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Secrets to Raising a Successful Forum - Ebook - only $4

Acorn

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Did you set up a message board, shell out lots of time and money only to see it failing to get anyone to sign up--except a bunch of spam bots, of course?

Have you tried everything--SEO, paid postings, multiple accounts, contests--and you still can't get it off the ground?

Do you look at those big busy message boards and wish you knew what you were doing wrong?

Have you recently bought a forum and don't know how to keep it healthy--or worse, you are already watching it slowly die and its community and revenue slip through your fingers?


If you are looking for a no-nonsense, honest guide on creating a successful internet forum, fromr someone who actually runs one, I have in the offerings my Ebook, available in PDF format.

I don't pretty it up, and I don't exaggerate. I teach you what over a decade of forum managing experience has taught me.

The contents:


Forum Softwares and Hosting.

Top 5 Beginners' Mistakes.

Your Forum's Rules.

Your Staff.

When to Ban.

Forum control freaks. {Version 2.0 on my original Ezine article}

Legal concerns.

Forum Growth Management.

Promoting Your Forum.

Under New Management: the Forum You Just Bought.

Monetising your forum.

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You may notice most of this Ebook doesn't focus on monetising your board. That's because without the community on it, no amount of monetising advice will go anywhere. You have to build the house before you can paint it. Then the paint job is often the easiest part.



My own forum's link can be found in my signature. It has become successful and is still teaching me things. I included stuff on how to manage a forum once it grows, that's one of the hardest parts I have found and which often gets overlooked.

$4 per copy and I accept Paypal. PM me if you have any questions or just reply here!

Sorry, no review copies. I am confident enough in my own product that paying people to say good things about it runs counter to my message...besides, it's only $4. 😛 Though if you tried it out, feel free to leave a note!

Happy forum building!
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

will you take $3? Sense it's only v1. Is it a PDF?
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

That was quick 🙂

Acorn, the success of your own forum is clear evidence that you know what you are talking about when it comes to forums and I'd be delighted to purchase a copy. Please PM me with your PayPal email and I'll send the payment.

Will buyers of V 1.0 also get access to future versions of the book?
 
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Fergal said:
That was quick 🙂

Acorn, the success of your own forum is clear evidence that you know what you are talking about when it comes to forums and I'd be delighted to purchase a copy. Please PM me with your PayPal email and I'll send the payment.

Will buyers of V 1.0 also get access to future versions of the book?
Please tell us if it's good. Would like to know if it's helpful before I purchase it.
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

Hm, I could lower the price to $4. It IS only a first time copy. It's not a PDF as I don't know how to do those, it's just plain text.

Seemed quick but I actually had already written out a lot of the article material in other places and just needed to refine it and add some more and bam, there was my ebook.

This is my first time doing this so I'm learning as I go. 😛

I'd be delighted to get any feedback I can! Plus I'm still working on adding more stuff to it eventually, not just learning from running my forum but learning because I'm on all these webmaster message boards too plus frequently visit a lot of different forums.

Fergal I can PM you now!

I wasn't going to release new versions all that often once I got the first one good, but I'll wait till I spruce it up if it needs sprucing up {which it probably does!} then offer it for just $4.

I sure don't want to sell anyone anything shoddy! Thing is this--I'm being 100% honest in it, and the truth hurts as they say. There's no quick easy insta-forum. It's a lot more work than a blog or other type website.
 
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Ooh it says you can bump every 48 hours so here goes. There's an update to this under way. I've decided to convert the whole thing to HTML {though if people want the text version they can still request it} and anyone who bought the text version will get the HTML version free when it comes out, as an upgrade. I will probably place the whole thing in one file and have each article in its own table.

...As a bonus I might throw in a new article or two.
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

I will look into buying this when i have some spare $$
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

I'll buy when I have the $$ 🙂
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

well u can use google doc to convert your file to pdf or u can download CutePDF to print into pdf without losing any format or style u had made 🙂

CutePDF: http://www.cutepdf.com/

If u using Microsoft 2007 u can add watermark on it so it would be your copyright 🙂

If u think i help u on your question + rep me 🙂

and good sales to u haha!
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

Good news! I have used a converter to make a PDF copy all in one piece, the whole thing. I will be updating that, the txt version is still available but I recommend the PDF 🙂
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

I've purchased and read a copy of this ebook. It is well written and contains a lot of useful information for anyone managing a forum. The guide is particularly helpful in the areas of writing rules, member and staff management.

Acorn is an extremely experienced and successful forum owner and this knowledge and experience on the subject of managing forums is evident in this ebook. I believe that anyone running a forum could benefit from the experience shared in this book and I'm very happy to recommend it.
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

Thanks Fergal.

It seems that nobody can afford to shell out, what, $4 for this? Well if they aren't willing or able to shell out $4 they might as well not get into forums at all, because chances are they're going to be spending a lot more on advertising, hosting etc. a lot of money they could probably have saved if they educated themselves, but oh well. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
 
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Sounds good, check your PM 😉
 
Re: Raising a Successful Forum E-book!

I checked, you should find your copy mailed to you! I had a busy day yesterday so didn't check my email till just earlier so I apologise for the delay.

Anyone who buys this is free to leave a review! As well as recommendations for me to add anything to the book.
 
Bumping this. Still for sale, still only $4 and I'm going to be writing another article to include in the hosting section: Paid Software and Hosting vs. Free Software and Hosting.
 
I'm just starting up so think this could help me. Payday is tomorrow so will PM you tomorrow once home from work.
 
Bump!

This is still easily available for $4. I may be adding a new article soon for roleplay forum help called, "Why is my RPG Forum Dying?"
 
Sent! Let me know what you think, guys, feedback can just be left on this thread 🙂
 
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