True or False: Effective Time Management is Key to 90% of Forum Success

AjayJunkies

AjayJunkies

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Creating a new forum is the easy part but for it to become a success, you will find that it takes more than just creating, building and advertising the forum.

The key to 90% forum success is very much effective time management but some may not always agree with this.

I thought this would be a great question to ask here as many of us have forums.

True or False, does a forum's success happen because of effective time management from the forum owner?
 
Counterpoint: only an admin who puts in the time to collect/curate/create content can drive that engagement. You need to be out there regularly putting material in.

If you don’t have the time management skills down, you won’t have the content base in the first place to get that engagement going, nor the time to manage the engagement if it starts taking off.
 
Interesting topics and ease of use I think are most important. The most difficult is getting your site out there and competing with social media.
 
Mouth said:
Nah, even if it's only an admin publishing the best content, a forum isn't going to succeed.
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Well, obviously if it’s only an admin putting in the best content, it’s already doomed. However, I still agree that the admin has to keep putting in the time to keep it going, regardless of what level of activity the forum is at.
 
AjayJunkies said:
The key to 90% forum success is very much effective time management but some may not always agree with this.
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No one wants an absentee landlord, you can take that as a given, but I'd argue how you spend time on your forum will vary considerably depending on the nature of the forum.

Although I would always advocate creating quality content, I've never really had to do it. My focus has always been on community building and providing the functionality to facilitate that. I leave it to my members to provide the content.

If it's you providing content then I'd suggest you may well be attempting to compete with an already saturated niche. I really do believe the best chance of success, especially with today's competition from other forms of social media is to find your audience and then give it a forum.

I've seen the majority of new forums come to nothing in the last few years but I've also seen quite a number flourish. Those that gain traction do so not because the owner provides the content but because the owner provides a forum that serves a purpose. That purpose might be commercial in terms of customer services, it might be attached to a popular website or it might simply be unique in its niche.

Enduring quality content is what has allowed forums to stay in the social media game but now more than ever it has to be purposeful and not manufactured. In short your time might be better spent searching for a new opportunities rather than trying to compete with existing sites as a lone content provider.
 
That sounds awfully like agreeing with time management being a key factor, and using that time wisely.
 
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