I completely agree. But the value of the information seems to be improving with each conference.Didn't make it this year as I had important engagements and have been there in the past. I'm not sure who it's ultimately targeted for but those who have been running forums for many years might not find it as useful as others.
Anyone ask him why Thumper Talk, Home Theater Forum, and other forums became dormant after switching to Huddler?Dan Gill was excellant
Just because he knows a lot, doesn't mean the people in his company execute what he says. Not exactly sure about those places because I've never heard of them. But I know that 'cleaning up' a forum that's been open to all sorts of crap will lose a lot of members because they can't act like children anymore.Anyone ask him why Thumper Talk, Home Theater Forum, and other forums became dormant after switching to Huddler?
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/ Nearly 4million postsJust because he knows a lot, doesn't mean the people in his company execute what he says. Not exactly sure about those places because I've never heard of them. But I know that 'cleaning up' a forum that's been open to all sorts of crap will lose a lot of members because they can't act like children anymore.
Anyone ask him why Thumper Talk, Home Theater Forum, and other forums became dormant after switching to Huddler?
Am I the only one that feels like the forum industry isn't even a big enough "industry" to have it's own convention?
Forums have matured over the past five years or so and there are now some quite large repositories of information that people visit regularly and in large numbers, so there's likely more "value" to certain forums (from an advertiser's perspective) than there was before.
It is the self identifying nature of the forum audience. You know they are VW or Prius owners or Xbox gamers or BBQ hobbyists and for marketers this is gold. You know they are the buyers of your product. Not some mass appeal like CNN. If the forum audiences are growing (they are) and web advertising is growing (it is) there is a happy convergence for forum operators and the software industry that supports them.
That's what I took away from TT's experience.http://www.hometheaterforum.com/ Nearly 4million posts
http://www.thumpertalk.com/index Nearly 10million posts
For there to be such a large drop in activity, software is often a culprit.
Shows where your priorities are. My beef was never really with Huddler's business plan, just their software. And for a company that claims to be so good at this you'd think that they'd have figured it out by now.Huddler moves everything to their own custom platform from what I gather. And while activity may have dropped, revenues probably didn't, which is the whole point of moving to their platform in the first place. I mean, passion about your forum is one thing, but when it is a management nightmare you do just want to outsource it.
It's nothing compared to what it used to be.Nope. No one asked him. Both the forums you mention look pretty active on a quick perusal with several pages new posts showing up.
I'd be interested in hearing that presentation.Gill's talk was on the high value of discussion forum for advertisers and how to present that value to advertisers, not so much Huddler itself.
If you look online, the admin-side of forums does seem a bit small as there aren't too many forums to address this niche.Am I the only one that feels like the forum industry isn't even a big enough "industry" to have it's own convention?
And how to best monetize this while still keeping a solid community is one of the core focuses of this conference. How do you approach large advertisers? How do you bring in ads without upsetting the forum members? You hear the answers to these questions and more.Forums have matured over the past five years or so and there are now some quite large repositories of information that people visit regularly and in large numbers, so there's likely more "value" to certain forums (from an advertiser's perspective) than there was before.
You say that like it's a bad thing. I work 100hrs/week minimum on my site. And I feel I deserve to be compensated for my time. You may feel different, and you have a right to your opinion.Shows where your priorities are. My beef was never really with Huddler's business plan, just their software. And for a company that claims to be so good at this you'd think that they'd have figured it out by now.
I'd be interested in hearing that presentation.
And how to best monetize this while still keeping a solid community is one of the core focuses of this conference. How do you approach large advertisers? How do you bring in ads without upsetting the forum members? You hear the answers to these questions and more.
Do you think a good NS has to consider how he or she is going to monetize their practice?
Never said that making money is a bad thing, I'm a capitalist.You say that like it's a bad thing. I work 100hrs/week minimum on my site. And I feel I deserve to be compensated for my time. You may feel different, and you have a right to your opinion.
This.What I am getting at is that trying too hard to make money...can often work against you!
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