A friend recently asked for my help reviving a completely dead forum with several thousand members and tens of thousands of posts. I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions for my friend and I! Would there be a way to "take advantage" of the fact that we are not starting with just a few threads and one or two members?
Either money or merchandise promoting your forum.
You could always get a graphic designer to design a logo,pay for the shirt/hoodie and send it to whoever wins the prize of the posting contest.
Just start promoting it! Like it's a new forum. Don't delete anything, don't wipe it out, deletion is "internet arson" as my friend put it. Just go plugging around for a few members and keep at it and it should grow. After all, it was successful once, right?
That's the real asset in your forum. Can you email or send a mass PM to tell them the forum has been reactivated? Try to include some additional incentive, to encourage them to return and participate, such as a contest?
