Need help w/ getting more members!!!

[Amavisca]

Hi all!

My cousin and I just stat this site/forums about 1 month + ago. We offer lots of things such as free submitting link to our directory, free guestbooks, free forums, Free automatic traffic generating system, and banner exchage system. Besides that on the forum, we even install a journals/blogs and trivia shock games for forums's members.
What else should I do inorder to get more members for the site/forum ???
Any suggestion will help. Thxn in advance.

Btw here is the link to the site: http://www.smartclickz.com

[zivo]

Do you have a target audience for your site?

You may wish to consider it if you don't. For example, Sitepoint is targeted towards the Web develpment/design community, yet there are thse topics plus a lot more. Finding a niche may help drive traffic towards it. And when I say niche, that could still mean thousands of users.

mp/m

[Amavisca]

Thxn zivo for a quick reply. I think my targe is for almost everyone (little bit focus more on teens and college students). What else should i do?

[zivo]

There are many general portals on the Web, thus you have a very wide list of competitors.

When people look to a portal, or anything on or off the Web, they want value. What is their incentive for visiting multiple times? What can they get there that they can't from elsewhere? Where it's easy to setup a site, like all systems, the brunt of the cost is in the maintenance and ongoing support.

You may want to sit down with your cousin and put together a plan. My suggestion is that you find a niche and exploit it. Just like someone else here who was trying to get traffic to a gaming forum, there were many ideas that were presented to meet the possible interests of gamers. When you're targeting everyone, it's much harder.

Good luck!

mp/m

[KelvinQ]

or you can just create flyers and post them at your local universities' bulletin boards

[Mike Panic]

do you have an advertising budget? may want to consider a small budget for some targeted traffic

[Amavisca]

Thxn kevin and mike. Both ideas soud pretty good. I will try both of them. However the student come home at this time now cuz the break, mayb when they come back I will post some flyer on school board.
About the advertising budget, yah my cousin and I have some small money and we plan spending it for overture.
Anybody here use overture?? Any exeprience?
Btw plz keep the suggestion coming Thxn all

[Amavisca]

Just add a Free dating service to the site. Is that a good thing?

[Shpigford]

Just add a Free dating service to the site. Is that a good thing?

I doubt it would hurt...

[maccrazy]

You seem to be doing quite well now with almost 14 thousand visitors in a week

[Amavisca]

You seem to be doing quite well now with almost 14 thousand visitors in a week

thnx man, yah i got lots of visitor but not all of them are posting on the forum tho. I hope thru time, people will encourage to post more.

[radv]

Side Note: I like the look of your site

[slicksno]

I have to agree, I like the look of the site also. Very original and creative look.

[ImageConstrux]

Not sure I can help with the membership angle, but did want to compliment you on the layout and features of the site. Very nicely put together. I may have to borrow an idea or two.

[Amavisca]

Thank you all for the nice compliment So far the membership is improving steady.

[Spencer F.]

Site doesn't work at all for me in Mozilla.

[m1k30rz]

Youve got a sweet design and lots of cool resources but you need some UNIQUE stuff for example tutorials.

Also do some link exchanges with people, this will help your Search Engine traffic