What made you get involved in your niche?

[Cedric]

Have you ever stopped to think about what led you to become involved in your particular niche? Whether you're a web designer, developer, or marketer, there's likely a story behind what drew you to your field.

Maybe you were always fascinated by technology and knew from a young age that you wanted to pursue a career in the digital world. Or perhaps you stumbled into your niche by accident, finding that you had a natural talent for web design or programming.

Whatever the case may be, we'd love to hear your story! Share with us what inspired you to get involved in your niche, and how your experiences has shaped your career. Did you face any challenges along the way? What advice would you give to someone just starting out in your field?

Who knows, you may even discover something new about yourself and your passion for the web!

 

[otis booard]

i first got into administrating after webs.com got into contact with me and gave me a group on facebook

i first started foruming as otis booard in 2006 to promote the brand online

 

[Cory]

I started out creating resource/service boards for a couple of software's the more I learned about the software and coding. Coding and what you can all accomplish with it has been a passion of mine since I first laid eyes on it. I also like offering technical support to those in need. JavaScript was a coding language I really wanted to learn, but I don't think I started to get the hang of JavaScript until I started using jQuery. Since they work hand in hand, the more I learned about jQuery the more I started to learn about JavaScript. To this day, I'm still offering technical support and coding assistance to those in need and I feel as if I'm a contributing person to doing so.

If anyone were interested in creating a resource board, I would advise them to keep building up the resources as that's the primary purpose of your board. Of course, you can have fun too in the general chat areas, but the resources are key to the success of a resource board. It's hard to find active resource boards at times because people mainly come for the resources and leave, but some people remain loyal to the forum and are active daily/weekly.

 

[Heatman]

I have seen some people whom their purpose of starting up any forum isn't as a result of having any kind of passion in that forum niche but for the purpose of growing and selling the forum afterwards. I know a guy that buys, builds and sell the forums once they are up and doing.

 

[Jason]

I have been drumming since high school. I took coding heavily in the 00s. I was attempting a math related degree in the 10s (Is that the decade name?).

 

[Ravenfreak]

The original niche of my community was to discuss game challenges. I decided to instead just merge some of the communities I had together since the niche of the other communities were similar. I didn't see too many gaming forums strictly for challenges and thought it would be cool to see how a community such as that one would work out in a forum, though I wonder if a Discord server would have been better. I still prefer forums over Discord though, that's why I went down the route I did. Now it's just a huge entertainment/general discussion forum with a section for roleplaying.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Long time ago, I joined The Admin Zone... 2005 to be exact. I joined because I wanted ideas for my forum. I fell in love with the admin niche and started my own admin forum soon after. I had a few actually. My most notable one was AAF or Another Admin Forum. Had a great time with that but made mistakes that I regret today. And now I have my new admin forum which is probably the smallest of the admin forums haha but I'm okay with that.