You first have to understand that when you start a forum, there is no content or members. And with none of that stuff, who is going to want to join an empty forum that will probably be just a waste of time.
The objective of this article is to present to you a few ways that you can use to increase the chances of success in attracting members to your forum.

1.)Make Fake Accounts and posting with them can be a great way to add some initially content and show that it’s not a dead forum. However, the dangerous here is that if real members befriends a fake member. Another concern is that the forum may be filled by only one person’s opinion or writing style, which can make it a bit boring or uninteresting.

2.)Pay Forum Posteris a good way to build content on your forum at a relatively low cost. The main concern here, is that the forum poster may not be knowledgeable in the topic of the forum nor interested. He or she may be posting just to get the job done, and this will make the content of the forum very bland.

3.)Get Friends and Relatives to join the forum and contribute. There’s not much problem with this other than, the fact that they may not be very interested or persistence. If you can get them to join and post there regularly contribute to the forum, all the power to you.

4.)Advertise by buying banner space, link or PPC Programs such as Adwords can increase the traffic to your forum and maybe even get a member here and there. The problem with this is that it can be quite expensive and probably not worth the cost most of the time.

5.)SEO your way up to the top of the search engine. Most people discover forums through search engines, so you can improve your backlink and refine your keywords to make sure you get the best position on search engines as you can for your forum.

6.)Posting regularly yourself is probably one of the most effective and easy ways to increase your chances of success. A good rule of thumb is to make at least 2-3 post every 2 days or so. It may get difficult, especially when there is not many other members to interact with, but at least its free and genuine.

There is my 6 tips on things you can do to build a successful forum community. Starting up a forum in the beginning is the hardest part and does require a lot of work. If you don’t think you have the time or resources to do it, it maybe a good idea to partner up with another person, but make sure they share the same interest as you when it comes to the subject of the forum.

Is that incredible or what? To be honest, the X-Box Natal is more of a computer than a video game system in my opinion. Now back what this has to do anything. Why am I talking about an X-Box here? To be frank, it simply reminded me of a man by the name of Jamie Murray, who became a millionaire through making a career through Ebay. How he started off with Ebay, was buying and reselling the PlayStation 2 systems and accessories. For those of you that don’t recall, these game systems when they first come out, are so high in demand that it’s not easy to get your hands on them. It’s not too uncommon to have people pay almost double the retail price for a system, especially during the Christmas season. Anyways, in a period of around a month he was able to make £1,500, which is basically a bit more than $3,000USD to give you a really rough idea. Not too bad, in terms of making a little extra pocket change for the month.

We don’t know the exact release date for the Natal, but as of now it doesn’t seem like the X-Box competitors have anything close to what the Natal will be offering when it is released on the shelves. Let’s just say that if demand was as high as when the X-Box first came out, you can probably make some money for the month by simply being able to get a hold of one and reselling it.

Aside from making some extra money from a month, let me be the first to say that the Natal is going to be the beginning of a huge change. The future for this technology is much more than a gaming console and it will make a mark and shape the world. When this happens, new doors are always open and new opportunities for money to be made will be there for those that are innovative and prepared to grasp it.

This is going to be a really short one, so that’s all for now, if you got any other nice comments, please drop them down.

Cheers

For those that don’t know, a parked domain is basically a domain that has it’s page filled with advertisements. Usually, pay-per-click type, which you get a commission for every visitor you get on your page that clicks on an advertisement. So in the case that your domain gets traffic on it’s own, may it be through search engine or type-in clicks; you have the potential to generate some cash with it.

Domain parking can be complicated if you want it to be and are trying to get the very most out of your domains. This is because different parking companies offer different payout, keyword selection and so on. Different types of domains depending on things such as keywords may give you better or worst results depending which parking company you park your domains with. Some parking companies require you to have domains with large natural traffic to join. All this requires a lot of research to get the most out of your domains. However, for most people who don’t see domain parking as a primary stream for their income, it’s just not worth the time to do all research. But nonetheless it’s still a good idea park your domains nonetheless and try your luck with it than let them sit around doing nothing. Even if you don’t make any money on it, it may give you some more information regarding your domains. Such as which domains happens to generate type-in traffic that once was not known. For those of you who just looking for a place to park your domains sitting around but are not looking to make a career out of it. Check out Sedo . They will generate a page with advertisements related to the keywords in your domain and the keywords you choose. They also don’t have any prerequisites for joining. Your domain can have 1 domain with 0 traffic and you can still park your domain with them. In short they are just one of the bigger domain parking companies, that is easy, quick and free to use.

Picking a niche, whether you are blogging, dropshipping or even running a forum is one of the most important things when it comes to success and failure. This is one of the most crucial criteria to success on the internet for the average internet user. I’ve seen it too many times, when beginners try their luck on the internet and don’t even a niche. It’s basically guaranteed failure!

Why average internet users? Simply because average internet users like you and I just do not have the resources, both in resources and man power to operate a vague site. If you are Walmart or Amazon then maybe you can power a site that sites basically everything. But if you just the average Joe with dropshipping business and you don’t have a topic for your little online retail store; I’m sorry your business is probably going go down the drains.

Not only does targeting a niche allow you to attract a certain group of people that will be interested in a series of your articles on your blog, or a series of your products you’re selling; but it also gives you a better chance of differing from major competitors and in the end building a memorable name for your site.

The Importance of having a niche always remains me of this quote from Sun Tzu’s Art of War:

“For should the enemy strengthen his van,
he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear,
he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left,
he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right,
he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere,
he will everywhere be weak.”

Although, the quote is not referring to niches in businesses but it shares a very important view on both online business and war. That is the allocation of resources.

