Strategy Day 1 of launching your forum (1 Viewer)

[Shawn Gossman]

What does/did day one of launching your forum look like?

You just launched your forum. What do you do on day one? Are you focusing on content creation or marketing? Maybe both?

What does the first day of a forum launch look like for you?

 

[CTS]

Just having passed my "1st day" (I didn't really have a so called launch though), for me its all about content creation and maybe fine tuning some things. I have a punch list about a mile long of things I want to do, but right now just filling some forums and pages etc. I want my guests to have enough browsing material to keep them interested.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Just having passed my "1st day" (I didn't really have a so called launch though), for me its all about content creation and maybe fine tuning some things. I have a punch list about a mile long of things I want to do, but right now just filling some forums and pages etc. I want my guests to have enough browsing material to keep them interested.

Will you complete your punch list eventually or will your just work on prioritizing the important items? Are you sharing your new forum yet?

 

[CTS]

I have not been sharing or promoting with the exception of admin forums as you see here.

My first order of business was getting the functionality and layout done. Not fully satisfied with how it looks but it is going to stay this way for awhile yet. My punch list consists primarily with tightening up some areas that bug me, as well as expanding the features available to member groups, as they make sense. My prioritization lays entirely of content right now. But I am drafting a few things that may be very good for the community. To be fair, I am one of those types that is always adding to the punch list and knocking it down by need. It never gets completed.

 

[Cloaked]

I am in the process of launching a new forum. Once I have everything set up the fun begins.

I concentrate on content. I used to have a partner to help seed new communities when we started them. It's my job now. I haven't opened a new, no old content from a former site, in a while. Years in fact. I'm excited as well as scared.

To seed it this time since I will buy a package from here. I am also using a paid to post model. The first 25 members that sign up and contribute 25 topics will be founders and will get paid to post. Working out the details. members after the first 25 will also have a paid to post model.

All I can say is it's a general discussion forum. Coming soon.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I usually always try to get some more content on launch day, then I worry about the SEO portion of running a site. You must have engaging content before you can launch your forum.