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Hey everyone! 😊 I’m working on opening my new forum, PicturePerfect.Agency, and I’d love your help picking the best tagline to represent us. What is PicturePerfect.Agency? It’s a classy, connected, and slightly playful networking space built for professionals and creatives in the fashion, beauty, and entertainment industries. Whether you’re a makeup artist, model, photographer, designer, or promoter PicturePerfect is designed to help you collaborate, connect, and grow. I started this forum because I found myself bouncing between Facebook groups, Instagram chats, and scattered platforms just to keep up with industry updates. So, I thought why not build a central hub that brings us all together in one stylish, supportive space? We’ll also be offering advertising opportunities and front-page features for our members soon, so it's an exciting time to shape the identity of the forum. Now, I need your input! I’ve come up with a few tagline ideas, but I’d love your honest opinion on which one stands out and captures our vibe the best. Please vote for your favourite below, or feel free to suggest your own! Taglines have been updated thanks to [mention=129]Malcolm[/mention] 's SEO feedback. 1. Where Creatives Connect and Careers Take Off 2. Linking Beauty, Business, and Big Ideas 3. Your Industry Network—Reimagined 4. The Professional Network for Creative Minds Thanks in advance for your feedback, I truly appreciate the support! 💜

I haven't seen any trolls on here yet, though I'm sure there have been. My forum isn't open to the public yet so I haven't had any trolls yet but hopefully I won't be getting any.

I do not use YouTube to currently promote my forum (which isn't open to the public yet) but I do think having some YouTube videos would help get more activity on the forum.

I'll be honest, I'm not really sure what Webrings are or how they would be helpful. Never heard about it until now.

I have completed my spot

I will take the first spot

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It all depends on how big the forum is however for the most part I don't think you need a lot of staff when starting a forum. Yes. you want to have lots of content on your forum when you open so that new members have threads to reply to and post, but you also don't want too many staff on your forum or it may seem intimidating to new members. Plus, you want your forum to look active with USERS not just active with staff. So ultimately you may need some staff to help you with tasks however you do not want too much staff where it looks like only staff ever posts.

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I think it depends on the person, how skilled they are and whether or not they have access to the internet all day. Some people can work on all aspects of the forum such as coding, creating badge images, creating content etc. which is great when working solo. However, myself, I know I'm not really techy nor do I know how to code so I wouldn't be able to do a forum all on my own. As for how many sites is too many to run again it defers from person to person. If you have a career where you are away from the time you're on shift to when you're done then it may be difficult to run a site solo as for the hours your away no one is able to work on your forum or make sure no one is spamming or sharing inappropriate content. However, if you work from home and you're able to be on your laptop/computer all day and you're able to work on the forum on the side then I feel it would be easier to run the forum solo. For the most part I don't think people should run forums solo (without any other staff) because it is A LOT of work to keep the forum active, post on the sites social medias, upgrade/update the themes etc.

I do personalize the username to the forum. Sometimes a name just fits better on one forum than it would on another. I do stay true to myself when posting though, I don't pretend to be anyone else, I post as me, Ashley. My profile picture on this forum is a picture of myself, however on other forums I use other profile pictures because it suits the forum better. Though once I create a profile picture for the forum I'm about to open I will be using that one.

Hahahahaha that would be amusing to hear plots that just wouldn't work because it wouldn't be something the character does or say. I have never tried to get help writing a plot but now I'm thinking about it just to see what the AI would say haha. :ROFLMAO:

Totally agree with this., showing up and actually engaging makes all the difference. I’ve noticed that when I take the time to genuinely comment on others’ posts or join conversations that interest me, I start seeing more interaction on my own stuff too. It’s definitely a two-way street. Plus, how are people supposed to know you're there if you don't comment, like etc. For me, I try to focus on being present in spaces where my target audience already hangs out. Whether it’s makeup groups, local community threads, or even just chatting in the comments of someone else’s post, I’ve found it builds trust. People start recognizing you, and that connection ends up being more powerful than any random link drop. It's far more successful and people don't tend to just ignore your message, report you or block you if they've seen you around a bit. Something else that’s helped is consistency. Not just with posting, but with how I show up. I try to keep my tone and messaging aligned with my brand and stay approachable. It’s easier for people to feel connected when they know what to expect from you. I've noticed that with some groups I follow people's personality changes as the group title changes and that's just not for me. I get that sometimes you're more excited or connect more with something but being fake is also going to raise some flags, and they aren't the green ones lol. For me I've grown just by starting to follow people, comment on their posts and ask people questions. People want to feel like they are being heard and their posts are getting seen so if you give them that space they will in turn be curious as to who you and your brand are.

