How to Kick Start a Forum and Get Active Members

Participate
You will need to participate a lot when starting out a forum. Nobody likes to see a forum admin that doesn’t help his members. You should answer all questions that people have as soon as possible, and answer them truthfully.

Multiple profiles
Try creating some accounts with different profiles and personalities. Like I said before, nobody would want to join an empty forum. So, to prevent that vicious cycle, start by posting a few threads and answering them yourself. If you want to make it seem more realistic you can hire some people to make quality posts on your forum. Each post would generally cost about $0.10.

Hold contest
Holding contests is a great way to attract a couple of new members. Give away a digital product related to your forum to the member that posts the most of has the most reputation. That will really encourage some people to post. Even better, make the contest a monthly one.

Make an exclusive section
Make a section that is exclusive to registered members of your forum. If you want, set a minimum post count that a member has to reach before gaining access to that section. If your forum is making money, make guides and post them in the exclusive section. If your forum is about programming, put some popular user-created programs in that exclusive section. The possibilities are endless!

Just follow these 4 great tips and your forum will be buzzing with activity in no time at all!


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