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czarina · 05-20-2011, 12:34 PM

No, it's not another webmaster forum. It's a forum about shemales.
Any suggestions on how to grow it, bring in more posters, etc.?

O MARINA · 05-20-2011, 12:41 PM

contests, search engine ads?

Seth Manson · 05-20-2011, 12:45 PM

Give it lots of sun, water it daily and add some fertilizer plant food like Miracle Grow.

CurrentlySober · 05-20-2011, 12:46 PM

Manure, sunlight and lots and lots of water...

96ukssob · 05-20-2011, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by czarina

No, it's not another webmaster forum. It's a forum about shemales.
Any suggestions on how to grow it, bring in more posters, etc.?

hire some cheaper posters to create threads and SEO the site to bring in organic traffic

newB · 05-20-2011, 12:59 PM

Have you tried surfing shemale blogs and leaving comments for the blog owners to come check it out? Could get a lot of posters if you allow sigs and/or ref codes, but obviously you would want to establish some ground-rules.

TripleXPrint · 05-20-2011, 01:05 PM

In this day and age, it's almost impossible to grow a forum. I'm not saying it's impossible, it is just really difficult. With the blog formats blowing up and forums already established with cliques...it's going to be a tough road.

I have a mainstream forum and was extremely lucky getting my members. It's a sports forum and the one I had posted on since '97 shut its doors in 2007. I quickly started a new forum with the same format and invited everyone over when they closed their doors. Instant 1,000 members.

Before that I tried to start a forum and paid quite a bit of money outsourcing posters. They ended up posting the most horrible garbage I have ever seen in my entire life! It was straight up crap. Avoid that service at all costs unless you've seen the quality of their work.

chronig · 05-20-2011, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

Manure, sunlight and lots and lots of water...

beat me to it

Coup · 05-20-2011, 01:09 PM

1. Find yourself some shemales
2. Get them to post on your forum
3. Profit!

Socks · 05-20-2011, 01:10 PM

It all starts with trading something valuable for the magic beans.

Emil · 05-20-2011, 01:11 PM

Google Blog Search - Post quality comments on blogs on the same subject as your forum.

That's how I started my mainstream forum and it's extremely active these days.

CaptainHowdy · 05-20-2011, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coup

1. Find yourself some shemales
2. Get them to post on your forum
3. Profit!

...

marlboroack · 05-20-2011, 01:12 PM

Just let the shemale moderators do all the work

czarina · 05-20-2011, 01:17 PM

I actually do have the shemales, since all the T-girls from AmateurDough are posting on the blog, and actively promoting it in their twitters. But we've gotten just 60 members. I thought it'd grow a lot faster since we're also linking to it from inside our members areas.

what do you guys think of making some galleries to promote the forum and submit them via chameleon? would TGP owners allow them?

mamaliga · 05-20-2011, 02:07 PM

Paid posters are a good start. The real problem is non-posting members not actually the number of members

SGS · 05-20-2011, 02:12 PM

Growing a forum now would be pretty difficult I would think unless it's full of stolen content.

Tom_PM · 05-20-2011, 02:15 PM

Make people join to see images if you have that option. I've joined forums out of frustration that only members could see the posted images.

alias · 05-20-2011, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seth Manson

Give it lots of sun, water it daily and add some fertilizer plant food like Miracle Grow.

Beat me to it you spunky bastard.

papill0n · 05-20-2011, 03:16 PM

you create half a dozen fake profiles and start posting

Tom_PM · 05-20-2011, 03:22 PM

I'd say get posting youtube videos watermarked and with the url in the info section, but it's not quite mainstream enough.

amateurbfs · 05-20-2011, 03:32 PM

give them incentive to sign up and post... gotta signup to see attachments and get the shemales attaching photos and run a contest of some kind, offer 1 free month membership or something. signature spam on other forums as well.

VIXEN ESCORTS · 05-20-2011, 03:42 PM

I think forums are "old hat" now, very static and dated. You should consider some sort of social networking script, there's more interactivity and people are more comfortable with Facebook style sites now. Shemales know how to use Facebook and there are a couple of well established tranny (nearly social networking type sites) already around. There's also a risk of looking too "corporate" or just pushing "your thing" and that will put people off.

VIXEN ESCORTS · 05-20-2011, 04:18 PM

I should preface that with "starting from here" I'd go with social networking and not a forum. Established forums have mileage.

Brujah · 05-20-2011, 04:21 PM

With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

Seth Manson · 05-20-2011, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alias

Beat me to it you spunky bastard.

spunky bastard!!

haha I love it

VIXEN ESCORTS · 05-20-2011, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brujah

With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

Good boy, next we will learn about "letters" and "numbers" and "how to avoid living in institutions"

Brujah · 05-20-2011, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UKVixens

Good boy, next we will learn about "letters" and "numbers" and "how to avoid living in institutions"

Yay!

