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  1. Shawn Gossman

    Forums with blogs, Blogs with forums...

    Should forum owners also have a blog associated with their forum? or... Should bloggers also have a forum associated with their blog? Do you think one contradicts the other when they're both about the same thing and are meant to cross-promote each other? Or do you think it's a good idea?
  2. Shawn Gossman

    Too many addons!!

    How many addons is too many addons for a forum? I've always tried to keep mine under 10. Right now, I have well under 10. What number do you think is too much and why that number versus any other number? What does having too many addons on a forum mean to you as a forum admin?
  3. Shawn Gossman

    SEO Search Traffic vs. Community Loyalty

    Do you think forum admins should focus more on search traffic to grow their forum or community loyalty to grow their community? What is your opinion of this based on your experience? Please vote in the poll below and feel free to reply with anything else you'd like to add.
  4. Shawn Gossman

    Legal Issues Protecting yourself from legal problems

    There are many different internet of things that can get you in hot water, whether criminal or civil. Things like image copyright violations, not quoting articles, theft of content, privacy issues, bullying, child safety problems, and so much more. What are you doing as a forum owner to...
  5. Shawn Gossman

    Blog Marketing Turning headings into questions (AI SEO)

    SEO is changing for us bloggers, as we know! The AI snippets are really impacting question-based search intent which is like almost all search intent these days. If our content gets into the sources of the AI snippet at the top of SERPs, then it will help us in terms of SEO. I think we need...
  6. Shawn Gossman

    vBulletin If vBulletin had a better style...

    I have two vBulletin 6 licenses. I have two forums on them. The forums and the features are great but the styles kind of suck. I really think if they worked on a new style structure, and modernized it a bit more, then it would dramatically make the forum software so much better. What do you...
  7. Shawn Gossman

    Is forum gamification just hype?

    Forum gamification looks great! Credits, quests, awards, leaderboards, etc. But is all that paying off on forums that use it? I mean, seriously, is it making forums more popular and more active? Or is it turning into just plain hype? What do you all think?
  8. Shawn Gossman

    A portal opens up...

    In 2026, all of a sudden, a portal opens up in your office or living room... You get the chance to go back to yourself right before you install your first forum. What 1 to 3 (maximum of 3) tips are you giving yourself with the knowledge you know now (future you) to past you to make your forum...
  9. Shawn Gossman

    Web Creator Forum

    This thread is for the general discussion of the link Web Creator Forum. Please add to the discussion here.
  10. Shawn Gossman

    Profit Does monetization talk scare members away?

    Forum monetization talk... Adding ads. Adding premium membership. Adding a pay gate to content. There are many ways to talk about monetizing a forum. But does this sort of talk do more bad than good for a forum? Does the talk of monetizing a forum potentially scare members away because they're...
  11. Shawn Gossman

    Members and Staff Lurkers

    Are lurkers the backbone of the forum community? How many lurkers does your forum have? How many active and posting members do you have? Are there more lurkers than posting members? If you care about the member amount metric, if all your lurkers were unregistered all of a sudden, would you...
  12. Shawn Gossman

    Writing Trail Forum

    This thread is for the general discussion of the link Writing Trail Forum. Please add to the discussion here.
  13. Shawn Gossman

    Blog Profit Side Hustle

    Do you think blogging is a good side hustle? In terms of making money online, you can do quite a bit of that with blogging. However, it takes effort and commitment to monetize a blog. Is this something you do as a side hustle and is it worth it at all?
    • Shawn Gossman
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    • make money blogging side gig side hustle
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Blogging
  14. Shawn Gossman

    Feature requests

    Do you implement all feature requests on your forum? Most forums get feature requests whether they be new sections to be added, new plugins, or design changes. But how often are requests implemented? What has to happen first?
  15. Shawn Gossman

    Profit Support the forum

    Have you ever asked members to support your forum, and it actually worked? You know, like donate to help the forum for the hosting and server costs. Do you think the right kind of community can fully keep the forum afloat?
  16. Shawn Gossman

    Most misunderstood forum admin responsibility

    In your opinion and experience, what is the most misunderstood responsibility of a forum admin? What should more members know about in terms of running and forum that they usually don't understand?
  17. Shawn Gossman

    Stop Publishing, Start Updating

    Should bloggers start updating more than they are publishing? It's important that content on a blog stay evergreen and present. In order to accomplish that, you have to update old posts. What's the use continuing to post new content after new content if that content has an expiration date...
    • Shawn Gossman
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    • updating content updating old blog posts updating old content
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Blogging
  18. Shawn Gossman

    Is a boring platform the best choice?

    Really! Thank about it. The more featured and active a platform or software becomes, the less user friendly it becomes. Why? Because people have to learn how to use it to use those features. No one wants to learn how to use a platform these days. No one has wanted to learn that for a long...
  19. Shawn Gossman

    Monetizing loyalty-driven communities

    Do you think monetizing loyalty-driven communities is easier than monetizing other types of communities? I mean with loyalty-driven communities, you have people who are loyal to the forum and will come back frequently, on their own, without you asking them to come back. Wouldn't these loyal...
  20. Shawn Gossman

    Hiding forum statistics

    I think the forum statistics widget is too much of an activity crusher. I think most admins and some members care too much about numbers. Number of members, number of topics, number of posts, and so on. I think that vanity metrics result in people not posting and admins not wanting to...
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