Well, almost one day. It will take a bit of preparation but once you announce your forum it will be swarming with hundreds of real member and posts from day one… how? Read on…
I developed this method after failing badly when I first attempted to start an online discusion forum. It’s a pretty much fail proof method for getting a forum started.
If you’ve ever tried or even thought about starting an internet forum before, you will know that it is not easy.
Initially, you are faced with 3 main problems:
- Getting people to sign up (who wants to join an empty forum?)
- Getting people to start making posts
- Keeping momentum and growth of membership and activity going.
Lets look at how I dealt with each issue one at a time:
Getting people to sign up. This was super simple, I disguised the forum sign up page as a squeeze page! 
I just gave away some valuable stuff related to this niche, in exchange all I asked was that they give me their name, email, username and password.
I used a script I had specially designed (more on that later) that secretly added their details into a forum as soon as they signed up. On the thankyou page, they get the items they were promised and I like to add a viral element to perpetuate growth, a tell-a-friend script or something like it, but I don’t mention anything about the forum, not yet.
Getting people to start making posts. I continue sending traffic to this squeeze page until I have around 400-500 or more members. At this point I send an email to everyone announcing the forum and a contest…
… The first 10 members to make 80 legitimate and worthwhile posts get more free valuable downloads, and I like to give position 1-5 some vouchers to spend at a popular store related to the niche, or amazon or somewhere similar.
Still continue sending traffic but now change your thankyou page to encourage people into the forum.
Have a ’sticky’ thread in the forum and continually update it as winners of the post contest are announced, emailing the members directing them to the post. Insert their username and password into the email and encourage them to get involved.
By the time it comes to having to pay out the prizes, you will have an active forum with hundreds of members and around 1000 or more articles. Of course you could always wait longer before announcing the forum and have a bigger contest to increase this.
Anyway, you’ll have an internet property that’s very saleable or ready to be nurtured.
Keeping momentum. If you just plan on flipping the site, this isn’t really your concern, but if you want to keep it yourself, getting this right is what will make or break the forum.
Most importantly you should have been active in the forum yourself, moving discussions forward and more importantly READING and getting to know your members.
You should have an idea of who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to the forums topic, who gets good debates going, and are fairly mature and intelligent.
You want to approach these people and invite them to be moderators. You can offer them something for doing this but a lot of the time you’ll find most people will be happy to do it for nothing.
This keeps your best members at the site and also gives them a vested interest in its success.
Now you just have to keep sending traffic to the squeeze page, you could run new competitions every now and again. I find article contests work well, just give say a $50 voucher to the winner, let people submit as many articles as they want, announce the winner once around 25 articles have been submitted.
This keeps people interested in visiting the forum, and gets your site lots of great new content.
Another contest idea you could try is a $50 voucher for most active thread. This will have people trying to come up with interesting threads.
Want a copy of the script I use to automate the signup process?
Now I had originally planned to release this method/software, together with some interviews with successful forum owners, tips on running forums, that sort of thing. I was going to sell it all as a package for at least $97.
But my business has gone in a different direction, and I have this script sitting doing nothing.
I actually paid a developer a few hundred dollars to create this script, but you can grab it now completely FREE!
The script was fully working the last time I used it, but I won’t be providing further support or updates. I just don’t have the time to support it.
It’s a great script, and includes a mailer and everything else described in the above method. You only need to install it once and you can use it to start as many forums as you want on different domains.
Its a php/MySQL script.
Just make a reply to this post and you’ll instantly and automatically receive a copy of the script via email.
So just let me know what you think of this method, or talk about other methods you know about creating successful forums, or even just say thanks, and the script is yours!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Thanks for these great tips, Gary. I am working on some Forum software for Internet marketers, and these tips really fit in well with my project.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I like this post. The very first part, disguising the registration form as a squeeze page where you give away a freebie is a KILLER IDEA!