C'mon this is totally "shemale"
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

RandyD · 05-20-2011, 04:42 PM

Make fake psts or pay others too

VIXEN ESCORTS · 05-20-2011, 04:46 PM

Maybe it's the time difference, maybe you're on drugs, maybe I'm on drugs, but I don't have a clue what you're on about. OMG "pretty maids" !!

adultzone · 05-20-2011, 06:39 PM

Build some bots.

VikingMan · 05-20-2011, 06:47 PM

execute your competition

~Ray · 05-20-2011, 06:52 PM

turn off sigs and get backlinks. You will end up with real users instead of spam bots

enable sigs user by user

CyberHustler · 05-20-2011, 06:55 PM

I have a lot of experience developing forums. I have a guy who will post daily on your forum, whatever you want, with lots of great text and shit and he'll use different usernames so you don't look deparate. True story. Let me know if you're interested.

itto · 05-20-2011, 07:35 PM

vbulletin + vbseo + educating your members to use longtail keyphrases in post-titles works wonders.

Seth Manson · 05-20-2011, 08:09 PM

Just invite fatfoo over

ottopottomouse · 05-21-2011, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seth Manson

Just invite fatfoo over

I'd love to see the mess he could make with 20 bots all posting in each others threads

TeenCat · 05-21-2011, 04:50 AM

make it a tube ...

RadicalSights · 05-21-2011, 05:15 AM

You create a product that attracts a lot of people.

alias · 05-21-2011, 05:21 AM

To start, you will need some excrement.

05-20-2011, 12:34 PM	#1
czarina Webmaster Extraordinaire Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A beautiful beach... Posts: 10,748	how do you grow a forum? No, it's not another webmaster forum. It's a forum about shemales. Any suggestions on how to grow it, bring in more posters, etc.?

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TripleXPrint Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 983	In this day and age, it's almost impossible to grow a forum. I'm not saying it's impossible, it is just really difficult. With the blog formats blowing up and forums already established with cliques...it's going to be a tough road. I have a mainstream forum and was extremely lucky getting my members. It's a sports forum and the one I had posted on since '97 shut its doors in 2007. I quickly started a new forum with the same format and invited everyone over when they closed their doors. Instant 1,000 members. Before that I tried to start a forum and paid quite a bit of money outsourcing posters. They ended up posting the most horrible garbage I have ever seen in my entire life! It was straight up crap. Avoid that service at all costs unless you've seen the quality of their work. __________________ Skype: Triplexprint Last edited by TripleXPrint; 05-20-2011 at 01:06 PM..

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05-20-2011, 01:11 PM	#11
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05-20-2011, 01:17 PM	#14
czarina Webmaster Extraordinaire Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A beautiful beach... Posts: 10,748	I actually do have the shemales, since all the T-girls from AmateurDough are posting on the blog, and actively promoting it in their twitters. But we've gotten just 60 members. I thought it'd grow a lot faster since we're also linking to it from inside our members areas. what do you guys think of making some galleries to promote the forum and submit them via chameleon? would TGP owners allow them?

05-20-2011, 02:07 PM	#15
mamaliga la gente está muy loca Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 1Gbps Posts: 1,322	Paid posters are a good start. The real problem is non-posting members not actually the number of members

05-20-2011, 02:12 PM	#16
SGS Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mallorca - Nottingham Posts: 5,176	Growing a forum now would be pretty difficult I would think unless it's full of stolen content. __________________ See sig...

05-20-2011, 02:15 PM	#17
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05-20-2011, 03:16 PM	#19
papill0n Unregistered Abuser Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15,547	you create half a dozen fake profiles and start posting

05-20-2011, 03:22 PM	#20
Tom_PM Porn Meister Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,443	I'd say get posting youtube videos watermarked and with the url in the info section, but it's not quite mainstream enough. __________________ 43-922-863 Shut up and play your guitar.

05-20-2011, 03:32 PM	#21
amateurbfs Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,316	give them incentive to sign up and post... gotta signup to see attachments and get the shemales attaching photos and run a contest of some kind, offer 1 free month membership or something. signature spam on other forums as well. __________________

05-20-2011, 03:42 PM	#22
VIXEN ESCORTS Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,103	I think forums are "old hat" now, very static and dated. You should consider some sort of social networking script, there's more interactivity and people are more comfortable with Facebook style sites now. Shemales know how to use Facebook and there are a couple of well established tranny (nearly social networking type sites) already around. There's also a risk of looking too "corporate" or just pushing "your thing" and that will put people off.

05-20-2011, 04:18 PM	#23
VIXEN ESCORTS Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,103	I should preface that with "starting from here" I'd go with social networking and not a forum. Established forums have mileage.

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05-20-2011, 07:35 PM	#34
itto Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: world wide Posts: 1,363	vbulletin + vbseo + educating your members to use longtail keyphrases in post-titles works wonders. __________________

05-20-2011, 08:09 PM	#35
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