Forum or Blog?

[Martee]

Which one did you choose when starting your last project and why?

I personally choose a blog because it allowed me to reach more people in my audience area. I found that most people I was targeting didn't really like/know how to use forums and many just wanted to read the info, and then slunk away, thus I used a blog!

What about you?

 

[Shole]

I love forums, they are just more social , more communication is going on than on a blog
Thats why I have only a few blogs and many forums

 

[xpl0iter]

Which one did you choose when starting your last project and why?

I personally choose a blog because it allowed me to reach more people in my audience area. I found that most people I was targeting didn't really like/know how to use forums and many just wanted to read the info, and then slunk away, thus I used a blog!

What about you?

I started off with blogs to be frank. And my last project was also a blog. I love blogs, it's all about creativity and easy administration. Forums are tough, and you will have to close it down if no one is being active. Another reason is blog helps me make money unlike forums. Earning from forums is pretty difficult imo.

 

[Martee]

I started off with blogs to be frank. And my last project was also a blog. I love blogs, it's all about creativity and easy administration. Forums are tough, and you will have to close it down if no one is being active. Another reason is blog helps me make money unlike forums. Earning from forums is pretty difficult imo.

Well, how would you compare your earnings from say, running TNC to running WGBB when you did? Is TNC earning more than you did here?

I see your point however, I would say blogs are more easier to monetize than forums.

 

[xpl0iter]

I think I have earned a lot more from TNC compared with almost all my other online works with a few exceptions.

 

[Martee]

I think I have earned a lot more from TNC compared with almost all my other online works with a few exceptions.

Well that's a good plus point for blogs, haha. What do you think it is about blogs that makes it easier then?

 

[xpl0iter]

You don't have to manage anything but your own posts lol. I mean you don't have to worry about what other people might post or promote etc if you have set manual comment approval.

 

[Martee]

You don't have to manage anything but your own posts lol. I mean you don't have to worry about what other people might post or promote etc if you have set manual comment approval.

I meant in terms of monetizing the blog but I suppose that's a good answer as well, haha. I love being able to just focus on my content and not bothering what members thing If I'm honest!

 

[JoshSmith100]

Ive always been a bigger fan of forums, im not to keen on writing articles. Forums are more social anyways and I enjoy interacting with the members that visit my site. I dont think I can engage people enough to stay if I was running a blog.

 

[Sam1]

Ive always been a bigger fan of forums, im not to keen on writing articles. Forums are more social anyways and I enjoy interacting with the members that visit my site. I dont think I can engage people enough to stay if I was running a blog.

It is certainly more difficult to engage with members. You don't really know who your frequent readers are. People don't often leave comments on blogs either....

 

[Vit2m]

I think creating a forum would be a mistake. Build traffic and reputation and then create a forum. IMO
Blog +1 :allsmiles:

 

[Bigs]

I like forums because of the. Features and highlights of them.

 

[Beverly]

I prefer forums because they let me talk to others, which is what I like doing anyway. However, forum ownership can be a pain as they are hard to monetize or earn money from. On the other hand, blogs are easy to create, post to and make money from. So I will likely go with blogs for my chosen form.

 

[Summit]

Forums, just suits my needs better, and I have always loved them. Thing with forums though, there hard to advertise since there are so many. I know the sad truth

 

[RH-Calvin]

Blogs are a good way to promote your business online. They can help spread the news with recent updates and it is also beneficial for SEO as they get indexed faster in search engines.

 

[Jamie1]

A blog, as I love blogging!

 

[brent]

Most of my projects are blogs.

 

[Mikaya]

Forum. It's much easier to communicate with one another.

 

[angie828]

I have worked on both sites before but would think that for me I would want a forum. I just like them better as I feel that more people contribute to them.

 

[Alexis]

I like forums but it is harder than blogs. On blogs, you create the post yourself; on forums, you need other peoples to post on your website. You need them to succeed; with blogs, you need commenter but only readers are required.