06-14-2007, 05:43 PM
Some constructive criticism and some pointers for your friend...
1. Far too many forums for a beginner site. Make the site look like a ghost town. Less forums with more posts look better than alot of forums and low posts. You don't want the appearance of a ghost town.
2. Begging won't get you very far. Offer a good service and lots of information and the people will come. Word of mouth is a much more powerfull way to advertise than posting on other forums begging for people to join.
3. Your friend should get rid of that default skin ASAP. You don't want to give the impression of a board that was thrown together overnight.
4. To be successful, a site NEEDS to offer something no one else has. Learn from my mistakes. My first crack at running a site with forums was a failure. This site had more posts, more members, more everything in 6 months than my first site did in 2 years.
What did I offer over everyone else you might ask? When I started this site, it was the only chicago based rc site with a discussion forum. Previously all you could do to setup bash and race sessions and have discussions with other locals around you was to find the chicago threads burried within the huge forums.
Pass this info along to him and wish him the best of luck with his new venture for me!
1. Far too many forums for a beginner site. Make the site look like a ghost town. Less forums with more posts look better than alot of forums and low posts. You don't want the appearance of a ghost town.
2. Begging won't get you very far. Offer a good service and lots of information and the people will come. Word of mouth is a much more powerfull way to advertise than posting on other forums begging for people to join.
3. Your friend should get rid of that default skin ASAP. You don't want to give the impression of a board that was thrown together overnight.
4. To be successful, a site NEEDS to offer something no one else has. Learn from my mistakes. My first crack at running a site with forums was a failure. This site had more posts, more members, more everything in 6 months than my first site did in 2 years.
What did I offer over everyone else you might ask? When I started this site, it was the only chicago based rc site with a discussion forum. Previously all you could do to setup bash and race sessions and have discussions with other locals around you was to find the chicago threads burried within the huge forums.
Pass this info along to him and wish him the best of luck with his new venture for me!