Comments on: How to run a successful state niche forum http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/ Sheley Enterprises in Topeka Kansas Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:52:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cruise Jobs Forum http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-1282 Cruise Jobs Forum Thu, 19 May 2011 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-1282 Trying to find a Niche Forum Owners Forum, came across this site. I think we should have a forum of our own. Trying to find a Niche Forum Owners Forum, came across this site.
I think we should have a forum of our own.

]]> By: GeoliLyclenly http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-294 GeoliLyclenly Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:44:23 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-294 Hello <a href="http://www.brandonsheley.org" rel="nofollow">www.brandonsheley.org</a> people Break is here, I'm bored. Came to discover some extra time consuming funnies. Will be glad to see your best finds :-) Hello http://www.brandonsheley.org people
Break is here, I’m bored. Came to discover some extra time consuming funnies.
Will be glad to see your best finds :-)

]]> By: BrandonSheley http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-293 BrandonSheley Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:02:13 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-293 Thanks Gordon, glad you liked it. Are you thinking about building a forum, or do you have one already? Thanks Gordon, glad you liked it.
Are you thinking about building a forum, or do you have one already?

]]> By: Gordon Varlas http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-292 Gordon Varlas Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:50:54 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-292 This article is really amazing. Thank you for sharing that you are the wealth of knowledge with us once more. No wonder your blog does so well. Your site is very well designed, graphically impressive and full of good advice. Kudos. This article is really amazing. Thank you for sharing that you are the wealth of knowledge with us once more. No wonder your blog does so well. Your site is very well designed, graphically impressive and full of good advice. Kudos.

]]> By: lorrieob http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-291 lorrieob Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:59:25 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-291 Just starting out. Just starting out.

]]> By: Jadeslair http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-290 Jadeslair Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:37:44 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-290 Thanks, I have set up two forums and one is going pretty good but the other one was an smf forum and I had to shut it down due to the spam, I just couldn't keep up with it. I will try again once I learn a little more about how to prevent bots better. .-= Jadeslair´s last blog ..Sniper Rifles of BFBC2 =-. Thanks, I have set up two forums and one is going pretty good but the other one was an smf forum and I had to shut it down due to the spam, I just couldn’t keep up with it. I will try again once I learn a little more about how to prevent bots better.
.-= Jadeslair´s last blog ..Sniper Rifles of BFBC2 =-.

]]> By: TomTNS http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-289 TomTNS Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:13:48 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-289 Great article, and certainly, great forums being displayed as examples. I've visited state specific forums and only noticed slow activity. Peaking at TalkDelaware, I see a fast paced, close knit community full of people passionate about their home state. Ultimately, I see a forum ran by a humble and modest administrator looking to expand his knowledge on community development while actively giving all Delaware residents, soon-to-be residents, and tourists a place to talk about their state, to-be home state, and tourism state.<br><br>It's great seeing such dedicated people.<br><br>-----<br><br>As far as the article, ha, nice work! I've been being passionate but am sometime becoming a bit nonchalant as I notice lots of activity, participation and traffic. I also am losing a bit of hope - because the holidays had been slowing my forum that's not even a month old. At any rate, it's good to read things like this to reassure me.<br><br>Great article, great forum, and two great forums.<br><br>Keep it up Brandon and Chase. :-) Great article, and certainly, great forums being displayed as examples. I've visited state specific forums and only noticed slow activity. Peaking at TalkDelaware, I see a fast paced, close knit community full of people passionate about their home state. Ultimately, I see a forum ran by a humble and modest administrator looking to expand his knowledge on community development while actively giving all Delaware residents, soon-to-be residents, and tourists a place to talk about their state, to-be home state, and tourism state.

It's great seeing such dedicated people.

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As far as the article, ha, nice work! I've been being passionate but am sometime becoming a bit nonchalant as I notice lots of activity, participation and traffic. I also am losing a bit of hope – because the holidays had been slowing my forum that's not even a month old. At any rate, it's good to read things like this to reassure me.

Great article, great forum, and two great forums.

Keep it up Brandon and Chase. :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-1215 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:13:00 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-1215 Great article, and certainly, great forums being displayed as examples. I've visited state specific forums and only noticed slow activity. Peaking at TalkDelaware, I see a fast paced, close knit community full of people passionate about their home state. Ultimately, I see a forum ran by a humble and modest administrator looking to expand his knowledge on community development while actively giving all Delaware residents, soon-to-be residents, and tourists a place to talk about their state, to-be home state, and tourism state. It's great seeing such dedicated people. ----- As far as the article, ha, nice work! I've been being passionate but am sometime becoming a bit nonchalant as I notice lots of activity, participation and traffic. I also am losing a bit of hope - because the holidays had been slowing my forum that's not even a month old. At any rate, it's good to read things like this to reassure me. Great article, great forum, and two great forums. Keep it up Brandon and Chase. :-) Great article, and certainly, great forums being displayed as examples. I’ve visited state specific forums and only noticed slow activity. Peaking at TalkDelaware, I see a fast paced, close knit community full of people passionate about their home state. Ultimately, I see a forum ran by a humble and modest administrator looking to expand his knowledge on community development while actively giving all Delaware residents, soon-to-be residents, and tourists a place to talk about their state, to-be home state, and tourism state.

It’s great seeing such dedicated people.

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As far as the article, ha, nice work! I’ve been being passionate but am sometime becoming a bit nonchalant as I notice lots of activity, participation and traffic. I also am losing a bit of hope – because the holidays had been slowing my forum that’s not even a month old. At any rate, it’s good to read things like this to reassure me.

