TommyCarey
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I recently posted something about if I should do a forum or a community discussion for my new website and it got me thinking a lot about the content after we get going. Now as everyone knows the content is the hardest part since it has to be unique and well written. Setting up a forum or community discussion doesn't mean people will flock to it just to put their $0.02 in so they get a pat on the back. You'll need to get the people in there and make them want to stay. If you can't do that, you're dead in the water before you even started 
If you're running your own forum, the easiest way to get people to come in and talk is if they see others talking already. If someone is asking similar questions to what they want to ask, they will chime in and comment if they think there's a need to. Ok, but what if no one is posting content or asking questions, you ask? Well why can't you do that to get the ball rolling?
Post your own content and questions to get the original posts on there for people to talk about. Most forum members would rather comment than post a thread of their own and that's because when you post a thread it's like all the digital eyes are on you lol
Since you're the owner/administrator you'll be seen as a higher authority, so you'll want to both post and comment. Post your own topics and questions as well as answer whatever you can for other people.
And what a lot of people forget is that since you're the owner, you can has has many profiles as you want lmao Go make a few dozen profiles and talk between these profiles to show user engagement and an "active" forum. I know some forum owners who have 500+ profiles and they used all of them at the beginning of the forum. They would register, post, comment, like posts, upvote and all that good stuff. Their forums would get bigger and bigger because of the user engagement and eventually they would sell the forum for a pretty big amount.
You can also pay people to post and comment. Usually this is pretty cheap too, so that's pretty awesome You can pay people like $10 per 100 decent posts that aren't "Nice Post!" and this will help lessen the burden of you having to post everything yourself
All you have to do is think outside of the box and it gets a lot easier
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If you don't and you're starting from scratch, you can turn to social media to find members for your forums as well. Start with Twitter at first. Create an official Twitter account for your forum. And then start following people in that niche that the forum is in. Retweet their tweets, talk to them, send them your forum link and all of that stuff. Not all will respond/reciprocate but the more you do it, the more people you follow and do on there, the more it will help in time. Plus you put your forum link on your Twitter profile with about you and a call to action too.
Then of course, you can do the same thing with other social media sites as well. Treat your forum like its your brand. Your website. Create a Facebook Page and a Facebook Group / Community. Google+ Community etc etc. Follow people on Google+ in your niche (add to circles) and then send them your Google+ community link and forum link and that. It takes some work and results will be slow at first, but like Twitter or like anything, the more you do, the more you chip away at it, the more people you'll get on board and these will be people that are actually interested in what your forum is about as well.
And there's lots of other ways of gaining members for your new forum. But it is only half the battle. The other half is making them use the forum regularly and getting them returning back to it and engaging and stimulating your members on the forums. The different account trick is a good one to do but if you're doing enough of the other stuff and keep doing it, you'll always be getting bigger and bigger and have new fresh members coming in all the time. And always engaging and stimulating others just long enough so that the forum is official ticking over by itself.
Forums are like engines in that sense. Sometimes you need to kick start them. But once they're running all you need to do is add fuel and they'll keep ticking over on their own. Hypothetically anyway. It all depends on so many things. I think you have then answered your own question here then lol. Well I thought you was asking but I see you are telling. And all relevant tips they are as well. One of the easiest ways to get a forum kick started is to already have a forum you own or are a part of that is in the same niche that those people are interested in. Then you can either tell them about it via a post you sticky or just make on those other places about your new forum, or just link to it in your sig and let people find it through the posts you make in peoples threads and that. If you don't and you're starting from scratch, you can turn to social media to find members for your forums as well. Start with Twitter at first. Create an official Twitter account for your forum. And then start following people in that niche that the forum is in. Retweet their tweets, talk to them, send them your forum link and all of that stuff. Not all will respond/reciprocate but the more you do it, the more people you follow and do on there, the more it will help in time. Plus you put your forum link on your Twitter profile with about you and a call to action too. Then of course, you can do the same thing with other social media sites as well. Treat your forum like its your brand. Your website. Create a Facebook Page and a Facebook Group / Community. Google+ Community etc etc. Follow people on Google+ in your niche (add to circles) and then send them your Google+ community link and forum link and that. It takes some work and results will be slow at first, but like Twitter or like anything, the more you do, the more you chip away at it, the more people you'll get on board and these will be people that are actually interested in what your forum is about as well. And there's lots of other ways of gaining members for your new forum. But it is only half the battle. The other half is making them use the forum regularly and getting them returning back to it and engaging and stimulating your members on the forums. The different account trick is a good one to do but if you're doing enough of the other stuff and keep doing it, you'll always be getting bigger and bigger and have new fresh members coming in all the time. And always engaging and stimulating others just long enough so that the forum is official ticking over by itself. Forums are like engines in that sense. Sometimes you need to kick start them. But once they're running all you need to do is add fuel and they'll keep ticking over on their own. Hypothetically anyway. It all depends on so many things.
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