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TFroehlichIII:
I was just wondering. I my forum has been live for about two weeks. I have submitted it to search engines and what not and I try to post at least once a day. How long does it take to start getting members and what not. I know this varies from forum to forum but I was just wondering of a rough idea possibly... How can I boost this process? I am having t-shirts and car decals made to advertise as well as sent out an invite to ALL my friends on Facebook; What else should I be doing?

Feel free to check out the forum so far! www.myproductivehealth.com

Colin:
Welcome to SMF,
Remember content is king. Get your friends, family, and most importantly yourself posting away in your forum. No one wants to post in a big, scary empty board. Now coming to the most important issue. You have nearly 40 boards, 38 to be exact. In total you have 35 posts. That is a big no no. Take a look at this as well: http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Many-Forum-Boards-Are-Too-Many?&id=6541304

Westwegoman:
Mine has been live for a few years and I can tell you, it takes a bunch of patience. Ive learned that it's not good to have too many empty boards. (although some of mine are empty) after about 2 years, I have 60 members, although registration has seemed to pick up in the past few weeks. But hey, that could just be coincedence.

I can say that if you try to get friends and family to post, remember that most won't, atleast that's what I experienced. I don't know if it's because they just aren't interested or if they just don't know how to navigate forums. I would bet on the latter. Most people I interact with say they aren't sure how to navigate a forum, hence.... They don't know where to go in it.

Good luck with your forum and remember to have patience:)

ApplianceJunk:
Hello and Welcome,

It takes longer then two weeks. ;)

Content is king. Stick with it, most don't.

Good luck.

nominasi.com:
I agree with the comments of friends and still two weeks. let the spirit to build forum.

Good luck.

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