I’m gonna use that on the next forum I set up…especially since I learned how to create forums out of wordpress blogs! Keep it up Gary!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Thanks
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Great post. I’ve always toyed with the idea of starting a forum, but couldn’t ever get past figuring out how to populate it with good content.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Thanks Gary. Great post which has got me thinking, but I may have to do some asking as well!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Awesome System, Cannot wait to try it out….
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Gary, Interesting thoughts on forum traffic. I’ve run forums in the past and yes, those initial “fill out” problems are the worst. I once had a forum sit for months before it began to get filled…with spam!
One question – how are you getting people to the “squeeze page” effectively? Article Marketing? PPC ads?
Thanks.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Thanks for sharing!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
That looks a great way of starting a forum. It’s something that I have always wanted to do, now I know how to do it successfully. Thankas
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
thanks!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Thanks soo much Gary!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Dave – Just any method of driving targetted traffic. But that’s a HUGE topic of its own I didn’t want to get into here.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
That looks a great way of starting a forum. It’s something that I have always wanted to do, now I know how to do it successfully. Thanks
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
great useful info. thanks for sharing
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Gary, thank you for posting this! It was very informational, and you are right, giving away something for free really gets people amped! Because everyone else just sends you to some type of “sales” page or “squeeze” page where they want you to buy their overpriced product!
I have been giving away a free e-book, and for doing so, I have been making on average over $200 a day! I think it raises the trust between you and the person on the other end because they don’t feel taken advantage of, so of course they’re going to read what you have to say!
Thanks a ton,
Lacey
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I have a NING Social networking site http:/newstartcommunityvoice.ning.com as well as being on other NING sites will this work for inviting others to join these sites?
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Ingenious idea. Very interested in this.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Just learning all I can…thank you for the offer and useful info!
Sybil
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Terrific idea. I am planning to add a forum some time soon. This looks like a winner.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Uncle Dean – This technique only really works with your own self hosted forums.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Hi Gary,
Thanks for the great tips on how to set up a successful forum. I love the ’squeeze page’ idea – pure genius!
Setting up a discussion forum is something that I have toyed with in the past but I always felt it would be difficult to establish. I will definitely give it a go now using your ideas.
Thanks again,
Dave Ovenden
Honest Reviews HQ
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:28 pm
This article is very clever. Were any of the users upset that they were added to the forum? I don’t feel as if they would be, just wondering if there were any negatives. Thanks.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Wow…great information! I’ve had a forum/social network project in mind for months, but when the owners of Ning went all crazy and started treating their social network owners and developers like dirt, I gave up on the idea. I wasn’t sure how to launch it, and I wasn’t sure what platform to use since Ning took themselves out of the running. Well, now I know how to launch! Any suggestions, Gary, for an open source forum/social network platform? And is your PHP script Wordpress compatible? Thanks again for sharing!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Gary,
I’ve always had great success with contests for getting new forums going…but never considered a process like this “pre-load” members. Thanks for sharing the great idea (and the script).
Bob
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Ryan – I haven’t had any complaints. It’s up to them whether or not they want to make use of their forum membership and it doesn’t really affect them either way.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Thank You!
Some really good tips here!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Great idea to use a squeeze page Gary. Consider that one well and truly swiped!
John
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Thanks, great info.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I have no problem with a squeeze page, but your deception violates any good standard of business ethics.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Kathleen – The script I had made works with phpBB and SMF. You would have to modify it to work with other more complete social networking scripts.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Great info.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Frank Thomas – I don’t see it as deception. There are many membership scripts that have bridges for forum scripts. You sign up to the site, you’re automatically added to the forum and you aren’t aware of it until after you join. I don’t see how this is different.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Actually I am more interested seeing how you deliver the script and what happens next than the script itself.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Brilliant idea, Gary, this is just what I need for two new things I’ve been working on, that are just limping along, needing more input. So now all I need to do is to come up with a couple of goodies as enticements.
Let me know what I can do to help you – check out the newspaper in my link there.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Thanks for the awesome tips on setting up a forum, I will use this for sure.
Thank you very much.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Ilkka Kauppinen – My next blog post will explain and provide the script that does the autodelivery I’m doing right here!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Wow looks very interesting, i will try it thank you Gary
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Ive struggled in the past getting forums going and aborted a few projects, this sounds really cool.