Great article, great forum, and two great forums.

Keep it up Brandon and Chase. :-)

]]> By: Josh112 http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-288 Josh112 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:13:43 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-288 Thats true, when putting signatures on some fourms you get people labeling you and stuff but its not as common as real time spammers which are far more annoying . Nice guide btw Thats true, when putting signatures on some fourms you get people labeling you and stuff but its not as common as real time spammers which are far more annoying . Nice guide btw

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-1195 Anonymous Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:13:00 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-1195 Thats true, when putting signatures on some fourms you get people labeling you and stuff but its not as common as real time spammers which are far more annoying . Nice guide btw Thats true, when putting signatures on some fourms you get people labeling you and stuff but its not as common as real time spammers which are far more annoying . Nice guide btw

]]> By: Brandon_Sheley http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-287 Brandon_Sheley Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:45:29 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-287 Thanks for the comments Mikey and Dan. Chase has done a great job with his site, it really made it easy for me to talk about him. :)<br>I hope the next article is just as easy to put together. Thanks for the comments Mikey and Dan. Chase has done a great job with his site, it really made it easy for me to talk about him. :)
I hope the next article is just as easy to put together.

]]> By: Brandon_Sheley http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-1165 Brandon_Sheley Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-1165 Thanks for the comments Mikey and Dan. Chase has done a great job with his site, it really made it easy for me to talk about him. :) I hope the next article is just as easy to put together. Thanks for the comments Mikey and Dan. Chase has done a great job with his site, it really made it easy for me to talk about him. :)
I hope the next article is just as easy to put together.

]]> By: Brandon_Sheley http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-285 Brandon_Sheley Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:45:29 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-285 Thanks for the comments Mikey and Dan. Chase has done a great job with his site, it really made it easy for me to talk about him. :)<br>I hope the next article is just as easy to put together. Thanks for the comments Mikey and Dan. Chase has done a great job with his site, it really made it easy for me to talk about him. :)
I hope the next article is just as easy to put together.

]]> By: Mikey http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-286 Mikey Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:23:48 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-286 Chase is sure a good person to see about forums and to take examples from. I'm finding out how hard it is to run a niche forum with my Graphics one :p Chase is sure a good person to see about forums and to take examples from. I'm finding out how hard it is to run a niche forum with my Graphics one :p

]]> By: Mikey http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-1162 Mikey Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-1162 Chase is sure a good person to see about forums and to take examples from. I'm finding out how hard it is to run a niche forum with my Graphics one :p Chase is sure a good person to see about forums and to take examples from. I’m finding out how hard it is to run a niche forum with my Graphics one :p

]]> By: Mikey http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-284 Mikey Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:23:48 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-284 Chase is sure a good person to see about forums and to take examples from. I'm finding out how hard it is to run a niche forum with my Graphics one :p Chase is sure a good person to see about forums and to take examples from. I'm finding out how hard it is to run a niche forum with my Graphics one :p

]]> By: Big Dan http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-1155 Big Dan Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-1155 Chase is one of the class acts in the vBulletin community always helpful to other admins whist maintain an portfolio of sites that stand out from the rest. It's nice to see you feature him. :) I tried to jump in on the state niche a couple years back but my heart just wasn't in it and I quickly sold the site. From an admin standpoint unless your passionate <b>and</b> knowledgeable about the niche your never going to gain traction. To some extent I think all forums are niche whenever I click through from one of the webmaster's forum to say an Anime forum I'm instantly lost. It's hard to have a niche forum and stand head over shoulders against more mainstream topics as Chase has done. Chase is one of the class acts in the vBulletin community always helpful to other admins whist maintain an portfolio of sites that stand out from the rest. It’s nice to see you feature him. :)

I tried to jump in on the state niche a couple years back but my heart just wasn’t in it and I quickly sold the site. From an admin standpoint unless your passionate and knowledgeable about the niche your never going to gain traction.

To some extent I think all forums are niche whenever I click through from one of the webmaster’s forum to say an Anime forum I’m instantly lost. It’s hard to have a niche forum and stand head over shoulders against more mainstream topics as Chase has done.

]]> By: almostgeek http://www.brandonsheley.org/running-successful-state-forums/#comment-283 almostgeek Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:27:11 +0000 http://www.brandonsheley.org/?p=519#comment-283 Chase is one of the class acts in the vBulletin community always helpful to other admins whist maintain an portfolio of sites that stand out from the rest. It's nice to see you feature him. :) <br><br>I tried to jump in on the state niche a couple years back but my heart just wasn't in it and I quickly sold the site. From an admin standpoint unless your passionate <b>and</b> knowledgeable about the niche your never going to gain traction.<br><br>To some extent I think all forums are niche whenever I click through from one of the webmaster's forum to say an Anime forum I'm instantly lost. It's hard to have a niche forum and stand head over shoulders against more mainstream topics as Chase has done. Chase is one of the class acts in the vBulletin community always helpful to other admins whist maintain an portfolio of sites that stand out from the rest. It's nice to see you feature him. :)

I tried to jump in on the state niche a couple years back but my heart just wasn't in it and I quickly sold the site. From an admin standpoint unless your passionate and knowledgeable about the niche your never going to gain traction.

To some extent I think all forums are niche whenever I click through from one of the webmaster's forum to say an Anime forum I'm instantly lost. It's hard to have a niche forum and stand head over shoulders against more mainstream topics as Chase has done.

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