<![CDATA[AdminAddict - Planning, Interest, Activities & Promotion]]> http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/ Discuss all aspects of planning your forum, creating interest, hosting contests and activities, and promoting your forum. en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:36:41 GMT vBulletin 10 http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/images/adminaddict/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[AdminAddict - Planning, Interest, Activities & Promotion]]> http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/ Sponsorship http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/sponsorship-6291/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:55:58 GMT Has anyone ever contacted businesses (releating to the subject of their forum) and asked for them to sponsor the site i.e. give some sponsorship... Has anyone ever contacted businesses (releating to the subject of their forum) and asked for them to sponsor the site i.e. give some sponsorship money and in return put their links/advertisement banners up, if so how did this go? Did the business want a constant say in what happened on the site? ]]> Howard http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/sponsorship-6291/ IM2Host.com, Amazing webhosting at INCREDIBLE Prices http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/im2host-com-amazing-webhosting-incredible-prices-6225/ Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:29:19 GMT This website IM2HOST - Domain Names, Web Hosting and SSL Certificates (http://im2host.com/), is a great webhosting and SSL Certificates Site that... This website IM2HOST - Domain Names, Web Hosting and SSL Certificates, is a great webhosting and SSL Certificates Site that sells packages of hosting (LINUX AND WINDOWS) At incredible prices, It is my first time to deal with a paid hosting domain and I pay just EGP 550, cuz my country is Egypt :D. but to calculate that using dollars, You won't believe it. !!!!

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]]> CommanderMadi http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/im2host-com-amazing-webhosting-incredible-prices-6225/ Now have 3 vB licenses... http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/now-have-3-vbulletin-licenses-6195/ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:14:41 GMT And no ideas. Grr! And no ideas. Grr! ]]> Svoboda http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/now-have-3-vbulletin-licenses-6195/ Scheduled Chats http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/scheduled-chats-6170/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:10:32 GMT I've seen this work on other forums before, but for some reason, it never worked on mine. If you successfully run scheduled chats at regular intervals, what, if anything, is the trick? How do you find a good time suitable for all? How do you get people to be interested and actually show up for the chat? ]]> Nick http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/scheduled-chats-6170/ <![CDATA[Contests other than "most posts" and such]]> http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/contests-other-than-most-posts-such-6167/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:02:27 GMT I have a hard time thinking of any contests for one of my forums where post count isn't a big deal. A "most posts in a given time period" type of contest isn't one I want to do, but I can't think of anything else, really.

Do you have any ideas as to what kind of unique contests can be run that garner members' interest? ]]> Nick http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/contests-other-than-most-posts-such-6167/ Can the Arcade be used for promotions? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/can-arcade-used-promotions-6140/ Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:53:39 GMT
It's finally Spring and Summer is just around the corner. So I'm thinking about doing some kind of Arcade promotion(s) just for fun. Anyhow, I'm looking for ideas on who to run a couple of small arcade promotions.

Thanks for all your input and suggestions.

Ray
]]> 50calray http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/can-arcade-used-promotions-6140/ I need radio broadcasting software for a website, can you help? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/i-need-radio-broadcasting-software-website-can-you-help-6099/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:10:31 GMT I need to be able to broadcast a radio station through my website, all the software I find only allows me to broadcast from my computer but I need... I need to be able to broadcast a radio station through my website, all the software I find only allows me to broadcast from my computer but I need to install the software on my website so it can be used from anywhere and have the quality dependent on my hosting not my bandwidth on my home computer. I'm not against using a service online that I can integrate into a web page with html but it would have to be clean and attractive. If someone finds something I can actually use I'll send you $10 on paypal and I'm willing to pay up to $300 for the software with no monthly fees. ]]> imbetterthanulol http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/i-need-radio-broadcasting-software-website-can-you-help-6099/ Ever been gravely inactive? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/ever-been-gravely-inactive-6082/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:00:23 GMT Has your forum ever gone into such a deep period of inactivity that it appeared so dead and showed no signs of recovery? If so, how did you react?... Has your forum ever gone into such a deep period of inactivity that it appeared so dead and showed no signs of recovery? If so, how did you react? What steps did you take to recover? Did you ever even recover? What was your overall take on the experience? ]]> Nick http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/ever-been-gravely-inactive-6082/ Canadian Music Site http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/canadian-music-site-6033/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:52:22 GMT I want to make a Canadian music site. It'll have a major online radio on it.

