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"Neil Patel – QuickSpout Traffic and Conversion Forum
Neil Patel’s Traffic and Conversion Forum on QuickSprout.com is fairly new, but I’ve never seen this much high-quality content on a public Internet Marketing related forum before.
I asked Neil how he was able to get so much high-quality content and activity so quickly, and here’s what he said:
“I am not doing anything specific. I’ve learned that when you want to genuinely help people out and they know you want to help them without expecting anything in return, they’ll gladly reciprocate by helping others out. So far I haven’t asked one person to post on the forum nor have I paid anyone to post on it, people just want to help others out because that is the type of community I have built on Quick Sprout. In which we believe in giving first and never asking for anything in return.”
When creating a community, I think approaching it with this kind of ‘giving mentality’ is very smart, and the tone can be set in a sticky set of rules like what Neil has in his forum:
Forum rules (copy & pasted from the QuickSpout Forum)
Please don’t make it one big advertisement.
All posts MUST stay on the thread or category topic. For example, you wouldn’t want to talk about “SEO” in the “Conversion Optimization” category.
All threads that are nothing but a ‘test’ or an ‘ad’ will be deleted.
If you link out randomly to your own site when it’s not relevant, the thread or post will be deleted. If the links are relevant to the thread, that’s fine. Please use your best judgment here.
Be respectful of other people’s opinions and ideas. It’s okay to disagree and have different opinions, but present your case tactfully. This is a community.
Please don’t use affiliate links in this forum. When you externally link, do it because you want to help someone, not because you see a quick opportunity to make some cash.
Try to add value when you post. Don’t just type something along the lines of “What they said.”
Use proper grammar to the best of your ability. I understand that English may not be everyone’s main language, but make an attempt. You won’t get in trouble for a misplaced comma or for typos, but it would help everyone if you could make sure everyone understands your message.
No adult material. Be mindful that there may be users who are a lot younger than you.
“Bumping” threads should be kept to a limit. This means you shouldn’t keep replying to your own thread (without anyone else replying in between) to get it back to the top without waiting at least 3 days. As the forum grows, it can get very spammy with tons of users bumping constantly.
I’ve actually stopped reading blog posts last week because I’ve been coming to Neil’s forum, and just yesterday I finally created a profile so I can start to participate and contribute to the discussions as well, which are highly relevant to what I’m doing right now.
There’s definitely a “let’s all help each other” feel to the forum, which is nice and should be the goal for any forum owner."
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