Encouragement to new forum owners

[clide&web]

Yeah, if you display Google Ads on your site you'll get paid for each time someone clicks them!

Have you ever tried click2sell? I don't know how to set that up. Is that the same with PPC-ads for Google?

[LineHosts: Damien]

I've never used Click2Sell before, sorry.

[Conran]

It does take a while doesn't it?

A close friend of mine started a forum as a part of a Social Network group and it's started really slowly. Loads of members signed up to it and after about a month they have almost 250 members. But very few are posting.

He's worried about posting too much himself because it'll just show his user name on all the threads for the last post

I suggested creating a "multiple personality syndrome" and just adding accounts and talking to himself for a while to get other members posting, but he says he'd feel weird doing that. Seems like a good idea to me though. I can only spend so much of my available time talking to him on there. lol

[kendalcottages]

My experience of AdWords specifically on forums is that the CTR is extremely low. I think there are better ways of making money from forums.

[howinfo]

My experience of AdWords specifically on forums is that the CTR is extremely low. I think there are better ways of making money from forums.

I am using adsense on our forum but I would like to know about those more effective methods you mentioned.

[JJDC]

I run a RuneScape clan its a pretty decent sized one and we use IPB (Self Hosted) I would agree its not easy to keep it going but I think the most important thing is to have a community a if you like support base? To fall back on when things get slow once you have them loyal members I think its pretty easy going.

[Mars Guitars]

My experience of AdWords specifically on forums is that the CTR is extremely low. I think there are better ways of making money from forums.

I agree that CTR is low on forums.... would you care to share the 'better ways'? The obvious thing is direct sales of ads to advertisers in your niche, but not easy unless you have very high traffic - any tips?

Thanks,
Paul

[zbastian_19]

Yeah, if you display Google Ads on your site you'll get paid for each time someone clicks them!

More on that. I believe valuable, quality & established forum can be sell at good price.

[angie828]

It is not an easy task. But if you work hard then you will succeed. I feel that you have to post on the forum as well so it stays afloat.