Social media marketing is not just about posting your links, you need to create and share content, network with like minded people and bring in followers, run ads to improve visibility, etc. If you are very good at doing these things and you also have time, you can surely do it yourself...
I started with Open Source. I always though the script does not make a forum great, the content do. But sadly that is just not true. For your forum to grow, you need a premium script that offers a lot of features and has a great appearance. I managed to grow a forum from 5k posts to 25 k posts...
I manage from desktop. I some times check my websites on my phone but that is just to see the activities, I don't even log into administrative account on my websites. However, sometimes I post on forums, where I am a normal user or a general staff, through my phone .
When my wife posts something on social media, I react, sometimes I even comment. Do I really have to do this? Well, I avoided doing this for as long time. But then I thought what's a big deal about this. On forums I know some people personally, not just from social media, but even from real...
There is still room for me to grow despite the new competitor getting all the attention. I am not afraid of competition, internet is a big space. But I will certainly analyses why the competitor is growing and what makes people choose that one over me and based on my analysis I will try to...
I am yet to complete the first round of exchange, but if you want, you can do 20 posts here and I will to 20 more, total 40, on your forum (on my pace :D)
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