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How do YOU get members?
Topic Started: Jan 3 2006, 06:42 PM (2,860 Views)
Haloclocked
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Well I have search engines some traffic exchange sites, affliate on mariofreaks56's forum, topsites, and I still only have a couple of members ;)
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Zen Maniacovici
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Advertising;

1. Search engine submissions.
2. Forum Directory.
3. Advertisement(s) on Signature area on popular forums.

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Beowulf1976
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I started by advertising (via my signature) on other forums I frequented... then when I got a good base of loyal members, they started advertising for me.

Most of my "advertising" is done via "mutual agreements" with other websites and companies etc etc..

I have 56 members I think... but as we're already well over 10K posts and only been open since 1st November.. the AMOUNT of members doesn't bother me.. I still have a good percentage of the members joined who have not even bothered coming back.

I have created flyers to give out at my local veterinary practices, and pet stores... haven't actually got off my ass and taken them out yet.. but when I do we'll see if more members come flooding in :eh:

Because my forum is based on pets and their owners, I don't really need to have thousands of members, just our loyal ones will do me nicely :D

Oh, we're on the search engines too.

We tried to get an email read out on Paul O'Grady's show - as he's a lover of animals.. but I don't think it hit the read pile, I think it hit the round filing cabinet in the corner pile..
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Samsung
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I get members off here by your sig
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Apocylipzz
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I don't. :'(
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Samsung
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why?
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Apocylipzz
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</3 </3 I am sporadic movement </3 </3
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Samsung
January 4, 2006 09:36 PM
why?

I dunno. One of my boards is still under consturction, i just had to put it in my sig, and the other one.... I dunno.
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Put the other one in instead
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i mainly get the same people on mine they follow me with everyboard i make and they tell their friends about it. and i also made a advertising forum where i get a few members here and there because they see it advertised there.
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I do that as well once I had twelve guests!
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Kasley
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I may sound like a n00b for this, but how do you all submit your site to search engines? :$
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Zen Maniacovici
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Kasley
January 5, 2006 12:08 AM
I may sound like a n00b for this, but how do you all submit your site to search engines? :$

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+...G=Google+Search :yes:
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Kasley
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Oh thank you. :)
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Starpaul20
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When I started my board, I gave the link to it out to several people I knew via AIM. My board also merged with another board that was starting to fail, that helped to bring in members. I now have 18 users, and over 2,000 posts and the forum is fairly active, averaging 10-15 posts a day now.

I don't think I've ever got a member from my signature here. :/ :ermm:
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i dont really find sigs the best way i think ive only recruited like 3 members from a sig.
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