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 [...]

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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 [...]

Forums can be a great way to create more profit for your business. The big forums can make a fortune but unless you can generate 1,000s of visitors a day forget it. One of the key factors for profitable forums is getting people to sign up. If you have no visitors or members, your forum [...]