Comments on: 5 ways to keep your visitors coming back to your web site http://www.webpublishingblog.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-visitors-coming-back-to-your-web-site.htm Internet publishing, a multidisciplinary approach. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Andrew http://www.webpublishingblog.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-visitors-coming-back-to-your-web-site.htm#comment-1783 Andrew Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:19:03 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-visitors-coming-back-to-your-web-site.htm#comment-1783 Lee from ForumTrends.com is actually working on a forum/communities book. I don't know how much it will be about growing a new forum vs. running an existing forum. The number one most important thing about starting a forum is that you already have targeted traffic for the niche. There are a lot of XYZforums.com out there where the front page is the forum and there are 100 posts, all by the admin. Lee from ForumTrends.com is actually working on a forum/communities book. I don’t know how much it will be about growing a new forum vs. running an existing forum.

The number one most important thing about starting a forum is that you already have targeted traffic for the niche. There are a lot of XYZforums.com out there where the front page is the forum and there are 100 posts, all by the admin.

]]> By: chris http://www.webpublishingblog.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-visitors-coming-back-to-your-web-site.htm#comment-1781 chris Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:17:01 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-visitors-coming-back-to-your-web-site.htm#comment-1781 I've added forums to two of my sites. One is a brand-spanking new site so nothing to report from that one. The other is an existing site. One the existing site, I added a poll and a few questions to draw people to answer. I had five registered users the first day with a few posts. In the following 3 weeks...no new posts by visitors. Creating a thriving forum even in a niche site takes some work - anyone got a good ebook? No, wait let me guess, advertise it in forum signatures, send it out in newsletters, etc. Organic growth definitely isn't the best/fastest. I’ve added forums to two of my sites. One is a brand-spanking new site so nothing to report from that one. The other is an existing site.

One the existing site, I added a poll and a few questions to draw people to answer. I had five registered users the first day with a few posts. In the following 3 weeks…no new posts by visitors.

Creating a thriving forum even in a niche site takes some work - anyone got a good ebook? No, wait let me guess, advertise it in forum signatures, send it out in newsletters, etc. Organic growth definitely isn’t the best/fastest.

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