Using Message Boards Properly

Message boards can be a fun, profitable way to meet new people and gain sales, however could you be using them the wrong way?

Seven 'Must Follow' Rules While Participating In Message Boards

Participating in message boards (forums) discussions is a great way of self promotion. It costs you nothing. Not even a penny. All you have to do is allot sometime for this type of promotion. Befor...

The Demise of EZBoard

EZBoard's network of forums was attacked on May 30, 2005, resulting in many forums being damaged irreparably. Many forum managers made the difficult move to PHP and are not looking back. See what this incident has done to the once venerable message board hosting community.

6 Forum Management Essentials

If you are tasked with managing a forum, congratulations to you. If you find yourself weighed down by mundane management tasks, you are not alone. Let's examine some essentials to help you run an effective and vibrant message board community without the hassles of micromanagement.

Forum Software 101 - Why It is Vitally Important to Choose the Best Software to Run your Forum

Uncover the Secrets to Setting up an Internet Discussion Forum

Forum Perils for Customer Relationship Management

Forums are not only useful for sharing ideas and web-networking - they can also be used as part of your customer relationshiop management strategy. This second article covers the negative impact forums can have on your customer relationship management initiatives - both through your own actions, as well as those of unhappy customers.

Discussing Concepts Online with Argumentative Folks

Have you ever happened onto an online forum and read some of the threads and posts and thought that they were too attacking? Did it turn you off and make you want to not participate, perhaps you read a bit and then clicked out? Well then, you are not alone; this happens even on scientific, innovation and industry forums.

Benefits of Starting a Forum Community on Your Website

Forums are excellent additions to your website to make it 'sticky'.

Jump-starting Your Forum Community

Forums are great additions to a website, that is if it is active and visitors are frequenting the forum. The most difficult step is getting over the inertia of a new forum with few members.

PHPBB2: A Tapestry of World Languages

PHPBB2 isn't just for westerners, in fact sixty languages are currently represented by this terrific open source program.

Privacy and Online Forums: Leaving an Online Trail

Do you participate in any online forums or discussion groups? That can be a great way to promote your business, form new business relationships and friendships, and learn from others in your industry. But there are hazards as well . . .

A Quick And Easy Guide To Using Online Forums And User Groups

How to make the most of internet forums to help increase traffic and customers to your website.

Gets Users on Your Forum- Forum Advertising Explained

So you think you have a great idea and would like to start a new online forum. However you might be wondering how hard an endeavor like this might be. Once you have your online community up and running there are several ways that you can get the word out and start driving potential members toward your online forum.