.

I checked e-wealth.com and though the number of users seems more, their active members is only about 10%. And then again, the quality of the posts can't be compared. WF simply beats it.

The neme warriorforum is one of the most un-SEO names ever but yet keeps coming up No 1 when searching for IM inormation on google. This shows high quality content rules.

Is this not a lesson we should take to heart!

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Fun to Write

13 years ago

Hey, let's break out the snacks and drinks and have a party...Or, let's wait until there are 1 Million members. Now, that would be some celebration.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere else when it comes to learning about all things having to do with online and offline marketing. I have and am still making money because of this site and it helps me to stay on track and keep on working towards reaching my goals.