If the owner stops caring about the forum and doesn't want to be involved, that's a sign the forum is dying or about to be out of business. What are some other things that can kill a forum?
I've been writing online for years in various formats, including article sites, blogs and forums, so my hands are accustomed to using the keyboard. Now, I feel more comfortable working on the computer than writing wi...
On several occasions, I've had to translate articles and even a blog template for personal use from another language. Knowing a little about the language and using a software translator helped make the job easier. Tho...
On some days, I write eight hours or more on various projects. Most times, the writing is not done in one long stretch but spread through out my waking hours. In this way, I can maintain my energy and write in short bu...
Are you constantly inventing scenearios in your head with your story characters or coming up with amazing combinations of words for your articles? Do you feel as if you use your imagination well in your writing?
What if you blogged about the wrong thing, such as on the job issues and the wrong person read your blog post? Has this ever happened to you? Maybe you blogged about some upcoming product release and your employer's com...
Would you employ a moderator just for weekends; someone who would not come by any other time. This would be to give regular moderators or staff a chance to be off of forum to spend time on personal life or with family a...
As with any community, there will be times when a popular or senior forum member won't agree with your decisions, such as whom to promote or direction for your forum. What will you do when this member makes a big specta...
I love to use outlines when I'm creating my Hubpages. It's easy enough to do. Just figure out the main topics and any subtopics you want to talk about. And, then each subtopic becomes part of your outline. As I complete ...
Are there any good times of year to publish a Kindle novel, such as when people are more likely to be in the mood to buy?
Do you have specialized user groups on your forum, not just regular members that serve a specific purpose? For instance, on my forum, we have a user group just for those who share a common interest in movies. This gro...
When you start a forum, how many people should you have on staff or in your member base before you really go live and start advertising and promoting the site to get new members?
When you delete an account, do you also delete all the member's posts? Let's say this was a long time member, who contributed 1000 forum posts. Would you delete all their posts when the account is banned or leave them ...
Lately, the weather has been so erratic here, very warm one day and chilly the next. And, it's making it difficult to get much more than a few hours sleep at a time. I'll go to sleep in a very warm room and wake up col...
When you're working in a brick and mortar business, you will likely earn promotions and move up through the ranks and earn more money along with each promotion. But, as a freelancer, there is no one there to promote you...
Sometimes, I'll go back after creating a forum response and edit a few times, especially if the response seems off topic to what was being discussed. It's easy enough to get caught up in a side line discussion with ano...
Do you have any suggestions on where I could hire some reliable forum staff members? For instance, I have seen some people placing ads on promotion forums and that seems to get some responses. Then again, I don't want ...
If you were the only person posting on your forum, would you keep going, in hopes that someone else would register? Maybe you feel as if you could keep the forum going long enough until the advertising/promotion kicks i...
Do you like going to these big shopping sites and seeing advertisements all over the side bar? Is it good to promote another person's products in the ads, if you are a shopping retail site?
This is my frustration, when potential customers try to manipulate and use other people's services or listings as a bargaining chip to get me to lower my prices. The other day, a potential client sent me a message ask...
Is there a particular site that was penalized more or benefited by the Google Hummingbird update? For instance, do video sites rank as well now? Or, was this about having better content?
Would it be viewed as favoritism if you hired your friends as admin or moderators for your staff? Or, does the friendship bond actually help with forum management?
Cyber bullying is getting more attention in the spotlight lately, especially after numerous tragic Facebook incidences. A site owner might be held responsible if they choose not to stop the bullying of members on their ...
Which is best search engine bing or google in SEO purpose?
Managing one forum is nearly a full time job, but some people own multiple forums, requiring good time management skills as well as resources. Do you think you have what it takes to manage more than one forum at a time?
My favorite Search Engine is Google, What do you prefer?
Once I was part of this really cool general chat style forum. I liked the forum owner a lot and we became good friends. I posted there a good long while. Eventually, work got in the way and I stopped visiting the forum. ...
If you have a niche forum, you might assume most of your forum members would come from other related forums. But, sometimes you can get forum members from unrelated sites, even Facebook. Do you know where your forum memb...
Xenforo has a very interesting feature called Discouraged which can be enacted on individual members. The feature causes delays and discourages them from posting with other annoyances. The hope is that they get disco...
If I was no longer interested in the forum or didn't think there was any possible way to revamp the forum or send it in a new direction, then I would most likely delete the forum. Though I'm sure I would keep the datasba...
Some of the top free hosted forums include Proboards and Zetaboards. When I first started out in internet marketing many years back, I tried out these sites. There was always a glitch that made the site less than desir...
Nothing sells a product like positive reviews and recommendations from other customers. So put your customers words to use, by taking screenshots of testimonials (or simply copying and pasting) and posting on your home ...
I have seen many affiliate stores trying to hide they are an affiliate store and claiming to be their own marketplace. I am not going to give examples but sites who don't even mention Seocheckout and such is what I mean....
What would you do if a very long time forum member came to you and asked that their account be deleted along with all the forum posts? Would you oblige this person?
I like to read tutorials which have many photos as these lay everything out in an easy to understand format. And, luckily there are many tutorial sites online, so if I ever need to learn something, I can usually find wh...
There are so many Level 3 and Level X sellers on Seocheckout now, offering a variety of services. Would you even try out a Level 1 Seocheckout seller?
I know of about 5 or 6 main search engines, but how many are there roughly? Please reply below with a list of as many search engines as you can think of. Thanks! :cool:
I used to be part of this really large forum where members would get on during weekend hours acting drunk. They didn't say anything about drinking but many acted beligerant and hostile and easily riled up. I'm wondering ...
I recently took on a job for an auto transport company out of CA to get one of their videos to the top of the search results. In two weeks I've manage to get them to the top of YouTube but I'm having a little trouble wit...
Sometimes, it's nice to share a blog post by a fellow blogger. But if you spend your entire day tweeting about others, then you have no time to produce original content. Is there some point at which sharing is not real...