Thanks for sharing.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
good stuff
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Great information! Nice blog post, thanks!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Excellent! and I Re tweeted you already
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Wow! Great information. I can see how it would work – I just need a to find a reason to use this. Thanks!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Forums are great traffic machines, but I never got the ‘key’ to get the engine started. This script surely will skyrocket the launch. Thanks!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Thanks Gary – glad I followed the link in your recent email. This script looks interesting! We aren’t selling widgets, but instead we’re selling services – software development. I’ll see if we can work this script into our Internet Marketing efforts.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm
thanks
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Thank you, This sounds great I want to try it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Thanks Gary! Anyways, how do you monetize your forum?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I think you hit the nail on the head. I look forward to your script.
Jay
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
I always like a clean, simple and reciprocating method. Keeping momentum.. excellent. Thanks Gary
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Hi Gary,
This is definitely worth the time and just wanted to let you know that you are one of the few people I pay attention to and read your emails.
Thank you for offering the script
-Gaj
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Thanks for the ideas!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Thanks for the great ideas!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Gary,
I realize you aren’t providing any support for the script but could we could get some valid installation instructions please?
The install text file refers to both a file that isn’t in the package and setting permission on something that also doesn’t exist .
I’ve tried installing twice, once uploading the files to the same folder they’re in inside the zip (ForumLaunchScript) and to another folder of my own creation (after purging the database before reinstalling).
Both times I got through the installation to the point it showed the admin panel login/password…but when I click the button to go to the admin panel it just results in a 404 error.
If you will provide me the proper install instructions and/or missing files, I’ll be happy to do a quick screem cam vid of the install and provide it to you so you can share it with eveyone if you like.
Thanks,
Bob
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Nice! I have a forum “Staying Current” on my site that needs your good advice. I’m excited about trying these things to get the traffic up. Thanks.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Thanks!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 pm
There is a huge opportunity here. Forum traffic is responsive and valuable. Great tips. Thanks for taking the time to post this.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Great idea. Remembers me to forums on social sites like XING or LinkedIn. I can only confirm,
when you have content, themes of interest, you’ll get response and a very good conversation.
These forums deliver QUALITY content. Not to compare with some out there in the cyberspace
which only deliver ad-threads.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Thank you Gary. This a great post. I needed this sort of information
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
You just sqeezed me didn’t you:)
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Interesting idea.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Thanks Gary..Very helpful. Perfect timing cause I am researching info about setting a forum. I have great plugin for WP and to use on a site, it is http://www.printfriendly.com it is free. I have it on my blog. I use it for printing blog post that don’t have a print post feature.
Thanks again,
Nina
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Gary,
I have also struggled to start and keep a forum alive.. your system sound awesome..
Thanks,
timothy
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Awesome idea i hope it works
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Thanks, Gary.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Great help. I just created a forum 2 days ago. I’ve been adding content before I start sending traffic to it. Thanks again for the help.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Bob – I’ll have a look at that and get it updated. I remember originally making a html install file, I might have a later version of the script.
I’ll try dig it up and update everyone.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:11 pm
this is a nice way of getting comments
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Wow! Thanks for this post. I an launching a new website to share information, ideas and resources to create the first ever global cash millionaires group. I have teamed with one of my customers because this project requires each person to have a website. I can sell my web hosting services using their marketing and they know they can count on my web hosting services because they have been with me for years. Thanks for the post.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Thanks Gary for the great ideas. I already have a great niche idea and a network on Ning setup but I haven’t been able to get anyone to bite. Now I have a great way to start it up. It is a site that also allows other people to create forums for themselves off of my site. I will let you know how it goes.
L
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:23 pm
cool as the day is long i have swine flu and i am starting a longboard company
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Thank you for all this.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Great tips, thanks for sharing.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Your post has make me think about how forum value way beyond what I thought. Many thanks, Jeffrey
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Really useful ideas and tips – thanks! I have thought about starting forums, but never did because of the exact challenges you mention here.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
There are a lot of empty spaces in the forum I started up on my local community website maybe this is the answer for us!
