How to Get a Forum to Make Money Increase Sales Build a Membership List and Use Web 2.0 Better Than a BlogWhat is a Forum?A forum is the most established form of web 2.0. It allows members to communicate with other members and you as the owner of the forum.
Why Do I Need a ForumA forum, unlike a blog, can have multiple topics and discussions easily found by members, guests and search engines. This will increase the “stickiness” of your website so guests and members return over and over again to engage in discussions they themselves started while you sit back and watch your membership list grow.
Do I Need a Website to Get a Forum? I strongly recommend everyone who goes into business get an office. In this case an office is in the form of very low cost domain and web hosting. Would you buy a product or service from someone renting a hotel room or from an established store or office? For those who insist on not getting their own domain, the same mistake I made for seven years, I can help you setup a Wordpress blog or
Blogger blog I can even host your forum on my website for you!
How Can I Make Money with My Forum?If you are not already on the main information page click here
http://newbieservices.com/FreeWebSites/index.php/topic,17.msg18.html#msg18 to continue. Otherwise just scroll down
There are multiple ways of making money with a forum!
You can add Pay per click advertising to your forum such as Google Adsense
You can list your own products and affiliate products as a “Sticky” which is a post which stays above regular posts made by your members. Both members and guests see your posts first.
You can make special offers to your members and even create a members only section thus motivating even more guests to become free members.
You can sell advertising to your members making it easier for other members to find their advertising thus increasing their sales while increasing your own income!
You can sell
“Sticky” postings to your members so their own posts stay above normal member postings. This should be done on a monthly basis and can easily done with a
free Paypal accountWhat Type of Forum Can I Have?Any topic imaginable! Start with a general topic, then add Categories and Boards to narrow the topic into niches. Don't worry, I can help you with this. You can even then use this for tracking to see which topics are more popular to help you decide on your next marketing venture!
If what you're asking is a programming question I always recommend Simple Machine Forum. For new people, this forum format is the easiest to learn and maintain. For experienced marketers the mods easily installed help to enhance your forum to allow for even greater use!
You see I am forever the teacher! My goal is not just to develop more clientele, but to get fired! I want all my students and clients to increase their confidence and knowledge to such a point where they tell me they'll call me if they need me! Which is why I'm always asking for referrals from good people such as yourself lol.
Okay Rick You've Convinced Me! I Want to Get a Forum to Make Money Increase Sales Build a Membership List and Use Web 2.0 Better Than a Blog! What Do I Do?I'd like to say I'm doing this all out of the goodness of my heart, but I have a family to feed possibly just like you. Let me assure you though, my service always has greater value than my fees.
To setup a forum on your domain I am only charging $75.00 I'll continue to charge just this until I get to busy and end up having to increase my rates.
To setup a forum for you and host it on any of my sites
http://NewbieServices.comhttp://ComputerHelp808.comhttp://KirkhamsEbooks.com with a variety of subtopics
http://MartialArts808.comI'll still only charge $75.00 and I'll also charge a $10.00 a month maintenance fee. That means if you have a problem I'm on it and you don't have to mess with it!
If you'd like mods installed I can do this for $10.00 per mod
I'd recommend these mods
Advertising mod to Monetize your forum with Pay per click ads or Clickbank Text Ads
RSS Feeder mod to get you automatic content into your forum when you're first starting.
I'll also modify your forum for settings I found useful on my forums such as having Reply Notification checked by default so the poster knows when someone replies to his/her post and is more likely to return to your forum to continue the discussions or answer questions thus increasing the stickiness of your forum.
So, get started by
Clicking here to setup a forum on your domainClick Here to setup a Forum with the Recommended Mods for just $20.00 more Click Here to setup a Forum and Have Me Host it For You You may send your details or ask your question to
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