Did you think online advertising was simple?
- Thread starter Bobby Dee
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andrew skyler
Familiar Face
Never easy, truly i got tired of SEO day by day
Back in the beginning, it might have been, but with so many people running sites today and overall cheap price of hosting providers, it can be quite a hard and annoying process at times. Coming up with something unique is challenging as well, there are many great sites and ideas out there, so if you do not want to be just another clone, you should think about other things as well, not just marketing 🙂
This is a pretty solid description of the current issue. Years ago (2008, I guess) forums were popular because they weren't worn out. Nowdays, 99% everything is a complete knockoff of another forum, and that's an issue. "Originality" was only an excuse when social media started to gain attention. Most successful forums (using FP as an example) weren't the first of their kind, but they were the one that was able to "connect the dots". Most of an active/successful website is shear luck, to be honest.
It's never easy. I think online advertising includes SEO, SEM, Solo Ads, Social Media marketing, Email marketing,...and many others. And when starting an online business we may need to know at least one of them, for example SEO, in order to get traffic or to promo our site at the beginning.
Yea True. i am thinking to start doing something a little more interesting.
Thanks. Even i don't want to be cloned. I will definitely think about doing something else rather than just advertising, will also try to change my way of work.
Shannon Apple
Resident
To be honest, it also depends on your niche. Our community was set up in 2002 and was certainly the definition of successful. I think 3.2million posts counts as successful. The thing is, it never actually made money for the owner. It COST money and somewhere in the region of 1200 a year to run. Why? Because most of the users at the time were 13-18 year olds with no income, so they wouldn't be interested in any ads or whatever. It was the main reason that he sold it in the end. It gave nothing back and he had lost interest in it long ago. We were running it for him for years.
Also, it was an anime forum, so people won't buy what they can just pirate. We're definitely not in the forum game even today to make money. It's a labour of love and something that all of the staff enjoy doing. If we wanted to make money online, it'd certainly not be with a forum. ^^ Our current community is run completely on community donations.
The guy that owned that anime forum at the time actually had another site of similar size in a different niche. That one was his main source of income. The thing is, the forum that made money did so because he was also selling a product. People joined up to discuss things relating to said product. I think that's the only way you can realistically turn a forum into a business these days. Find a gap in the market and fill it. Being just a forum isn't going to cut it anymore.
Also, it was an anime forum, so people won't buy what they can just pirate. We're definitely not in the forum game even today to make money. It's a labour of love and something that all of the staff enjoy doing. If we wanted to make money online, it'd certainly not be with a forum. ^^ Our current community is run completely on community donations.
The guy that owned that anime forum at the time actually had another site of similar size in a different niche. That one was his main source of income. The thing is, the forum that made money did so because he was also selling a product. People joined up to discuss things relating to said product. I think that's the only way you can realistically turn a forum into a business these days. Find a gap in the market and fill it. Being just a forum isn't going to cut it anymore.
VincentRepotaro
New Arrival
I think it's not simple but when you do it you'll be attracted by it's profit 😀
TradingCardMakers
Resident
With SEO and other ways of promoting your site I call it "The Time of the Tide" You have to spend before you get anything back and if you have picked the right keywords you will see a fast ranking.
Totally Agree. I need to stay updates 24/7, backlinking consume times and most of the comments go to moderation.
Thank You for your comments. Free online advertising is not easy due to competition. I should find a gap in the market.
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Profits are always good news for any small business but getting profit is not easy. I am planning on launching a free classified ads website, for profit i need to recognise what to do and what not to.
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I will keep that in mind.
Shannon Apple
Resident
@Bobby Dee. This forum is really great for helping new sites get off the ground and there are designated places for advertising. It's really annoying when someone starts a thread like this, gets some honest replies, then starts throwing stupid links at you. That's honestly how people get banned from forums. They have no idea how to treat other forum users. We aren't as stupid as advertisers think. Give us more credit. Good luck with your advertising sites and all, but please bear this in mind.
It was never my intentions to throw link in forum. I shared link for information purpose. I forget that thousands of people might read my response as an promotion.
I think it depends on content. How you produce and promote your content. On the other hand, free subdomains are difficult to rank; if you build up ranking for your subdomain of WordPress, you would build up ranking for WordPress.
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