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Old 06-18-2008, 10:47 PM
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Hi everybody

I have started a new forum which you may be aware at (Retro Garden Forums), so far, things are going okay, but I would like some tips on how to grow forums.

Monetizing isn't really a huge concern for me with this at the moment, I want to grow it into a nice little niche forum and to be fairly authoritive in the retro gaming niche.

I'm lucky as Retro Garden has a few strong google serp positions, so people have been posting on the forums, mixed in with a couple of livewires to keep things fresh.

I want to go out now and look for members, have you any tips on growing the forum?

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While the forum is still young, some of the following could help:
- Reward steadfast posters with recognition (A title like founding member, distinguished member etc tends to make people fell special).
- Try to create new threads (people tend to post and post and post on one thread, sometime it may be useful to nudge posters by starting threads for them.
- If possible have a referral mechanism/reward (make it easy for members to recommend the forum to potential members).
- Ensure its easy to join (i have left join a few forums in the past because CATCHA is just too crazy).
- Be tolerant of weird people (some very nice posters are sometimes quite different, some people will say ban then, I usually like this king of people, as long as they are not spammers).

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wowl , this tips really help ful for the newbie forum owners.
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The main thing is to keep a forum active. These is way too many forums dying these days because of inactivity.
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Make it lively by posting and spend your time on it.. U need to be online always.
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Try to be active and online in the forum and at the same time try creating new threads and adding interesting content.
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