Behind the scenes of poker forums

Does NDN or anyone have any insider news about forum life?
What are the other forums doing?
How to start your own forum?
Competition amongst forums?
Are there sister forums?
Are there forums we should be aware of?
How many forums are there now?
Is poker forums growing and by how much?


The inner workings of maintaining a poker forum is quite intriguing.
Yet we know very little about the forum world.
Are there any experts out there to shed some lite on this topic?

Except Eejit, With all due respect, I am not interested in his oppinion on this subject.

Fine, but fu** you, so ill post it anyway.

Forums are hard to get going. They take years of marketing, link exchanging, and development. Its a full time job.

You need to buy a domain name, host it, buy the template for the forum, get it loaded. Edit everything about it. Make up names, ideas, and whatever.

Then set up games by becoming an affiliate just about everywhere. Some casinos are merged into one group, some are seperate casinos and poker rooms, so you need to send about.... 600 emails. All different. And sign up at 600 sites. With different info.

Then you need to get links, make marketing campaigns.

Then you need people to get their sites through you, which is mainly google based. Gl with that. I do it for a job, it sucks. Only way to move up google nowadays, as everyone can manage keywords ok themselves, is paying for it, or being an old site.

After all this you then set up games, leagues, all the time spending your own money. Then you need to reward members, with your own money. Then you do promos, with your own money.

ITs basically alot of cost and effort, and if you get satisfaction from it, great, gl, and im sure itd be popular if you had the man hours to put into it.

But it really is a full time job if it gets over a certain size.

Having poker games to get new members is fine, but you need brand new members. Finding that these days = hard as anything.

Gl

Didn't Rogue say he was an expert on this subject?




Hey Rogue, whats the news out there about forum life these days.




From the look of the OFC listing, forums have really boomed.




Some insight would be most helpful.




That's what we are here for.

This will turn into you talking to yourself soon.

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Originally Posted by freeringo

Didn't Rogue say he was an expert on this subject?




Hey Rogue, whats the news out there about forum life these days.




From the look of the OFC listing, forums have really boomed.




Some insight would be most helpful.




That's what we are here for.

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i may seem forums are booming but i dont see it that way really. i seen more forums either go down the tube or merge with others this year. i would like to know the % of forum that makeit it after their first year. cant be too high

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Originally Posted by targetguy1

i may seem forums are booming but i dont see it that way really. i seen more forums either go down the tube or merge with others this year. i would like to know the % of forum that makeit it after their first year. cant be too high

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I would love to see a list of which forums are connected.

Some forums are just shells and lucky to see any activity in them.

Some forums are so big, your voice isn't heard.

What is the purpose of this thread?

If you are not happy here, please look elsewhere. I am sure you will be able to find a place that you will enjoy.

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Originally Posted by nodepositneeded

What is the purpose of this thread?

If you are not happy here, please look elsewhere. I am sure you will be able to find a place that you will enjoy.

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I was actually interested in your knowledge NDN about what it's like to
run a forum and if you have conversations with other forum owners.
Is there a group of you?
Is there a annual news letter or convention/gather?

I met no animosity in this thread.
Everyone is on my wrong side today.

I honestly want to know about the evryday behind the scenes of a poker forum.

Is it a business or hobby for most?
How does it work?

Would you be so kind since I have had my anxity medicine and I am calm now?

OMG RINGO IS GOING CRAZY...
totaly nuts... Nobody can calm him down...lol...
Hey man... Go take a cold shower. relax a little.

FREE SPEECH CAN BE THAT GOOD?...lol..lol...
Compared to ringo on this state I look normal....:cheers2::party::party::nopity::cheers2:

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Originally Posted by freeringo

I was actually interested in your knowledge NDN about what it's like to
run a forum and if you have conversations with other forum owners.
Is there a group of you?
Is there a annual news letter or convention/gather?

I met no animosity in this thread.
Everyone is on my wrong side today.

I honestly want to know about the evryday behind the scenes of a poker forum.

Is it a business or hobby for most?
How does it work?

Would you be so kind since I have had my anxity medicine and I am calm now?

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I think a title other than "Other forum news" would have been better if you were interested in knowing what it's like to run NDN or any other forum.

I am running short on time today - But please send me a private message with a link to this thread and I will provide everyone with a giant post and some insight on what it's like.

ringo questions sound like a phylosopher asking god the meaning of life and everything...42...

P E A C E :hurray::seeya:.

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Originally Posted by navuta

OMG RINGO IS GOING CRAZY...
totaly nuts... Nobody can calm him down...lol...
Hey man... Go take a cold shower. relax a little.

FREE SPEECH CAN BE THAT GOOD?...lol..lol...
Compared to ringo on this state I look normal....:cheers2::party::party::nopity::cheers2:

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This is why I don't run for potitics
I would get killed

The positive of all this chaos is the heat is now off you Andre my friend.

Sorry I am so polarized today
It's not my MO

Sweet, id look forward to that thread.

I know what its like to run one thats crap and noone ever goes to:)

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Originally Posted by freeringo

This is why I don't run for potitics
I would get killed

The positive of all this chaos is the heat is now off you Andre my friend.

Sorry I am so polarized today
It's not my MO

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off me?... not on me anymore?
No way, I like keeping things hot u know!


I costed u one point of life but it was necessary. :patriot:

I'd really be interesting in knowing the behind the scenes situations that come up and what it's like to start one.

Not because I want one, just because I'm curious?

When did you decide to start ndn, ndn?

Lol at that last sentence.