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[KPautomotive]

I help run a car forum for girls but we don't really have many active members at the moment.

I wondered if you have any advice about how to promote a forum?

Thanks

 

[DreamLifestyle]

You could post on other forums related to your niche with a link in your signature, and start seo on the site so it is more visible.

 

[dan_moore]

Starting a forum is very hard work!

My suggestion would be to rope in five to ten friends who post or comment on one or two threads a day, then over the course of a few months you'll start to get some regular content and this will both help people to find the forums through searches etc and when they do will encourage them to sign up and participate.

Cheers

Dan

 

[ken_uk]

Double the hard work I would imagine when you pick a topic the vast majority of your target population is not interested in...

You could put in some non car topics, makeup, fashion, other girly things to attract members, and then try to get them interested in the car section I guess. Sexist maybe, but probably a true point...

 

[Silky]

I totally sympathise, KP, we launched our site with a forum in December and it was deathly in the first month - a number of visitors but no one posting. It's growing steadily - we now have an average of 20 posters on at any time - but I find it so frustrating to see we've nearly 200 members but only a small percentage ever post.

I'd agree with the advice to get friends and family to post, it's off putting to see no new comments when visitors log on. I also advertised ours on other half-related forums as you know you're targetting people who post.

Best of luck,

Silky x

 

[RickBisset]

Hi KP,

Can you provide a link to the forum site. I take it its not on kpautomotive.co.uk? if so its v hard to find!

Might be able to give better feedback.

Cheers

 

[JustOneUK]

Hi KP,

Can you provide a link to the forum site. I take it its not on kpautomotive.co.uk? if so its v hard to find!

Might be able to give better feedback.

Cheers

Ditto - hard to tell without seeing it (you can PM me the url if you want)...why don't you start by promoting it on your site?

regards
James.

 

[KPautomotive]

Hi thanks for the comments, the forum is Girl-Torque