Promoting a General Forum

I recently created a forum called OpinionRiot!. I never thought it would be that hard to promote a forum, especially if it was based on general subjects. However, I guess I was naive. Trying to get traffic to OpinionRiot! has been the hardest task so far for me as a Webmaster. Right now I am trying the methods as follow in hopes of receiving some traffic:

1) Forum Signature Promotion - Basically adding a link to OpinionRiot! in my signature for many of the Forums I participate in. This method has brought my site a little traffic, but not as much as I wish.

2) Social Bookmarking - I have posted interesting Threads onto Social Bookmarking sites such as a Stumble, Digg, Etc. Usually this method of site promtion works. However, it hasn not this time.

3) Submitting to Directories - I have not yet started submitting OpinionRiot! to directories, but I will soon in one final attempt to gain traffic. Though I doubt submitting my forum to directories will bring immediate traffic, I am hoping it will atleast increase the Rank of OpinionRiot! so I can get some Search Engine Traffic in the Long Run.

Hopefully continuing to follow these methods will earn OpinionRiot! some members. I do not like to buy a domain that goes to complete waste, so I will be working very hard to ensure I get atleast some traffic to the site.

If anyone has any ideas on how I could bring some people to OpinionRiot! please enlighten me through a comment, I would really appreciat it.

Other Ways to Make Money Online

Other Ways to Make Money Online

You may have realized that using a Web Page to yield profit isn’t Your Thing. This could be the result of figuring out that Web Site Creation and Maintenence is very difficult work, or because your just not motivated enough to Build a Web Site at this time. Either way, if your still looking to Earn Money Online, there are many other ways to go about it.

Earning Money Online

Surveys

There are many sites that offer money for completing surveys, some of the best Pay Per Survey Programs can be found below.

Pay to Search

A more recent way to Make Money Online is simply through Searching. Many Search Engines will by you to search through their database so they can optimize their service. Check out the Sites below if your interested in this service.

Pay Per Click Programs

Pay Per Click Programs

Here is a list of the Most Popular Pay Per Click (PPC) Programs…

Google Adsense - The Most Popular and best Paying PPC Program Out There. $100 Required for Payout by Check.

Google Adsense Pay Per Click Program

 

Bidvertiser - Another Good PPC Option. Does not Pay as well as Google Per Click. $10 Required for Payout Via PayPal

Bidvertiser Pay Per Click Program

Yahoo Publishing Network (YPN) - Growing in Popularity among Webmasters.

Yahoo Publishing Network (YPN) Pay Per Click Program

Clicksor - Another Pay Per Click Option with Decent PPC Rates.

Clicksor Pay Per Click Program

Profitting Basics

Using Your Site to Yield Profit

So you’ve built a successful site, and now your ready to reap what you deserve. There are many ways to earn money through your website. The most popular ways include Pay Per Click Advertising and Afilliate Advertising.

Pay Per Click Advertising
Pay Per Click Adverting, or PPC, has been here for a while, you display advertisement blocks, and whenever a user clicks on an ad you earn money based on how much the Advertiser (for the ad clicked) has paid for that ad space. The most popular Popular Pay Per Click Program is Google Adsense, however many say the Yahoo Publishing Service (YPN) is Gaining Popularity.

Google Adsense Pay Per Click Program Yahoo Publishing Network (YPN) Pay Per Click Program

For More Pay Per Click Programs Click Here.

Affiliate Advertising
Affiliate Advertising is becoming more and more popular. Affiliate advertising involves Ads displayed that lead t oa site offering a Good or Service, usaually a product. You will not directly earn money from the innitial click like you would in a Pay Per Click Program. However, if the visitor spends their money on the good or service you will earn a percentage of that money for leading that visitor to their site. This has become a popular method because today there is a lot more Products sold online than in the past.

Other types of advertising include Pop Up, and Pay Per Impression. These methods are presently less commonly used, however, there are still companies that alllow Your Site to use them.

Pop Up Advertising
You may remember the time when everytime you went to a webpage several Windows opened up and intruded your browsing experience. Everytime one of these Pop Ups appeared, the Site you were at was earning money, usually based on how many times the Pop Up was served (Pa Per Impression, or PPA), or how many times the Ad serverd in that Pop Up were clicked (PPC). The problem with serving Pop Ups now is that most browsers are equiped with Pop Up Blockers, so many of the ads you will be trying to display will never get to your visitors. Then, for the visitor who unfortunately does not have a Pop Up blocker will find your Website less attractive, face it, no one likes Pop Ups.

However, there are Pop Unders available, which, though can be annoying, are less so than Pop Ups. Either way you decide to go, the most commonly used Pop Up/ Pop Under Services are Tribalfusion and FastClick (Both of these sites also offer various other Advertising Options).

Pay Per Impression Advertising
Per Per impression Advertising is usually composed displaying of Banners. Every View toward that banner earns money, however, only a very small ammount of money Per Impression. Because of how miniscule the ammount of money you make Per View, Pay Per Impression sites use CPM, which means Cost Per Thousand.

If your new to Site Advertising mess around with as many kinds of Advertising as you can, every Web Site is different, so just find what kind of Advertising works for Your Site.

After you have set up Advertising Your Site has the Potential to begin Earning Money. However, in order to yield a noticable ammount of money you need to constantly add to Your Site, and continue with Site Promotion.

Making a substantial margin of Profit, or Living on a Website, is Not an Easy thing to do, and a very large ammount of work is required for it to happen. However, as long as you stick to it you should have no problem Creating a Valuable Site that earns a bit of Extra Cash.

Social Bookmarking Sites

Social Bookmarking Sites

Submitting Your Website is a Good Way to get Traffic. However, take note that this is untargetted traffic, and you may not recieve many hits per person, or returning visits.

Social Bookmarking Site Directory
Digg
del.icio.us
Stumble Upon
Fark
ShoutWire

Furl
SlashDot
Simpsy
Yahoo! Buzz
Technorati
Propeller
Reddit
Mixx
My Blog Log
Kaboodle
Bloglines
NewsVine
Blinklist
NetVouz
Clipmarks
Mister-Wong
Ma.gnoloia
TailRank
BlogMarks
BlueDot.us
Spurl.net
LinkSwarm
Spotback
MyBookmarks