Why won't you give up on your forum when it's not working out?

[Heatman]

When it comes to starting up a community, one of most difficult challenges is getting new members to join the community and also having them being active to contribute to the growth of the forum. In a situation where you have done everything that's necessarily possible for you to get new members who would be active in your forum but it's working out as planned, what would keep you from quitting on your project?

 

[Good-Person]

When it comes to starting up a community, one of most difficult challenges is getting new members to join the community and also having them being active to contribute to the growth of the forum. In a situation where you have done everything that's necessarily possible for you to get new members who would be active in your forum but it's working out as planned, what would keep you from quitting on your project?

I may test my forum for a long time. This is because I know that forums do not gain success overnight. It may take a few months to see the right kind of expected results. Apart from that, I may also consider waiting for at least one year in order to see results. Time is quite important factor.

 

[Grant]

I do my best to get my forums popular, but it doesn't always work out. And it's okay to scrap a forum if things don't work out. There are always other options you can take. You can rebrand the forum, make it into a different niche, etc.

 

[Heatman]

I do my best to get my forums popular, but it doesn't always work out. And it's okay to scrap a forum if things don't work out. There are always other options you can take. You can rebrand the forum, make it into a different niche, etc.

This is actually one of the reason why I always advise people especially whenever it is their new project in forum management to go in on an average budget so that if the forum project doesn't pick up the way they expect it to, they can easily scratch it without losing a lot of money.

 

[Kane]

It is not easy to make your forum successful. Unlike blogs where you post articles, do some SEO and digital marketing, and you can start receiving traffic and revenue, the forum needs members to create content and also members to build traffic. I try to keep the expenses minimum so that I can continue to run the forum for a long time even when it does not earn anything.

 

[Heatman]

It is not easy to make your forum successful. Unlike blogs where you post articles, do some SEO and digital marketing, and you can start receiving traffic and revenue, the forum needs members to create content and also members to build traffic. I try to keep the expenses minimum so that I can continue to run the forum for a long time even when it does not earn anything.

I believe that this partly why new webmasters are advised to start with a small budget for their forum project. It's going to make room for them to manage the forum for a longer period of time with lesser cost.

 

[Kane]

I believe that this partly why new webmasters are advised to start with a small budget for their forum project. It's going to make room for them to manage the forum for a longer period of time with lesser cost.

One of the major mistakes I see people doing is they start with premium software like XF. When you are using premium software, you will be spending a lot of money on software and extensions. If you start with free software, you can focus on building content and marketing your forum.

 

[Good-Person]

This is actually one of the reason why I always advise people especially whenever it is their new project in forum management to go in on an average budget so that if the forum project doesn't pick up the way they expect it to, they can easily scratch it without losing a lot of money.

As of now, I do not plan to create a forum. However, I do plan to create a website or project that will allow people to earn money. I may not give up that easily because I Know that it may take a lots of time for a website or forum to become successful. In the end, it is up to you how much effort you can put into your website.

 

[Heatman]

One of the major mistakes I see people doing is they start with premium software like XF. When you are using premium software, you will be spending a lot of money on software and extensions. If you start with free software, you can focus on building content and marketing your forum.

Yeah, that's very correct. They start out in the worst possible way on a high budget in a field they are still very new in. When they face a huge challenge of being stuck with getting traffic, members and content addition, they will be caught in between with so much spent. It will be difficult to go forward and hard to quit.

 

[Ja sa bong]

Failing in a particular thing isn't the end of the world. There are some things which are not meant to be no matter how much effort you put into it. If you have satisfied your human conscience by doing everything necessary for you to make your forum successful and it didn't work, it's okay to scarp or close it down. You can take some time off, work on another strategy, get new ideas and come back stronger.

 

[Heatman]

As of now, I do not plan to create a forum. However, I do plan to create a website or project that will allow people to earn money. I may not give up that easily because I Know that it may take a lots of time for a website or forum to become successful. In the end, it is up to you how much effort you can put into your website.

Running a paid to post website is not an easy project. I know this from my experience of running two different paid to post websites as a partner with the owner. The first one was Fortnitechatter and the second one was RIF. I'm not sure if you're familiar with Fortnitechatter but I'm sure you know RIF. We managed RIF till we couldn't again before it was sold to the current owner now.