Thanks for the offer.
Ray
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Does the script work with myphp forum
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I’m curious as to the compatibility of the script with various forum software. I’ve set up forums using a WordPress plugin and as stand alone software.
Does it come with any documentation?
– Jeffery
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Thanks Gary,
Much appreciated.
Steve
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Interesting idea. I would like to try this out on a new forum I’m starting up soon. Thank you for the tips!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I’ve often wondered what sort of tactics and tricks were used to start with a blank forum and make it work. Great ideas. I just may put this to use.
Thanks for the script too!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Interesting method. It is a little devious, but anyone can unsubscribe from the forum if they want to.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Great post…thanks for the information.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Thanks, I like your ideas and the competition idea is a killer.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Worth a shot, for free
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Hi Gary
I’m interested in your freebie delivery mechanism too, that will be interesting to see how it works.
The forum idea is a great one, but I think I like the ‘make a comment and get a gift’ even more.
Amin
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Hey,Jeffrey. It is absoluely useful tips, thanks for your sharing.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Hi Gary,
thanks for the great insight, I think most people stear clear of forums for the very reasons you stated. As with any venture it is your audience that is going to be your lifeline and support.
Thanks for your post!
Make it a great day
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Thank you for this – I already run a forum which is fairly busy – but simple and obvious ideas like yours are really valuable and again I thank you for sharing them – I will return to tell you how it has gone for me
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
That seems like a really good way to start it with a bang. I have had a couple forums and it seems the 6 month period is when it starts to slow down. I have used to posting contest and voucher contest thing but it only ever made a spurt at best. I do think the Admin has to have a daily pretense to perhaps avoid that. (I had good moderators and sort of let the day to day thing slide, so that could have been it.)
Any idea what % of members would be likely to pay to join a hidden board? (I know price point has something to do with it.) I am thinking a paid board needs great extra content. Having good informed and sharing mods would help if you get lucky. I am guessing the sooner you unveil a pay board the bigger the response before the momentum dies?
I am thinking you’d want to monetize it somehow. If you can keep the momentum going, enough to attract a continual stream of new members fast enough, and had the right mods, maybe it could be reasonable active for more then 6 months?
Mark
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
This sounds like a great idea. But I’d like to see how it works in practise.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
tks man
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
thanks gary! great info
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:22 pm
WOW great post lots of simple but really effective ideas, im sure there is more value in this post for free than a lot of stuff i have paid good money for (not from you)
i particularly liked the viral bit on thank you pages
Darren
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
WOW! I am so glad to see this post, honestly. I am one of those who attempted to get a forum going, and sadly have nothing but a ghost town. I tried hiring participants, just a few, to help get the threads started, reply to new posts and the like. I then myself was in there starting and replying. I directed traffic to the forum and had quite a few people sign up, but NO ONE was talking. After two months of paying to talk with only 3 other people I let the writers go and stared at the forum wondering how to get it active. I have read, studied and tried many tactics, but this Gary is an awesome approach – GIVING AWAY PRIZES! I love it!
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Great Info.
Chad Van Norman
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Sounds good Gary,
Ill be very interested in digging through the script code and seing how to integrate it …
What Forum software are you using / recommend for this script?
Thanks in advance.
- Jamie
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I am so friggn bad at math that I had to use my fingers on your little quiz.
Great idea – saved it to my “great ideas” favorite. I intend on putting it to work.
Thanks
Mike
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Thanks! I was thinking about creating a forum.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 am
Great ideas. Now I actually want 2 start forums!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 am
Great post! I have tried to start forums a few times, always with the same result: Some interest in the beginning, then lots of spam, but no more posts. Your idea sounds really good. I would love to get this PHP script, thank you for being so generous!
Britt
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 am
thanks, I was just thinking about doing a membership site, so im surethis will come in handy.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 am
This is a great site and I am extremly glad I found it.I have been trying to get 2 forums going and I know this will do it for me!!!
