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Forum Consolidation

SagaLore

Elite Member
I get these ideas to start new forums, to try and push my way into a particular Internet market. So I put a lot of time into starting a new forum with its own theme and graphics, its own domain name.

But it is really hard to get a forum started. People don't join empty forums - and without people, it is hard to get enough content into it for people to find it in the search engines.

A lot of experience people have suggested vBulletin as a board software - decent features, good support. I always tell myself I'll pay for it when the forum grows enough. But is it really worth buying a license for each domain?

What do you think - could a single Forum of a more generic design still attract the same kind of people I want on the dedicated domains? They're not even closely related topics. But the advantage is, once I have a member, they're a member across all the sub-boards. There would definitely be some cross-topic posting.

- Rick
 
Rule 1: noone will visit your site if you have no content.

i.e., forum with no content = no visitors
 
Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: Kev
Rule 1: noone will visit your site if you have no content.

i.e., forum with no content = no visitors

What is Rule 2? 🙁

I think there's only 1 rule.

lol
you need a strong fan base too. you need people to go to sites saying "my original forum is on _____ forum at this link: 2304820348_______@______.___

that way you can advertise without spam and build up popularity
 
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