Well the main term I am targeting on my WoW forum is World of Warcraft forums and today I was just checking where I rank in google. Previously I was the first or second result on the second page, but today I was the 6th result on the first page!! This should help my traffic tremendously and really show that my forum is a player in the WoW community. I just wanted to share my success with all of you and hope for the same success for you.
WoWDungeon.com is my newest forum and I launched a major contest today with over $700 in prizes from some of the biggest names in the World of Warcraft. This is something that all WoW players should definitely check out, to view the contest details go here
PRIZES:
Brian Kopp is giving out his 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide.
Next, Joana’s famous 1-70 Horde Leveling Guide
Valkor’s Gold Making Guide is a nice addition
Your choice of T-shirt from Jinx.com
To top it off, one FREE month of World of Warcraft gametime from Nintendo Destination!
This contest is something you will not want to miss so make sure to register today to win!
With the recent merge of Earners Forum into Webmaster-talk, they have announced a huge contest with over $25,000 in prizes! This merge has made Webmaster-talk one of the biggest webmaster forums out there and will definitely be a great resource with all-new articles, blogs, interviews, wordpress themes, tools, and more. Onto the contest - there will be 5 winners each winning a huge prize pack! You can view the contest details here. You must register to win.
Each winner will take home the following prize pack:
1. A beautiful new Macbook Air laptop from ClickBooth valued at $1,800.00!
2. A Professional version Shopping Cart solution from Interspire valued at $995.00!
3. $500 cash in a Max Bounty affiliate network account awaits you!
4. Another $500 in the form of a Text Link Ads gift certificate should help with your marketing efforts!
5. How about another Apple product, the iPod Touch from Rocket Profit….wow!
6. Another $250 cash in a Pepperjam Network account will make you smile!
7. Sure would be nice to have some custom T-shirts printed for your headline website, right? Well, Ndesigns is going to do that for you! This is 24 Custom Printed Shirts (color T’s, 3-4 color printing, one-sided).
8. The hottest new camera for blogging, The Flip, is provided by AdValiant!
9. Speaking of blogs, the MOST AMAZING paid theme ever is now yours from Revolution Theme and it isn’t just one, but the complete multi-pack!
10. To help you relax that hard working brain of yours, we close the package out with a Nintendo DS Lite from RevResponse!
More than $25,000 in Prizes!!
The contest ends May 13th at midnight so make sure to register today to win!
Well my newest forum World of Warcraft Dungeon has been up for over a month and is doing moderately well. There are over 100 threads and over 600 posts which are below what I would have hoped for at this time frame but it is still early. I also have a lot planned to be implementing over the coming months to increase interest.
But the most interesting part started yesterday. I have been receiving a barrage of members since a major patch in the game came out. I have received over 100 registrations in the past 24+ hours and it does not appear to be slowing down much. I can track this to new rankings in google since the new patch came out but I can only guess how long it will continue. Anyways just wanted to give an update on my latest project.
Well after much planning and preparation time I have launched my newest forum, World of Warcraft Dungeon. The forum is just days old and still has much to come. Things I’m currently looking into adding:
Gallery
User blogs
talent calculator
exclusive guides
guild hosting
These are all potential features and besides the first two not sure which will make the cut. But I’m excited for the growth of my forum and if you’re a WOW gamer you should certainly register and see what we’re all about. Again here is the URL: http://www.wowdungeon.com/forums/
Also I’d love to hear comments what you like and what could be improved!
By now you should know that planning is a very important part of starting a forum. But while you may know that some do not always practice it. Planning is essential to starting out on the right foot and you may suffer if you do not do it. Researching competition, picking software, a domain name, deciding how you want the forum structured, and how you are going to get the word out are all important parts of before the forum ever sees the light of day. So make sure you know what you’re getting into before you start your next forum.
I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. Now that the new year has rolled in it is time to learn more and work to improve our sites. Its easy to get behind in this time of year so make it your goal to get all caught up and get back in to your regular routine of monetizing and improving your sites. I know for me the holidays were a nice break and its hard to get back in to things but you have to do it eventually so might as well start now. I certainly had some catching up to do when I got back from out of town. I don’t like to set numbers goals (x number of members or uniques, etc) but I like to set smaller goals so make this one of them.
I just want to wish all you readers happy holidays and merry Christmas. I hope you can spend time with your family and enjoy a good vacation.
I will be out of town from the 26th till the 31st so do not expect any blog posts from me till the new year. Until then I wish a merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and your families.
Many people are worried about entering very competitive niches because they feel their site will have no chance against the big sites. However this is not always the case. Don’t get discouraged by competition if it is in a field you are really passionate about. Two examples of forums entering over-competitive niches and still being successful are Cruise Line Fans and Mustang Evolution. Both went in knowing that there were very large forums already out there but still have numbers to brag about.
I have had this very problem of not knowing if I should make a forum because theres a lot of good forums out there already, but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and go for it. Theres no way of knowing if you’ll be successful or not before the fact. If you have a unique idea and passion for the topic than you can succeed.
Well there are several interesting tools you can use on your blog to help promote it and add a sense of community. Some of these have been around a while but I still think its important for people to know about them.
First and probably my favorite is MyBlogLog. On my blog, it is the widget in the sidebar of “Jeffs Readers”. You can join my community here. I really like this because its easy to set up, looks nice and is a good way to get people interested in your blog especially if they see you on their widget as a recent reader.
I recently added a widgetbox widget to my sidebar for others to get my blog as a widget. It is pretty cool for fans of your blog and is just a nice addition. I like the setup they have and its easy to create your own. Get mine below:
Finally and the newest is BlogRush. It puts your blog into the system and displays your posts on others blogs and in return your widget shows others posts that are in your industry. So far I haven’t seen a lot of traffic but I think as the blog gains popularity it will become more effective.
So there you have it. Three essential widgets for your blog.
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