What are your strategies to get more members in your forum?

[Pepelepew]

I have a music forum so I reach out on reddit, Twitter, face mock and bandcamp and I have a monthly music thread where members can share music. But I'm thinking of creative ways to obtain new members. What are your strategies?

 

[Ozzy47]

Think as a end user. What would make you join your forum? What do you have to offer that someone can’t find elsewhere?

 

[webbouk]

Sticky content = you need to give users something they can't get elsewhere as Ozzy wrote, plus keep it updated so they need to keep returning.

If you get their interest you'll keep them, and the more you keep the bigger it will grow as the word spreads

 

[Paul B]

Even with a USP, success is not guaranteed, especially these days with so many sites and apps vying for the attention and clicks of netizens.

 

[Seeker-Smith]

It’s called bird dogging. Offer your current members something to bring others in.

 

[webbouk]

'bird dogging' in the UK could get you arrested

 

[Seeker-Smith]

It was illegal here in Canada and may still be. But I think in this context its okay.

 

[Pepelepew]

Anyone got anymore ideas. I'm doing a special Halloween thread where users could make a Halloween or spooky style track and at the end of the month I'll like stream it all for members on youtube

 

[Steve Freides]

Have content people want - it can be articles, podcasts, or other sticky content, or it can be something as simple as creating rules for and organizing your forum in a way that the members create posts others want to read. Both those things and you should be in good shape.

-S-