Superb info!!! Maybe some of you folks could take a look at my sites and give me some pointers if you have some extra time? If not I appreciate you at least reading my rambling. Thanks Again elvisrocksthejailhouse.com and carbuyerexpress.com.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 am
Great method Gary – you’ve got us all supporting this post!
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 am
Hey Gary,
Thanks for he Great Forum How-To Nuggets! Giving away your Software
deserves Kudos too!
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 am
thanks for the script
it looks like something that will come in very useful
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 am
Interested in what you have as I’m struggling to put together something. I appreciate what you are doing to help others. Good for you
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 am
You sly devil you,I really love your inventive ideas and these strategies will work well for my ideas I have brewing.Please be sure and post my blogs okay bye for now.
Regards Stephen Detweiler Infiniti Properties LLC
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:50 am
Thanks, Gary! Great idea!
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:36 am
Thanks for the info, have been thinking of starting a forum for awhile and have the forum on my server already was just trying to think of away to get members this helps a lot.
Thanks
Tony
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:49 am
Sounds incredibly relevant to what I am doing and needing now
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:40 am
You may have finally given me a good reason to start a forum. Looking forward to the script.
Jim Clary
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:53 am
Sounds great Gary, hope I can get it all to work as I have a forum that is running about 1 year and still hasn’t caught fire. Really could use some go go juice. I try running forum posting contests and get a few participants but really need some full on activity so I hope your script and method pans out.
Cheers – Brian
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:10 am
Hi Gary,
I’ve always wanted to start a forum related to my niche but was reluctant.
Now that you’ve detailed every step on how to start one, there’s no more reason why I should keep pushing away my ideas.
Thank you so much for the great post!
Eric
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:01 am
Brilliant strategy. I look forward to trying this with my own business.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:22 am
Great Stuff John, not sure if I would be able to implement it as easily as you have put it.
Thank you.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:09 am
i have had a forum now for about 2 years – it is not as big as it could be but i think i will empoy some of Garry’s tips.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 am
Thanks
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:48 am
Excellent content, Thanks!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 am
I’m just about to run some Twitter Training events in Maidstone, Kent UK. Putting a forum up to support it is ideal. Thanks for the direction…
Jonnie Jensen
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 am
Hi Gary,
Your email caught my eye and I am very happy to read your post.
I need to try your method as it makes sense, I had spent 2 weeks setting up a kitchen remodeling niche forum with well written SEO meta tags, traffic is just okay but not what I had expected for the keyword phrases and the optimization used.
Gary, you have a very clean blog. Is it based on an available theme?
Enjoyed reading your post!
Steve Fisher
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Good stuff ! Looking forward to the script.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:14 am
Hi Gary,
Reading your post, I can’t help wondering what forum I secretly end up being a member of, by writing this comment
Anyway, I haven’t quiet figured out yet, how a forum can help my business without taking to much time from my other efforts developing the business.
If I ever do find out, I’ll keep your post in mind and will try to make use of your software.
Thank you for sharing it freely.
Michael Johansen
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
Great post
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Great info. I think ir will be useful. Thanks again
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Hi Gary,
Great post – tons of really useful content. I am sure that having a forum can go a long way towards creating a nice rsidual income.
Thanks again
Jonathan Lake
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Gary,
Thank you so much for this post.
I’ve been looking for a strategy for successfully starting a forum in my niche, which is lead generation for small businesses.
An additional bit I may add is to use a Word Press forum plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpforum/installation/)so that I can use Word Press as the forum platform. If a widgetized theme is used, the forum can be monetized with some ads.
Anyway, thanks for the post and the script.
Reggie
Small Business Local Buzz
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Thanks Gary, but I was wondering if this will work with saturated niches such as Internet marketing, etc.? I’ve had problems creating or rather, populating forums in these niches in the past. Thanks again for the script!
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
What a wonderful post and gift! Garry, you are great!
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Hi Garry! What a wonderful post and gift! You’ve done it again!
