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  1. Shawn
    Have you ever successfully utilized Black Hat SEO tactics? If so, what ones and did they work?
  2. Shawn
    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?
  3. Shawn
    What is your favorite type of content to create on forums? Why is this your favorite?
  4. Shawn
    What has been your worst hosting experience? What did you learn from it?
  5. Shawn
    What forum software out there deserves more credit than it gets? Why do you feel this way?
  6. Shawn
    What contests have worked the best for your community?
  7. Shawn
    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.
  8. Shawn
    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.
  9. Shawn
    I like it. It just takes a little getting used to 😄
  10. Shawn
    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.
  11. Shawn
    Liquid Web used to be a really good place to get dedicated servers as well.
  12. Shawn
    Welcome to the community, Hulk! Glad to have you here 🙂
  13. Shawn
    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.
  14. Shawn
    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. 🙂
  15. Shawn
    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. 😛
  16. Shawn
    Christmas Eve with the in-laws. Christmas Morning with wife, kids, and close family. Christmas Evening at my parents house. Christmas Night, exhausted and passed out. 😛 LOL
  17. Shawn
    My biggest task is content creation. I think it's important to create a really good discussion at least once a day. If you can do that, you can retain your membership.
  18. Shawn
    On your niche... Try to go with something that you're passionate about. If you can narrow it down to something that you have a lot of expertise in, that is going to even be better. Basically, make sure it's a topic that you don't mind posting about for years to come.
  19. Shawn
    Looking pretty good! I feel like this version is easier to use than the other one.
  20. Shawn
    I think the hardest task is getting those first couple of real organic members. Until then, you're talking to yourself or, rather, posting to no one. Once you get a couple of people who actively participate, you get to start being social with like-minded folks, and it gets way easier, in my opinion. 🙂
  21. Shawn
    I usually log in, reply to a few replies, create a few new topics, reply some more, and then create more topics. If there are any moderation tasks needed, I'll tend to them first.
  22. Shawn
    AI is great for writing privacy policies because you can get so specific, and it will create the terms for you. I use Grammarly for editing, which uses AI. I'm an ambassador with them, so I often get access to updates before anyone else, so I help beta test and play with it. But in all honesty, I love writing so I try to do that myself for the most part.
  23. Shawn
    Welcome!
  24. Shawn
    I try to think of a new topic every time I reply to a post on my forum. I've basically developed a habitual system for it. I come up with a topic in relation to a reply that someone has made. I just try to make sure it's not too close to the previous topic.
  25. Shawn
    This is me, really. I'll post daily when I can but sometimes, I get busy on other things. Then I'll come in and post a bunch.
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