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Offline mofwtmy

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #90 on: January 29, 2009, 07:52:35 am »
One thing I don't recommend that anyone tries is posting a link on a site such as facebook. I foolishly decided to try this and the result was over three hours of deleting abusive posts and the posters accounts were banned.  >:(
On the whole this was a pointless excersise that cost me dearly, too.

I had a new member join today that had spotted the link on my facebook profile, probably had about 20 members in total from there, no problems as yet.

I assume your profile is 'public' for that to happen?
Only people I have accepted as 'friends', (Admittidly I don't know, nor would I want to, half of em!) see my site - Thanks for the heads up!

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #91 on: June 17, 2009, 04:56:09 pm »
No probs, hun.

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #92 on: June 25, 2009, 01:48:22 pm »
i have my forum posted on a lot of search engines now, just waiting for somthing to click :coolsmiley: :D

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #93 on: September 05, 2009, 12:06:52 am »
Tips To Get More Visits On Your Website/Forum


Here everyone,am going to show you some good points to get more viewers on your forum, Wink

1/ Content

You must have good content on your website/forum if you'd like people to read it,ect.Try to have things that you can't get anywhere else,so the viewers will come back to your website/forum to read on the juicy info.

2/ Buy Ads {Adwords}

This is one of the best ways to get people to visit your website/forum.It is possible to buy ads to display on other websites so it can attrach loads of people to your website/forum.

3/ Have free stuff

Everyone loves free stuff.You all know that,lol.Example,forumotion offers free forums,and it's very popular.So,the best way to get people to visit is if your website is free.And you can offer things people wants for free. {If you have a shop or something,it doesn't have to be free}

4/ Meta Tags

Remember,in order for the bots to know what your website/forum is about,you'll need good meta tags to support it.

5/ Forum Signatures

This is also a great way to steal viewers,lol. Add your website/forum in your signatures on other forums to be used as your signature so others can view what your website/forum is about,and if they like it,they'll visit.

6/ Review Your Site

Some websites/forums reviews other website/forums. This can increase the number of views on your site if you have a great review.

7/ Blog

This is also a useful way to attract viewers. Blog about your website/forum and you'll get more visits from people who loves to read blogs.

8/ Appearance

Make sure your website/forum 's appearance looks good.If your site is ugly,the viewers will not bother to read whatever your site has to offer.

9/ Link to Us

Have a link to us page on your website/forum. Ask the viewers to help out your by showing them the bbcodes & html codes they have to copy and paste to advertise your site.

10/ Invite Your Friends

You should invite your friends you know and trust to visit your website/forum. Don't spam up stranger's private message box asking them to join your forum and offering them staff positions just so that they confirm your message with a yes. And then you conplain that your website/forum is destroyed.

11/ Affiliates

Affiliate with other websites/forums to up the number of visitors on your site.

12/ Bookmarks

Have a page asking your viewers to bookmark your website/forum so they wouldn't lose the link to your site if they searched it by using a search engine. {For people who just don't read website's names}

13/ Submit your site to a search engine

Submit your website/forum to the search engines so people can find it when their surfing the internet.


Hope your website/forum gets more views after you did the following tips I suggested, Hello

submitted by Jalokim,, tnx

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #94 on: October 23, 2009, 06:54:53 pm »
I know you from Forumotion Support forums. Forumotion is boring. But it is great.
I put it like this;

I made a bebo for forums
I made a msn for forums
I made a facebook for forums
I made aim for forums.

Thats how. I just did it now so i can get heaps more people :)

Worked on my old forums. :)

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #95 on: October 23, 2009, 07:27:31 pm »
The meta tag suggestion is new to me..

I thought we did not have access to alter things like that, or our header info etc...

If we can add or change our meta tags, can someone point me in the right direction ?

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #96 on: October 24, 2009, 10:18:50 am »
The meta tag suggestion is new to me..

I thought we did not have access to alter things like that, or our header info etc...

If we can add or change our meta tags, can someone point me in the right direction ?

You can't edit your meta tags

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #97 on: November 13, 2009, 10:03:12 pm »
Forum Url: http://php4free.smfforfree3.com/index.php
Ok, I'm going to make a step by step Guide on Keeping members on your forums and get members on your forums.

How to Get Members:

Step 1: Put your URL in all your profiles on forums and websites that allow you to advertise in your signature.

Step 2: If you have a SMFforfree go to Admin CP> Promote Your Forum > And then pick where you want to  advertise your forums.

Step 3: Go to Advertising sites or Top site lists so that members will come to your forums. If its a Runescape private servers go to the runescape private servers advertising page.

Step 4: Once you have done that then tell your friends about it.

Step 5: Make some fake accounts with 10-20 posts so that people think that people are actually on the forums.

Step 6: Wait for members to Register and then you'll have  a good forum.


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How to keep members on your forums:


Step 1: Make contests so that members will stay and do stuff to win. Make the rewards good.

Step 2: Make your forum intresting. Add Arcade and forum games.

Step 3: Every couple of weeks give some people a chance to be staff.

Step 4: Make a MOTW. Member of the Week gets 20 posts. Something like that.

Step 5: Every hour or then make a new member so that people think the forums going really well so they staff.

Step 6: Ask members for help so they think they are helping the community

Step 7: Give rewards To people who help or get a milestone so that people think that if they do that they'll get rewarded.

Hope it helps.

« Last Edit: November 13, 2009, 10:07:52 pm by Coder4ever »
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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #98 on: November 13, 2009, 10:08:22 pm »
A couple of similar topics -  both are listed in the Guides and Tutorials Index that is stickied to the top of the Guides and Tutorials Board  ;)

Tips to Promote Your Board  -  this ones at the to of this Board.

Getting Your Forum Ready and Out There

This should probably be merged into one of the above.
« Last Edit: November 13, 2009, 10:11:57 pm by simply sibyl »

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #99 on: November 13, 2009, 10:15:15 pm »
Ok. You can merge with the one you think this one suits.

Thanks Syibl
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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #100 on: November 13, 2009, 10:17:43 pm »
no problem...  done .. thanks for the tips.

These two though I don't think are a good idea.  Its never a good idea to run a forum by misleading those you want to use your forum.   

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Step 5: Make some fake accounts with 10-20 posts so that people think that people are actually on the forums.


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Step 5: Every hour or then make a new member so that people think the forums going really well so they staff.
« Last Edit: November 13, 2009, 10:22:16 pm by simply sibyl »

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #101 on: November 13, 2009, 10:25:32 pm »
True, but then your members will advertise and stay on the forums for longer. Though your a mod and i respect your decision.
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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #102 on: November 13, 2009, 10:29:59 pm »
...the comment was not from me as a Moderator here.     Ive been doing this a long time now.  Honesty is always the best policy.   Start off being dishonest and they will figure it out eventually.   Just my take on things.

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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #103 on: November 13, 2009, 10:31:45 pm »
ok.. thanks siybl
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Re: Tips to Promote your board.
« Reply #104 on: December 03, 2009, 04:51:00 pm »
Thank you.