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abcdef
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Registration date: 2008-01-07
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:49 am | |
| | chelseaforthedrop wrote: | | could get loads! |
Problem is, you'd end up with wankers. |
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TickTok
Number of posts: 3943
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Registration date: 2008-01-04
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:41 pm | |
| | abcdef wrote: | | chelseaforthedrop wrote: | | could get loads! |
Problem is, you'd end up with wankers. |
Yep - thats the perfect answer.
I have been keeping a count of the visitors we get n from which area they are over the last month.
Obviously none of these have joined up - outside of a spamer which I managed to delete last week.
North America 22
South America 3
Europe 31
Asia 16
Australia 3
We are getting the traffic, just not the members.
If we open the board up for people to post without a membership it will get spammed. |
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abcdef
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Registration date: 2008-01-07
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:41 pm | |
| Best way to get new members involved is by word of mouth. Entice friends or peers that you have conversations with in the pub about football etc to join up. All it takes is a simple email with the link, to someone you know isnt a moron (or at least not much of one) and they will find the forum is a fun place to debate and banter about football especially and that there is also places to dabble in the other sports.
Its a pity that the points system isnt like before (in the old forum) where everyone could donate them. I would certainly find the betting system easier to run and other people could do competitions etc and the whole place would be more exciting. Perhaps Tick and Red could contact the powers behind the board people (niceboard or whoever it may be) and suggest such a way that they could make all their boards better. I think everyone being able to donate points is definitely a better option. |
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dannyboy2890
Number of posts: 659
Age: 21
Location: Manchester
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Registration date: 2009-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:09 am | |
| im just going to put forward an idea, just my own opinion, take it as you please  When i go on a new forum for the first time i look at the layout and wether i stay on that forum is down to the initial layout of the categories. In my opinion, there are to many categories and forums on the forum index. My point being, when a guest arrives on the site and sees over 20 categories with posting dating back several months say in the boxing thread for example, it makes the forum look less lively and less appealing. I suggest condensing the categories a little using sub forums. Thus making the forum look more open and appealing. Grabs tin hat  |
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JoshBrfc
Number of posts: 1009
Location: Lancashire, England
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Registration date: 2008-09-04
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:15 am | |
| Know exactly what you mean mate. I agree! |
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TickTok
Number of posts: 3943
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Registration date: 2008-01-04
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:58 pm | |
| | dannyboy2890 wrote: | im just going to put forward an idea, just my own opinion, take it as you please
When i go on a new forum for the first time i look at the layout and wether i stay on that forum is down to the initial layout of the categories.
In my opinion, there are to many categories and forums on the forum index.
My point being, when a guest arrives on the site and sees over 20 categories with posting dating back several months say in the boxing thread for example, it makes the forum look less lively and less appealing.
I suggest condensing the categories a little using sub forums. Thus making the forum look more open and appealing.
Grabs tin hat
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Hey Dan - your thoughts are always welcome. We really do need some fresh members so any ideas you have, spit them out mate.
When a punter finds our board, currently he\she cant see the forum outside of the welcome thread. Over the past year we have tried opening up the board to anyone to read, part sections n as now, a punter having to sign up to see whats it all about.
None have proved to be more succesful than the other in actully getting someone to sign up.
Word of mouth seems to be the best way of getting people to sign up. I think people like to know they have a friend at a new board who can hold their hand so to speak.
I will open the premiership section (Most popular) today to non members to see if that brings anything new. |
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dannyboy2890
Number of posts: 659
Age: 21
Location: Manchester
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Registration date: 2009-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:14 pm | |
| I Have just signed out and saw what you mean mate.  did someone set up a facebook page ? |
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TickTok
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Registration date: 2008-01-04
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:49 pm | |
| I believe so - we currently have a few ideas being sorted out by members which arised from a meeting we all had a week or so ago. Alas your good self Dan & Huzup were away holidaying. You both would have been valuable minds at that meeting.
I am sure we will call another in a couple of weeks just as a update to that meeting. |
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JoshBrfc
Number of posts: 1009
Location: Lancashire, England
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Registration date: 2008-09-04
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:43 pm | |
| I will also attend the next one Tick. |
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huzup
Number of posts: 1067
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Registration date: 2008-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Ideas to attract new members Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:47 pm | |
| Ye wouldnt mind a brainstorming session tbh - maybe we need to broaden up a bit to get ourselves noticed. |
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