OK OK I need help.

[jneihardt]

I need some major tips on how to attract or let alone get more traffic to my forums.

JVForums.net is the site and you will see what looks like a blog on the home. Access the forums from the top menu. I don't know if the blog does me any good. Does it? Any tips?

I have done viral marketing - Doesn't work.
I am posting on various forums.
I am using a signature linking to my site.
I am trying not to spam it.
So forth.....

I thank you in advance for tips.

 

[Ilya]

If free advertising doesnt work go to paid advertisement.

Buy banner ads, get adwords, and once people visit your site and if they like it they will stay.

tell you the truth... your site is not every appealing, the whole site is uncomfortable to browse for some reason, forum is made within the blog, everything is this stressing darkblue colors, you are just starting up an you already have ads all over, and when I first visited your site I had no idea what your site was about and after looking though for a couple minutes still didnt get what it was about... so fix those issues, plus you need to do some seo, your title should include brief discription of your site other then your site name.

 

[jneihardt]

The Site is JustVariousForums but I don't know how I would go about advertising that. I have done everything people have told me to. I am not a blogger I think they are a waste of time. Someone told me they drive traffic even if it is random topics. You see that did not work.

I have made the home page the forum so you may get more of a idea when you visit it. You think that will help?

You complain about the dark colors but your image hosting site is all black. Pretty dark man. Thanks though for the info and I will go about changing a few things.

 

[windsor]

Should this be in here?
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=10029

Topics such as "People are not registering to my site" or "what can i do to make my site look better" are no longer permitted in this section. Rather, these types of topics should be posted in the "General Forum Chat" section.

I think this comes under that ^^

 

[jneihardt]

Ok then where should I put it or could a moderator move this to the proper forum.

 

[Subz]

just pm a team leader or the community team and they wil move your topic to the correct forum -🙂-

 

[spyka]

You can promote all you want, even chuck millions of pounds at it, but if your product (in this case your forum) isn't good it doesn't matter.

Like Ilya was saying, I too went to your forum and did not know what it was about.

No where on your forum does it mention 'Just various forums'. So to start I would say rename the title from JVforums to just various forums - not the domain, just the text on the website. Then add a smaller title underneath about *what* your forum is about. Keep it short, snappy and simple, .e.g 'An online community to meet new people and chat about anything'

That being said your forum appears to be just a standard general chat forum. These don't do that well, even if brilliant because the market is full of them so from the off you're going to have to try 10 times harder to get members than a niche forum. As a result I'd maybe think about focusing on a single aspect rather than focus on everything. Maybe have a larger section on technology or music, and promote that section of your forum rather than the forum as whole.