Shawn

Have you ever successfully utilized Black Hat SEO tactics? If so, what ones and did they work?

I know HTML and CSS but I want to learn another software. I want to eventually know how to code a forum or blog platform. What language would you recommend for this?

What is your favorite type of content to create on forums? Why is this your favorite?

What has been your worst hosting experience? What did you learn from it?

What forum software out there deserves more credit than it gets? Why do you feel this way?

What contests have worked the best for your community?

I've considered adding one for some of my forums. I have a local cycling forum, and it's made up of mainly local folks; we all know each other. I think I might try it there and see how everyone takes it.

Many people think forum and community are the same thing. It really isn't. A forum is a platform. A community is something you build, a loyal space of friends or colleagues who enjoy each other's company, network, or seek information from. It's easy to create a forum. The hard part is creating a community because it takes dedication.

I like it. It just takes a little getting used to 😄

On promotion, you really want to promote mainly where your audience is. That's why it's important to choose a target audience before you launch your forum. You can even use something like ChatGPT or some other AI to help you determine your audience if you're having trouble. It's better to narrow down your niche and easily target a more specific forum audience, IMO.

Liquid Web used to be a really good place to get dedicated servers as well.

Welcome to the community, Hulk! Glad to have you here 🙂

When it comes to operating or launching a forum, what confuses you the most about it? What is stopping you from embracing full-throttle success? Let's help each other work through these things.

Go with a passion. Choose a niche or topic that you absolutely love to talk about in real life. It needs to be a topic that you can see yourself enjoying even for many years to come. One of my forums is a hiking and backpacking forum. I've been a hiker and a backpacker for around 13 years now. I go every weekend. I love every bit of it. It's even allowed me to form a local brand. So, that was a good choice for a forum because I'll always enjoy talking about it. If you choose a topic you know little about just because it's a trend, it's going to be hard to compete with a forum run by someone passionate about a topic you're not that passionate about. 🙂

The solution might be to warn the members and ask them to contribute. But the solution will likely be a ban because I doubt they will change, theoretically speaking, LOL. 😛