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:44 pm
excellent idea, just gotta keep up the momentum on it all.
Stu
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
I like the idea! Am I being signed up to a forum right now, I should ask?
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Excellent concept! I could really use that script! Thank you for sharing.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Thanks for the info – interested in giving it a go.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Excellent article, have been considering setting up a forum as an addition to one of my websites but have been concerned about how to get people to sign up to an empty forum. This obviously solves that particular problem. Thanks again
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Thanks for the great post and free script!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Wow! Really awesome Idea. Will surely try it when I start a forum. Thanks.
@Reggie: Thanks for the plug-in. Will give it a try.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I’ve tossed around the idea of starting a forum but wasn’t really sure it was for me. This article has given me a new confindence and great insight on how to get started.
I can’t wait to give it a try.
Thanks Gary.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Great information !!
October 24th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Thanks for the great post and free script!
@VascoRossy
October 24th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Thank you for your blog and info really appreciate it. I have often thought about making a forum but unsure of the way to go about this. Thank you again
October 24th, 2009 at 2:05 am
Gary,
Thanks so much for this great idea. This is just what I was looking for.
Cheers,
Rob
robertchic.com
October 24th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Good stuff I see even this post has magic “sticky” to it. Boy I wish I had time to be a real I.M.! Nice post thanks
October 24th, 2009 at 3:46 am
I like this.
October 24th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Thanks. I’m thinking of having a forum on infertility. Or maybe something else..
October 24th, 2009 at 6:23 am
I love the idea of running my own.I do have the traffic that I can send to sign up people.Can’t wait to have my hand on this great piece of magic
Thanks
October 24th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I would like the script.
October 24th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
This was a great article Gary. I have been struggling with the best way to get my forum set up and running. Thanks for the great tips.
Kenny
October 24th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hi Gary,
Great post…on the topic of forums which I want to put on my new web site now under construction. Interesting strategy!
A contest is a good idea!
Great weekend to you
best
vic
October 24th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Thanks Gary!
October 25th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
This is a fantastic idea.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
wow
thanx
great ideas with the hidden signup connection to the forum.
love it.
thanx for script too!
regards
October 26th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Fantastic post and great idea re Squeeze Page as forum opt-in. Just starting a membership site for a niche adn would just love that script.
Thanks for sharing….
John Gordon
The Infotainer
October 26th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Awesome ideas for a forum. We’ve been wanting to get a forum up but had some fears about not being able to fill it. Love the ideas,
Thanks!
October 27th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I’m a newbie.
I’m want to learn much of online bussiness…
October 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I think your method is well planned and cannot fail! Yes I also want that script. Thanks for the cool offer.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Yep I’ll have a slice of that action.
Paul.
October 28th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Gary,
Those are great tips.
Is there any other way other than having contests and cash prices.
October 28th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Hi Gary,
Thanks for the script.
I think a few files are missing.
Unable to locate jsdata and jsref.php
October 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Hi! Gary,
Great information. Thanks.
November 1st, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I’m looking forward to trying this out on our forum about Uruguay.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
These are great ideas but my problem with a forum has been the fact that it opens the door for hackers and riff-raff to publish their rubbish. How do you avoid that?
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 am
Interesting – Great suggestions!
I’m looking to start a P2H forum, and maybe this will help me get new members…. and some mods!
BTW: Just make a reply to this post and you’ll instantly and automatically receive a copy of the script via email.
GREAT way to get some feedback
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 am
I’ve been searching for information on just this sort of thing, but wasn’t sure it would be so forthrightly available by anyone. Very grateful indeed. Looking forward to trying out your ideas, and incorporating them with some of my own.
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
What an innovative idea on getting optins. I can see this forum venue would also be great for coming up with ideas to create products for the niche the forum represents.
I look forward to trying out the script.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Thanks for the tips .
November 5th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I have been wondering how to do something a little different to get out of the crowd. This might do it!
November 6th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Hi, Gary – I’m having a hard time with the installation. Where can I find the files your referenced in the installation document, i.e., jsref_sett.php and jsdata? Please help. Thanks.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Hey Grary,
very nice idea!
