This a post I came across at the wickedfire.com forum by vladi. I am not sure the authenticity of the post but I like what he said in the end “Use your brains. Thin outside the box and be creative. I did, and it paid off. ”
I copy the post below.
“OK, you ready to [...]
I am giving away 4 125×125 ad box for the top commentator on my blog for the month of January 2008. There are currently no comments for the month of January so I thought I set up a contest to spice things up. The rules are simple, the winner will be the one with the [...]
Promoting a forum is no different than promoting any other site. Quality link building, content, advertisements, etc. You need to get the word out to as many people as you can, and you need the forum to be optimized for the search engines. Try participating in other forums similar to your niche. Don’t spam but [...]
There are some good old post that offers great ideas on how to launch a forum.
Ahmed Bilal offers some tips with this post How to launch a forum on your blog
# I hope you have friends as bloggers in your niche - leverage relationships to help give exposure to your forum through other [...]
When your forum start getting a steady stream of decent traffic then you can make money with your forum. There are many options available.
Private ads:
You may sell advertising space through private ads, private ads on high traffic forum are price highly. A header from a medium range forum can fetch $1000 a month.
Adsense:
Most webmaster are [...]
