Hi, i been thinking and thinking to have own webhosting forums, hope one day will become v7n or webhostingtalk. well, i not aim that high this moment, first step first.

How can i promote a webhosting forums??
- no PPC please. too costly.
- self/hire forum posting.
- seo is way too slow in this "webhosting forum" keyword

any ideas that i could get this on track in less than 2 mth of hard work?? I really want to do it, just i dont know how!! any advice is appreciated.

The best way to promote yourself is, of course, to be a good host. You'll learn that through your opening phases that word of mouth is a very powerful tool and can often make just as much as a start up ad campaign can garner.

Once you generate revenue from local clients, you can then in turn use that revenue to help ease the strain on you and even perhaps look to advertising campagins with the generated revenue.

Nextly forums like this, on which there are several webmasters can help you gain the popularity. Spread your word & attractive offers on this kind of forums. Also you may give 1 month free trial or similar offers which will catch the web developers to your site.

the main difficulty i face is same like others, competition and ranking.
i belief, most of guest will come from SE. and returning members might just make up 20% of visitors.

its hard for me to find a SEO optimised forum script, or strategy.