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10-09-2007, 12:19 AM

Has anyone tried getting traffic to their forum using Google adwords. I was thinking I could put up a freebies section and advertise it with adwords ,but the catch is if the traffic isn't repeat traffic, I could end up spending more in the promotion then I stand a chance of making from the traffic. Is paid advertising any good for popularizing your forum ? Has anyone had any success using either Adwords, ppc or other forms of paid advertising for their forum ?

Vbblogger · 10-11-2007, 10:14 PM

There are several free ways of advertising you can use to promote your forum. PPC advertising doesn't come cheap.It's only when your forum covers a wide range of topics that you can try advertising on overture ,google etc.Even then if you aren't operating on a big budget , adwords could suffocate you if you are solely depending on it for your forum traffic.

Forumer · 10-13-2007, 03:02 AM

I am pretty sure adwords could be good for traffic, I am not sure how much traffic you would get, but it still is traffic.

Ace15 · 10-20-2007, 06:06 PM

My buddy used Adbrite to advertise, and he said he was very pleased with it. He said it was better than Google, and brought him quite a few hits for a low amount of money. It didn't give him many new members though.

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User Profile Demo Posts: n/a Total Points: 0 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0)	Advertising forum using adwords Has anyone tried getting traffic to their forum using Google adwords. I was thinking I could put up a freebies section and advertise it with adwords ,but the catch is if the traffic isn't repeat traffic, I could end up spending more in the promotion then I stand a chance of making from the traffic. Is paid advertising any good for popularizing your forum ? Has anyone had any success using either Adwords, ppc or other forms of paid advertising for their forum ?

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10-11-2007, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
User Profile Vbblogger Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 25 Posts: 33 Total Points: 612 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0)	There are several free ways of advertising you can use to promote your forum. PPC advertising doesn't come cheap.It's only when your forum covers a wide range of topics that you can try advertising on overture ,google etc.Even then if you aren't operating on a big budget , adwords could suffocate you if you are solely depending on it for your forum traffic.

10-13-2007, 03:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
User Profile Forumer Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 14 Total Points: 386 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0)	I am pretty sure adwords could be good for traffic, I am not sure how much traffic you would get, but it still is traffic.

10-20-2007, 06:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
User Profile Ace15 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 25 Total Points: 575 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0)	My buddy used Adbrite to advertise, and he said he was very pleased with it. He said it was better than Google, and brought him quite a few hits for a low amount of money. It didn't give him many new members though.