View Full Version : i know my topic how do i now plan forum?


ForumGirls
27th December 2006, 03:53 AM
i have the money and wantto buy vbulletin and i have a topic to discuss threads with friends and new google people. Do you have tip for planning forum?

what stuff i must hink about to start a forum????????.... please help!!! :*(

darnoldy
27th December 2006, 04:58 AM
what stuff i must think about to start a forum?Well...
First, you ought to think about what you want from the forum: are you expecting this to be an income-producing venture; do you just want to have interesting conversations with people; do you want to push a particular political or social agenda?

Second, you need to think about why other people would want to come participate in your forum instead of someone else's. This is called a "unique selling position." See this thread (http://www.vbulletin-fans.com/showthread.php?t=23694) for more info.

After you have made (and articulated) these two decisions, all else follows.

Remember, forums are not about software or skins, or hits per day or SEO--they are about people connecting with people. If you can make the latter happen, you will have a successful forum. If you can't, none of the other stuff matters.

funnyfan
29th December 2006, 11:44 AM
Absolutely agree with the post above, the questions you have tio answer are:
1) what niche I an going to take, will it a specilized or a general forum;
2) why my visitors would like to come to it, what I can give them, whether some unique info, prizes or free domains etc.
3) how you're qoing to make money on your forum.

Swordude
8th June 2007, 08:18 PM
Think about buying a good, unique skin, advertisement, finding sites that have a similar topic and ask about exchanging links, think of the age group that your topic is targeted at and base your forum more around that.