Thanks.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Thanks, i will give it a shot
November 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Hi, Gary – I’m having a hard time with the installation. Where can I find the files your referenced in the installation document, i.e., jsref_sett.php and jsdata? Please help. Thanks.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I would really like to have the script for building a forum
November 10th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Thanks Gary!
November 10th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I’d like to take a look at this too for a new community I am planning. Thanks!
November 10th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Hey Gary
would love this – I am a member (and mod) of a number of very active forums, but finding ways to duplicate that success in a hurry is always valuable.
cheers!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
thank u!
great tips Gary!
November 10th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I posted a comment and still have not received the script
November 10th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
“# Tony Maichl Says:
November 10th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I posted a comment and still have not received the script”
This has happened to me to also tried on a differant browser also.
Rob
November 11th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Wow! I been racking my brains to get people to optin to my blog. I looking forward in trying your script.
Thanks
November 11th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Thanks Gary!
I’m curious about this:o)
Looking forward to implement this for my blog.
Have a great day.
Carina.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Thanks Gary!
Seems lieke a useful tool to have.Cant wait to try it out
November 11th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Gary its very interested topic i liked your blogs and articles and jst came on your site today only but i found it very valuable stuff, i am a new person in this field of internet marketing and i am learning things with my own pace, but i found your stuff and your help is very genuine, thank Gary for supporting us like this…
love
Rajiv
November 12th, 2009 at 7:34 am
I’ve been thinking of starting a forum for my website.
This will give me a good start.
November 12th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
There’s an idea worth thousands of dollars!!
November 15th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Sure I’m interested in that script…
November 16th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Thanks for the information…
November 17th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Great Post!!! Thanks!!!!
November 26th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I like this idea
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Hi. I launched a forum recently which as a few 100 members but could& should do more. this is a great idea. fingers crossed, marc
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:36 am
good going!
December 10th, 2009 at 2:26 am
This is a very helpful post. Thanks Gary
December 10th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Talk about taking giving a live
example of how to generate
1. A list
2. Social Proof
3. Pumping up your Blog
All good stuff being shown here
Gary!
Thanks!
Ben
December 16th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Thanks, Is this script also a forum?
Do instructions come with it.
Thank you,
Larry Mac
December 17th, 2009 at 6:38 am
awesome! cant wait to use the script!
December 18th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
thanks this is great stuff
December 18th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
thanx this is great
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:23 am
Gary thank you for the great tips!
December 27th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Is the forum set up still avaialable ? I would like a copy if it is!
December 30th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Great tip.
December 30th, 2009 at 9:57 am
My site is now under construction. You say this great script is a php/MySQL script – I do not know anything about Web Designing or Programming – would I be able to follow the instructions for installing this script?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:04 am
I appreciate it!
January 18th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Sounds interesting… Count me in!
January 19th, 2010 at 7:29 am
thank you i wannt one
January 19th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Thanks in advance for the script!
January 20th, 2010 at 8:47 am
This is great idea but couldn’t work without your script.
Thanks in advance for the script.
Hopefully it is nulled.
Neles
January 21st, 2010 at 5:10 am
Thanks Gary! How great is it!!!
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I want to thank you for this post. I got a great idea by reading it. But i would still love to get that script of yours. Can you please send it to me.
January 26th, 2010 at 3:07 am
that was great stuff its awsome could you send me acopy plz chears
February 9th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Hi Would apriciate if you can send the script.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Can’t wait to try this script.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
The constest idea works well, we have used this for our clients too.
February 14th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
may I please obtain a copy of this script/
February 16th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Awesome
February 19th, 2010 at 3:52 am
Hello And Thanks man. I was looking for similar script, You awesome. One great idea and great traffic..
THX again and send me plz your script.
regards.
February 20th, 2010 at 8:41 am
Hey Gary thanks for the info…..I’ve been writing blogs and niches now for about a year…..and you shed some light on a couple of things that I haven’t been doing….so thank you…..again.!!!