Bringing life to inactive forum - Feed The Geeks

wande · #1 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 09:22 AM

I have been thinking of a way to bring life into quite and inactive forum, can somebody suggest different ways?

Robert · #2 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 10:17 AM

I have ran a competition here that I gave away free domain names for 100 posts. It worked really well.

I got some really good members and it didn't cost all that much.

Envy · #3 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 10:31 PM

Run a competition, as noted above. Give away prizes that target your audience (i.e. computer hardware for a computer tech forum). Giving away cash generally tends to turn heads as well.

Also, try advertising a bit more. Sign up for Google AdWords and use the pay-per-click method.

wande · #4 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 08:30 AM

Please tell moe more about the free domain names? I have been thinking of having my own domain for some time, this might an opportunity for me

GandalfTheGrey · #5 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 06:51 PM

In addition to the competition, and please note Envy's advice, dont offer graphics cards to your Barbie forum

Getting some really interested mods to work on your forum, they will initiate discussions that will draw the audicence and get participation. Also get trafic to your forum, and maybe post some post yourself or get some one to post there.

macuser9214 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by wande

Please tell moe more about the free domain names? I have been thinking of having my own domain for some time, this might an opportunity for me

The competition for the free domains HERE is over. However, namecheap.com offers them for like 9 bucks.

10cents · #7 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert

I have ran a competition here that I gave away free domain names for 100 posts. It worked really well.

I got some really good members and it didn't cost all that much.

That's one way to get the members going at it. I like domain prizes, more useful and practical than giving away points for colored sigs for something.

Another useful competition (for the webmaster) is for keyword-focused short articles. That'll fill up your forum with quality-content that both humans and spiders will love.

hummingbird42256 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007, 11:21 PM

Here is also a good idea try wiredflame.com.There you can hire writters to post to your forum and try to get an audience.It is reasonable priced.

Tom · #9 (**permalink**) 07-31-2007, 11:36 PM

Competitions, especially with cash prizes. Always draw me in.

kaos · #10 (**permalink**) 08-01-2007, 03:39 AM

They all sound like great ideas.I don't think I have ever joined a forum that had prizes or anything so sounds good to me . Also you can add some forum games.