Post by ~LonelyAngel~ on Jun 13, 2009 11:22:37 GMT
Guests are very important for a forum. Guests are basically members who haven’t signed up yet. Your goal is to get those guests and visitors to sign up on your forum. Here are 5 tips you should use to make your forum guest-friendly, which could eventually lead them to becoming a registered member.
Give your forum a great design
Nobody likes forums with ugly skins. That’s just a turnoff and will make you lose potential members. Be wise on the colours you choose for your skin. Are they too bright? Too dark? Try and only use a handful of colours for your forum skin. What that means is that you shouldn’t have every single colour in it like a rainbow skin. Those look terrible and very childish. Think of yourself as a guest viewing your forum. Would you want to join it or not?
Keep the ads to a limit
Ads are probably the #1 factor that make guests leave your site almost instantly. Nobody enjoys heading to a site only to be forced to view a page full of flashing ads and what not. If your forum is new, I highly do not recommend slapping on ads at all.
Make some interesting topics
Guests love browsing through forums and reading the topics. Create some interesting topics that would start discussion. They might want to participate in the discussion and may register on your forum.
Show that your forum is active
Guests won’t join inactive or dead forums. You need to make posts around your forum and encourage existing members to do the same. By doing that, your forum will look active. If your forum looks active, it’s possible you will get more members as active forums have a higher chance of gaining members.
Offer some kind of registration bonus
Guests sometimes will register on forums that offer an incentive. That includes getting a freebie of some sort. Be creative and give out something related to your forum’s subject.
From Ezine
Give your forum a great design
Nobody likes forums with ugly skins. That’s just a turnoff and will make you lose potential members. Be wise on the colours you choose for your skin. Are they too bright? Too dark? Try and only use a handful of colours for your forum skin. What that means is that you shouldn’t have every single colour in it like a rainbow skin. Those look terrible and very childish. Think of yourself as a guest viewing your forum. Would you want to join it or not?
Keep the ads to a limit
Ads are probably the #1 factor that make guests leave your site almost instantly. Nobody enjoys heading to a site only to be forced to view a page full of flashing ads and what not. If your forum is new, I highly do not recommend slapping on ads at all.
Make some interesting topics
Guests love browsing through forums and reading the topics. Create some interesting topics that would start discussion. They might want to participate in the discussion and may register on your forum.
Show that your forum is active
Guests won’t join inactive or dead forums. You need to make posts around your forum and encourage existing members to do the same. By doing that, your forum will look active. If your forum looks active, it’s possible you will get more members as active forums have a higher chance of gaining members.
Offer some kind of registration bonus
Guests sometimes will register on forums that offer an incentive. That includes getting a freebie of some sort. Be creative and give out something related to your forum’s subject.
From Ezine