Because your not like Walmart, and have a very limited amount of resources. You will not be able to operate a site about everything, or at least effectively enough to competitor with the other internet superstore giants out there. For example, you are running a dropshipping store, which requires you to add products to your storefront. You don’t have the time to list a million products or anything near that. Therefore, it is much better to have a store devoted to targeting a specific group of people. For example learning games and supplies for little kids.

I decided to write this because no matter how obvious having a specific niche is to people that have been around the internet for a while. I still see it time and time again, where people run a forum about everything, or a blog with articles anywhere from the stock market to the recipes from mom’s special dish.

The point is that almost every time, in all cases, you will have to be targeting specific niche to have a shot at making it a success. If you don’t you’ve already failed before you started, so be sure to include ample of time into figuring out your target niche in your plan before you make that move. Usually, the more specific your niche is the better. However, you must be careful to balance how specific your niche is going to be with how much content or products you will be able to deliver with that amount of space. If you find that you can’t produce enough content for that specific niche, well then either change that or look elsewhere.

If you want to make more money, than pennies creating online content on forums, then Blogging may be an option for you. Instead of creating content for other people, you can create your own blog and create content for yourself own blog. With your own blog, you can have many different ways to generate your revenue stream, including having ads on your blog, affiliate links, or selling links. Depending on your blog and your preference, it’s really up to you.

You make more money and you have more flexibility. So what’s the catch? Well, the truth of the matter is that most of the time people don’t make more money, because most people that blogs usually ends up failing. There is more risk in making your own blog than to do work for other people, and know for sure you will be paid for your work. In fact, you can even lose money, consider there is usually some sort of start-up cost for most blogs out there. Some of these start-up cost include registering domains, hosting, or advertising.
On top of this making your own blog requires more knowledge, both on the topic of your blog and web publishing in general. Because your success depends on the success of your blog, you’ll need to not only write the content for your blog, but drive traffic to your site which can be the most difficult part in the whole scheme of things.

Blogging is not for everyone, especially if you are doing it for only the sole purpose of generating income. People who find success with blogging are they people who are actually passionate about the topic of their blogs and enjoy doing it as a hobby, not just a business. Even still, some of these may not succeed due to lack of knowledge, time and many other possible factors. However, if you are interested in blogging and think it could be right for you, I say give it a try! The start-up cost in general is very low, and the experience itself, may be worth it even if you mange to bring in a fortune with it in the end. However, for those rather just get paid per job you can stick to forum posting or become an article writer if you have the skills for it.

Keep in mind that this video was broadcast in 2007. And in 2008, with all the economical trouble the world has been facing; the number of domains being registered is still growing, even though the rate of growth has experienced a decline.

NOTE - Sex.com was actually sold for $14 million not $12 million.

You get the point. So now moving on to how you can obtain your personalized business card easily and in an affordable manner. If there is one site I would recommend out there for buying your business cards from it’s VistaPrint. They have predesigned templates for business cards for those that are looking for something quick and simple. And for those that are looking for something more customized, you can also upload your own logo and such one their business cards which will only cost about a couple dollars more per order. It’s also very affordable. In fact, I find that they always got discounts going on(sometimes even free), so if you are interested in making some business cards for yourself. Before go on and order your business cards from anywhere else, I recommend you give a VistaPrint a peek.

Also for those who may be interested in a little personalized business card holder to go along with the cards. Maybe put your logo on it or something of the sort, check out Custom Dropshipper’s business card holder. They are quite handy, neat and of course affordable as well.f

So now you may be asking now what?  GoDaddy.com or Name.com? To make it simple, I’ll break down, why you would want to pick one over the other depending on what your looking for.

GoDaddy- If you  are looking for the cheapest domain register which offers great customer support, GoDaddy is your best bet.  I would say with great confidence that their customer support is probably the best out of all domain register out there.

Name- If you are looking to have your personal info private on the internet.  Meaning that you want to have your personal information such as name, email and such unavailable to “Whois” searches.  Then you may want to consider Name.com instead as they offer free “private whois” for all their domains.  Where in most domain registers, it can be cost about $20 per domain.

Both these domain registers are reputable companies that offer great deals, so whichever way you go.  It’s hard to go wrong.  It’s only a matter of choice.  If you decided to go with GoDaddy, be sure to check out the coupons below.  Remeber, a penny saved is a penny earned!

GoDaddy Coupon

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OYH3 - $2.50 off / $7.45 any .COM (Best Deal)

Name.com from time to time also offer coupons which is usually a $1 discount per domain.

Whether you are looking to work at home as a part-time job or make it a career.  EBay has the potential to make it happen for you.  There are many successful powersellers out there today that are doing just that selling various kinds of products.  Not only does some people just make a career working on EBay, but are able to make millions.  People like Jonathon Garriss(selling shoes) and Jamie Murray(selling electronic accessories) are self made millionaires, thanks to EBay.  Because selling on EBay you don’t have to worry nearly as much as selling on your site when it comes to traffic.  One of the main concerns when it comes to selling on EBay is looking for a product that people will buy.

There are a few ways to find products to sell, if you are not the one that’s making the products you wish to sell.  One is to look for an wholesaler.  Now if you are thinking that, your not ready to make that leap because you either don’t have the money purchase inventory or the time to have to buy,package, ship, set-up and deal with customer service.  Then you might want to consider looking for a dropshipper instead of a wholesaler which would take the burden of having to package and ship off your back.  However, with that said you should be ready to make a slightly smaller profit, since generally dropshipper’s product pricing are a big higher than the average wholesalers.

For those that are not famliar with Ebay, it is a great idea to get your hands wet before you fully commit to it.  The best and most effective way to get yourself familiarize with how Ebay works and what it’s all about is sell something.  So  through your garage or basement and look for something to list on Ebay.  It may just be your first tiny step to a lifechanging online career.