Boost Traffic to Your Forum

[Rex]

There is no secret formula to boost traffic. But there are many different outlets that can help you boost traffic. By far the best ways to boost traffic is by viral marketing. And most people think this is probably the hardest way to get your site out there. This could not be further from the truth. First of all, built into most forum softwares is a referral system. This allows your members to send out emails/IMs/blogs to their friends and try to recruit them for you, and they get a referral for doing so. Adding some sort of prize to the person with the highest referrals each month is always good to do.

Another easy way to produce viral marketing is to submit a press release to sites like prweb.com. Make sure your press release is news worthy and full of useful information for those reading it. Don’t make it spam page, don’t include a lot of links. Simply have your website address and give people news/information that they can use. Think of it as giving “value” to your forum.

Also holding contests and giveaways are great ways to produce a buzz around your site. You can hold posting contests / referral contests / article contests. Just about anything you can think of there could be a contest for, usually the more expensive the prize the better because it will attract much more attention. But there is a little secret to this where you don’t have to spend lots of money. Everybody likes to travel so give them travel vouchers with high retail values but cost you very little to give out. Try this place Getupandgo.com they have great deals on certificates.

Those are easy ways to produce traffic for your site that doesn’t take a lot of time, effort, or cash.

[Arnoud]

Some awesome ideas in here again, great job!