I need names though. I'm thinking of stuff with "eh" in it, such as:

musiceh.com
radioeh.com

But those look terrible tbh. Anyone have any suggestions? I want the title to suit music, as well as a hint at Canada. ]]> Trasion http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/canadian-music-site-6033/ Product Blogging http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/product-blogging-6018/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:13:21 GMT Lately I've been really bored of being online. But I'd still like a small website that I can make a bit of money from (or at least enough to cover the website cost).

I sold my vBulletin stuff (well, I will soon), so I'm thinking of blogging. I tried a normal blog, where I just blog about whatever comes into my mind, but that was a huge failure, and extremely boring. Now I'm thinking of like review blogging, where I review new or old products (such as iPad, Computers, Brands, Clothing.. etc.), and also have a small forum where people can discuss my reviews (my reviews will be on Wordpress), and they can also review things, or ask me to review something in particular.

If they do a good review in the forum, maybe I can even copy and paste it to the blog, and just give them credit for it.

Any chance that this could be a success? I've heard of people reviewing phones and stuff, and he gets free phones from major companies to review. So it must be a big hit, is it not? ]]> Trasion http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/product-blogging-6018/ Pre-Launch Tasks and Checklist http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/pre-launch-tasks-checklist-5881/ Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:27:04 GMT Before you go public with a brand-new community or forum, what things do you go over and check, or do, before you are prepared for launching? What... Before you go public with a brand-new community or forum, what things do you go over and check, or do, before you are prepared for launching? What would you recommend to somebody who has never launched a forum before, so that they don't launch prematurely?

What are some of the worst things you've witnessed to be forgotten before launching?

A common thing I see is not changing the default theme before launching. The admin intends to find a custom or non-default skin, but doesn't do it before launching, which is a mistake, IMO. ]]> Nick http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/pre-launch-tasks-checklist-5881/ Ideas for Promoting A Political Forum http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/ideas-promoting-political-forum-5874/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:56:30 GMT I opened a political forum a couple of days ago and it has five members, 70 posts and about 30 threads. Obviously I don't expect it to be bustling with activity this soon after opening, but I'm beginning to consider the long term planning for how to increase membership and posting activity.

I and two other friends from another forum are posting semi-actively, but we're the only ones doing it. My plan was to buy advertising space on another forum, but I'm not sure what genre I would look for or even where to begin. I also thought about buying vBSEO, but I'm still not convinced on its effectiveness. ]]> youradhere4222 http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/ideas-promoting-political-forum-5874/ What kind of blog search engines and directories do you recommend? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/what-kind-blog-search-engines-directories-do-you-recommend-5858/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:57:10 GMT I'm already a member at many of the main ones like Technorati, but I'm curious what other such sites I should most definitely be a member of/submit my site to for maximum traffic?

Any ideas? ]]> cheat-master30 http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/what-kind-blog-search-engines-directories-do-you-recommend-5858/ Do you notify your members of their point standing during a promotion? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/do-you-notify-your-members-their-point-standing-during-promotion-5854/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:21:31 GMT I've got a promotion going that is based off a point systems. It's not set up to show people their points either. So I was wondering if it was a good idea to post people's point standings every once and a while...like about once a week and just the top 10?

Thanks ]]> 50calray http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/do-you-notify-your-members-their-point-standing-during-promotion-5854/ Has anyone had much luck with squidoo? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/has-anyone-had-much-luck-squidoo-5810/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:22:15 GMT 2010 is going to be the year I push my blog over the top. I'm using several sites to help build ranking and traffic, one of them is squidoo. I just recently joined squidoo, here is my profile page.
Here are the two "lenses" I've made so far..
Does anyone have some suggestions or tips that I can do to these pages to get more traffic and views from it?
I have a few affiliate links on each, but most the links are to post or categories on the blog.
I don't see a lot of people using these on most webmaster forums, the only one I've seen a lot of people talking about them is on the warrorforums, but it seems most on that site don't have their own hosting so sites like squidoo are prefect for them.

Hopefully at least one or two people on AA have messed with squidoo and can give me some pointers :)

Thanks
-Brandon
I see Hubpages is similar, I think I'll make a few pages on it as well.
*I did make a Hubpage account as well with one post, they have the nofollow attribute in the post is the only difference I see so far* ]]> Brandon Sheley http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/planning-interest-activities-promotion/has-anyone-had-much-luck-squidoo-5810/