I am trying to find a way to build a forum from the ground up. I have it finished but I need people to start posting. How would you recomend getting a christian forum going?
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Megan posted this at 00:09 — 24th October 2009.
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Two things you need: people, and things to talk about. You could get people by taking advantage of local contacts. Make up some cards and hand them out at church, and ask friends at other churches to do the same. Or email your christian friends and ask them to pass the word around.
For things to talk about, start up the forums by posting some intersting topics for discussion. Either something that everyone would have something to say about or controversial topics that will get heated discussion going. Controversy makes things interesting.
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Bompa posted this at 10:23 — 27th October 2009.
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As Megan said, you need some topic starters.
Such as: "Jesus was a Jew!" discussion at blahblhaforum.com
Then spread the word wherever you can...
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technologynow posted this at 19:19 — 27th October 2009.
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Forget your local church.
Stuff travels downwards better than upwards!
Make sure your site is finished and has some decent stuff on it, then:
Email every church leader you can get an email for (Catholic and Anglican Archbishops, General of The Salvation Army, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, etc)
Email every Christian newspaper editor (almost every denomination has one)
If you sell it to a local vicar, you may get some of their congregation taking an interest in the forum.
If you sell it to the leaders at the top of the 'tree', and to editors, then you may get the whole of the church interested.
Finally, why not add your site to a few directories. My free directory, for example, has a 'religion' section.
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Gennie32 posted this at 17:00 — 7th December 2009.
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good in fact.. this christmas is the right time to launch.. dont you think so?! all the best!
luckygal posted this at 06:05 — 15th December 2009.
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Commonly people use a web forum as the center point for a web community. However building a popular forum is no easy task and requires patience and dedication. For forum going the forum must deals with subjects that are interested to people.
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submitrserve posted this at 06:20 — 27th February 2010.
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hello even i am looking to start a new forum on link exchange.people please help me with your valuable information
donwade posted this at 10:42 — 5th March 2010.
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You can invite your friends to post something useful. But forum promotion is not easy. Funny and helpful topics are needed at the begin.