Let me first briefly introduce the basic situation of my forum. The forum is called Chinese Super League FANS (Fans) Forum. My original intention of creating this site is because I like football very much and have been quietly paying attention to Chinese football. I really hope that my league can rise. Chinese football can develop. However, once when I searched for the Chinese Super League forum, I found that there were only some Chinese Super League forums on portal websites, and there was no truly independent forum with the Chinese Super League as the core (of course, there was a Chinese Super League fan forum, but it was closed). I just thought, why don’t I do one?
At that time, I knew nothing about forum building. I was just a person who had been a leader in school forums. I only had experience in visiting forums, but I had no experience in building forums. Later, I checked some information online and decided to create a free forum on 5D6D first, and then become independent when the time is right!
My Chinese Super League FANS forum has been operating on 5D6D for 3 months, and the number of members has exceeded 4,200. However, a free forum is free after all. The development of my forum has been subject to many restrictions, so at that time, I decided to get rid of 5D6D as soon as possible. , however, some measures of 5D6D prevented me from obtaining the forum's data backup. At that time, I made up my mind to start all over again!
In this way, a brand new Chinese Super League FANS forum was born, that was June 18, 2009.
I think the most important thing when building a website is to put your heart into it. The vitality of a forum lies in its members and the webmaster. Only with a dedicated webmaster can you have a promising website!
The above seems to be off topic, and the experience I mentioned seems not to be mentioned. However, the three months of 5D6D allowed me to accumulate a lot of experience, which is also an important factor in my new website being able to exceed 1 million in two months.
Here are some of my experiences and opinions:
1. The direction of the website, the choice of domain name and the overall layout.
Only a special website that has not been done by others may have the greatest development prospects. Therefore, when you want to build a website, on the one hand, you must base it on your own interests, and on the other hand, you must determine what kind of website is special. Not many people (or even no one) have done it.
For example, for my website, I found that there is no good forum for the Chinese Super League, so I decided to do it myself. Of course, it is also because I am very interested in the Chinese Super League, and I believe that the Chinese Super League will also develop in the trough!
When you decide on a website, you have to start the layout. The overall framework design must not deviate from the core of your website. For example, mine is the Chinese Super League Forum. The section layout design must be centered around this word. Of course, some You also need to be more flexible and set up popular sections for entertainment games, so as to attract other traffic without deviating from the theme.
2. Website promotion methods
In fact, there are a lot of introductions about website promotion methods on the Internet. However, only those who have used it will know whether it is effective. I will tell you my own experience here.
a. There must be something special to attract registered members. Because I am a football fan and a live-play fan, and I am very interested in live-play modification, I learned some knowledge about live-play modification myself. I cultivate a group of enthusiastic fans through my own games. Of course, you should note that modifying the game is only for sharing and not for commercial purposes (some Taobao and some even sell the live version of Qiu Feng that I modified, which is infringement). I shared my modified games by posting them on my forum, which attracted a group of relatively loyal members. However, I still want to warn you not to use bad things for temporary benefits. If you want to build a long-term website, you must not deviate from your core.
b. There must be a group of responsible and capable moderators. I think this is very important. A forum does not belong to you as the administrator. No matter how diligent you are, there will be times when you "do not take good care of it". In particular, you cannot be an all-rounder. As for me, because my interpersonal relationships are okay and many of my friends are colorful and colorful, I let some of my good friends serve as moderators of my forum. If you know about any team, be the moderator of that team. If you have talent for entertainment, you can be a moderator of the entertainment section. If you are very knowledgeable about movies, you can be a moderator of the movie section. If you are a music enthusiast, you can be a music moderator. Of course, there are many moderators who are members of the forum, and it is crucial to find suitable moderators. In this way, the forum will be updated in time and have a lot of original content.
C. Be good at using QQ groups, Baidu Tieba, and other related forums. This should be easy to explain. When you are a small website, you can only use some successful outlets to attract traffic and attract some people to see it. Naturally, some people will be interested in your website. Of course, you must remember that when your site has enough rich content. No, as soon as the website is built, there is nothing, so you get excited to promote it. This is a waste of time. As long as your site is relatively complete, the effect will be very good. Of course, the way of publicity must not be too straightforward, but be tactful. For example, you cannot post, please support my forum www.cslfans.com, but you can do this, the full version of the Chinese Super League report on August 8 www.cslfans.com/specific URL. What I mean is, do you understand? Although this is also an advertisement, it is easy for people to accept. Another thing is, you can't do it too often, you have to pay attention to it. Four times a day in the morning, noon, afternoon, and evening is enough. Too often and you may be blocked.
D. Establish friendly relationships with other similar forums and establish friendly links. This also requires that your forum has some content before people will be willing to do so. When your forum has just got a domain name, the framework has just been built, and there is no content. If you make such a request, others will not agree with it very much. You can join some related groups, some related communication platforms, and make some friends. Many people are still very talkative.
E. If you are running a forum, you should often organize some activities, install some appropriate plug-ins, and mobilize the enthusiasm of members. Whether a site is dynamic or not ultimately depends on how active its members are. For example, a site with 10,000 people will post less than 100 posts every day. However, my site has only 3,000 people, but the posts will not be less than 500 every day (note, this is not a pure post). Only dynamic sites will Only then will others be willing to sign up and join your family.
F. There is another point that is very general. In fact, I am still exploring it. Participate in more exchanges in webmaster forums such as A5, be good at using the third-party statistical functions of the forum, be good at using some webmaster tools, be good at beautifying the forum, etc.
Okay, that’s all for the exchange this time, I hope you all find it useful!
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