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Old 12-05-2014, 07:23 PM  
2MuchMark
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Originally Posted by Badmaash View Post
Hi

How to start a forum if the market is already saturated for that niche with 1 or 2 big players?

So for example lets say we got gfy and xyz as main players for porn, then if I start a forum no one will post on it.

Thanks

B

Starting a forum is a little tricky. You need to enforce the rules to keep your content on-target but at the same time, allowing people to post what they want to post can help increase viewership and return visits. You also want to cater to a large number of topics but too many different areas will spread your content out too thinly making it look quiet.

Start your forum definitely, but consider :

- Starting with 2 general threads only. An "Adult Business" thread, and a "General" thread.

- Try to boost interesting, relevant, topics and don't be shy to start your own. Important topics attract people and invite commentary.

- Keep the spammers out.

- Let people say what they want but be ready to put the breaks on if you think things get out of control.

- Offer to let people promote their own sites in exchange for them promoting yours or attracting new users to your site in a nice, non spammy way.

- Stick with it. It may take a while but if you keep your site's content on target, others will begin to visit it and appreciate your efforts more.

Just my two cents.

Good luck!
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