New stadiums are popping up around the net all the time, adding to the thousands of stadiums there. Most of them will never do it in a few months; some of them become a pillar of the ever-growing online community. What makes the difference, you ask? The following ideas will look at why some platforms are successful and how you can turn success into cash.
Forums are a place for people to exchange ideas. There are two critical elements to that simple sentence, people and ideas. You need people in your forum, and you need them to talk about important things that will make others join the fun. This brings you to the first problem, finding people and making them talk. People don't like to join empty forums, so you'll need to add a few friends and start posting topics that others might be interested in talking about. When your forum is small, you need to identify a niche and find an awesome primary group of regular posting members, with so many great forums where it is impossible to succeed with a broad forum. You can continually expand later when your users request it. Start small with quality content, or if you already have a forum, download it and get the target group.
If you are good with code or tend to drawings, you should spend some time customizing the forum so that people feel like they are part of something special. You need to invest some time in making your venue look competent and inviting people to your target niche. If you already have a forum, maybe it's time to make a better change. Our vision is a powerful concept, so that that reconstruction will make a huge difference.
Traffic, traffic, and more. Every website needs traffic, and everyone talks about getting traffic, so we don't focus too much on it. We'll look at how you can make that traffic cash instead. Now that you have a group of users and your forum looks great let's see if we can squeeze some ads out there. Adsense affiliate banners probably won't make you money unless you have a lot of traffic, so you're better off with your sponsors. As you identify a specific area of people, you will have an easy time finding individual sponsors. You can use something like Adbrite, where respective sponsors will sign up for your site, commission junction where you can lick certain sponsors, or you can use a custom PHP solution, whatever you think might work best.
The best way to make money is to sell services or products directly to your members. For example, a forum for web admins can offer direct web hosting; a travel forum can provide downloadable wallpaper. And it is a good idea to have something like a gift shop where people can order T-shirts, coffee cups and anything else with the stadium logo. You can also look at perhaps a good deal for a shipping retailer that submits art and art forums. The possibilities are wide open, and we will discuss them in the following article.
You already have a lot of work to do, point your forum to a specific niche, find a key group, and start generating some critical content. When you first see an increase in your traffic, you can start looking for advertisers or start services for sale or get a product line together.
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