Hmm I'm going say about $100. It was for a boyfriend at the time and he really wanted the game so he could play with his daughter that was across the country. So I bought it for him as a birthday gift. Glad my boyfriend now doesn't play a lot of video games and the games he does play aren't expensive at all. We usually end up playing more card games or board games rather than video games.

I am so excited

The first thing I do is create the sections and categories. I am not one to know much about code, so I leave that up to the experts. I try to create badges as well but I tend to do more of the looks and setting up the sections and categories. Once everything looks the way I like that's when I start to do the posts and get ready to launch.

I agree that blogging is definitely not as easy as it used to be and what worked in the past is not going to work now. I think if you're going to blog you have to know what will work and what won't. You also have to be consistent and post regularly especially if you want a following. Because people can get loads and loads of videos at their fingertips if you want to compete with Tik Tok, Instagram etc. you have to update your blog regularly or people will get bored and go somewhere else. Thank you for sharing this [mention=5]Cpvr[/mention] I knew blogging has gotten less popular but didn't really know exactly why or why it isn't as easy to monetize.

That's why I originally used it, I'm French first and so sometimes things make sense to me but when English people read it it's all backwards and doesn't make sense. I used it to help me create content that others can enjoy and understand. I've gotten to a point now where I just write in English and re-read it many times to make sure it makes sense in English. I don't want my posts/threads to be flagged as AI created when I am the one writing and creating it.

Ooo I like that you're looking for outside ideas because honestly sometimes coming up with ideas for your own forum can be difficult and it's easier to come up with ideas or thoughts when there are many people thinking about a subject and also, it'll help also help you get feedback on what members want and are looking for on that kind of niche. Anyways, here are some of my thoughts that I think may help encourage growth without having to put money into it. One thing I really really enjoy on new forums are founding members perks, that could be lifetime premium for the first x number of members, maybe create a "founding member (or maybe Founding Glitch" badge or user title. For some reason I really love going on forums and being able to know who's been there since the beginning and who has helped shape the community. Another suggestion is something I see a lot, is possibly doing posting packages exchanges or buying posting packages on forum administration sites about 3-5 days before the launch date so there is a lot of threads/posts to reply to and it looks like your forum is active from the get-go. I'm actually thinking of doing this myself and I hope it does help encourage new members to want to post and be part of the community. One thing that I've also seen help activity and get people to join/post is having a launch party thread. Just a place where members can come say hi and possibly even a small introduction. Possibly think of a contest or event that you can have for when the forum launches. Some of the contest/events I've seen that have worked in the past are best intro threads, a "Threadstarter Supreme" if you will. Most helpful user (or "Helper Core" if you want) or possibly user who's created the most quality content ("Core Upload". Members tend to love events and contests and sometimes some competition is fun and adds great valuable content on your forum. Something I'm thinking of doing for my forum open-door event is to create a referral rewards encouraging members to refer other people to the forum. Their reward could be anything from a custom banner or badge. Possibly even think about creating a "Hall Of Fame (Or Leaderboard Archives") or Referral Legend" (Signal Spreader) where you can recognize members who are referring a lot of solid & active members. One thing I've noticed on forums is that members LOVE to be recognized and acknowledged. In addition, you can create a signature that members can use to put on their signatures on other forums/sites so it can help you advertise. I've seen it work for some forum admins. One thing that I find very important to have on a forum is to have a "How did you find us" thread so you know what advertising avenues are working and which aren't. I hope these ideas help even if you don't implement them, it may help you with ideas on what you can do on your forum. I wish you and your forum all the best and look forward to when the forum gets launched.

I will be doing the credits right now, thank you for the reminder =)