Internet Marketing Tycoon

**catboating** · 01-30-2010, 01:33 PM

Hello everyone,
I made a forum website called http://www.cockatooforums.com. Currently I only get about 10 unique views /day. What would be the best way to get members/visitors to the forum? I'm considering adwords but not a big fan of paying about a buck per click.
Thanks

**chrishirst** · 01-30-2010, 02:01 PM

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/online...ic-forums.html

**bit tricky** · 02-27-2010, 06:33 AM

Just start doing PPC and try it once ....see whether you get genuine people or not

**Mike Smithfield** · 02-28-2010, 12:51 AM

You can run a monthly contest or just give away freebies to your members....some link building/exchange could be good.

**haiwin** · 02-28-2010, 07:31 AM

you may subimit it to directories

**zeeshan_2011** · 03-02-2010, 12:50 AM

bookmarking and article ship best way.

**Karenadams** · 03-04-2010, 04:22 AM

Create as many back links as you can. Submission of your forum to directories can help !

**creativelipi** · 03-04-2010, 01:33 PM

Content writing, Directory submission, Social Bookmarking....etc.

Regards,

**TheDon** · 03-07-2010, 08:28 AM

I see you only have 20 or so members, I have started a forum about 5 months ago and for about 230 members, its not great, but it is still members.
What I did is create 20 members who is me, I was posting everyday with the 20 members and replying to my own forum, now I do not use those members as I have real members now.

Because nobody wants to join a quiet forum, you need to make it look like it is active and people will join.
I also have joined many social networks and post an article every week with a back link to my forum.

**dvduval** · 03-07-2010, 10:37 AM

You've got to get real people involved. You might want to try something "outside the box" like calling pet shops and seeing if you can send them some flyers.

**DarkLordSith** · 03-07-2010, 01:09 PM

to be honest ur forums is very hard on the eyes. Just lookin at it no one will wanna join it.

**DarkLordSith** · 03-07-2010, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDon

I see you only have 20 or so members, I have started a forum about 5 months ago and for about 230 members, its not great, but it is still members.
What I did is create 20 members who is me, I was posting everyday with the 20 members and replying to my own forum, now I do not use those members as I have real members now.

Because nobody wants to join a quiet forum, you need to make it look like it is active and people will join.
I also have joined many social networks and post an article every week with a back link to my forum.

thats a very good idea.

**Sierra Charlie** · 03-11-2010, 04:52 AM

Your topic is pretty much a small niche and I would expect you to know at least a handful of your target audience. If you know some, it's a good start. Invite them to drop by. Use Facebook for some link dropping. Having yourself register as 20 members can help. But it's a huge pain if you have to do forum posting like that for two or three months.

What you can do is publish articles, build links in relevant blogs, sites and such like. I don't think that it's going to be tough asking for links in this particular niche. Use twitter and use the # function well.

There are many things you can do. Use your imagination. Stop thinking about search engines and do things to get more of your niche crowd.

**ThailandForum** · 03-11-2010, 05:01 AM

I would approach pet shops, let them have free advertising if they contribute articles.

**melovemoney** · 03-13-2010, 12:14 PM

As Sierra said your topic is pretty much a small niche, so you can go after the keywords in your niche (just do your keyword research). You don't have to specifically go after forum keywords or anything like that, people who are interested in your niche will naturally sign up for the forum.

So I say just do some good old fashioned keyword research and link building in order to get your forum going. Other than that you can write articles and participate in forums that are in the same niche as you or close to your niche and post a link in your signature file.

Hope this helps.

**saramedows** · 03-27-2010, 07:44 AM

Link building and directory submission will be effective for better traffic for your forums.

**Winson** · 04-07-2010, 01:28 AM

Hello Friend,
Make a list of forums that are related, then start participating on those forums. Make sure to have your link in your signature. Also, Bookmark all of the best posts of your forum. Its not the traffic you should worry about its getting people to sign up. Lots of forums have traffic but little users.

Thanks,
Winson

**juanpawell** · 04-08-2010, 01:11 AM

I think get the max traffic on forums then have to promote site first and then if once it is on the mark of the Google then should be there on that hight.

**john12port34** · 04-08-2010, 02:26 AM

You can do some blog marketing for your forum. You can introduce your forum, connect and get traffic from other blogs related to your niche, add quality contents related to your niche then continue the discussions in your forum.

**Joe.forex** · 04-08-2010, 07:51 AM

Try posting some positive reviews about your forum
on all the available forum reviewing sites.
Make press releases and spread the word about unique things on your site.