250 posts is 3 days? Is that supposed to be impressive? I don't consider that to be active to be honest. It sounds like your forum is just getting...
I've done that too. I've also written a lot of unique content for my forum, including reviews of sites in my niche.
I'm the only moderator on my forum, but if I we're to hire any help for moderating. They wouldn't be required to make a "x" amount of posts. But...
It took awhile for my forum to get a couple regulars. It's important to just keep posting quality content on your forum that is helpful to your...
I'd rather have the second option, because I like to win. It's also easier to increase the activity on your forum, when you have the #1 forum in...
I have both a likes system, and reputation system(with comments) that allows you to give positive/negative reputation on my forum. We will be...
I created a Google+ page for my forum, but I haven't taken the time to figure it out yet. I do use a Facebook fan page though for promoting, and...
My forum was receiving more activity in July, but I've closed it until August 15th to make upgrades.
I never used Fiverr, but I probably would if I was looking for cheap services. I want quality content whenever I buy something online, and I don't...
It won't happen, unless the free forum software's step their game up, and make there software just as good as the paid ones.
My friend is very into web design, and he doesn't use Photoshop so I don't think it's necessary, but it'll definitely make your life a lot easier...
Notepadd++ for HTML and CSS, but I also use Netbeans for PHP, Java, and any other programming languages that I plan on learning.
My forum theme was a premade theme that I made a lot of customizations too. I'll hire a designer for a new IPB theme when I can afford it, and get...
Forums aren't dying, yours might. But mine will always keep growing, because I'll always be the owner, and I put a lot of value on myself. I'll...
I'll try out Twitterfeed. Hopefully it works with IPB. I've just been posting some threads manually on my Twitter account every once in awhile.
I setup my own email in my cpanel account, and then I linked it with my gmail account so I can receive my emails in my gmail.
Why let it bother you? You're making money, and they're probably not. They want what you have, and when you make money there will always be haters.
I use Paypal, because everyone uses Paypal. I'd prefer to use another payment processor, but Paypal is the #1 choice so I need Paypal whenever I'm...
I funded everything myself so far. But I might take a loan off my cousin for $2000 since he offered it, and it'd help me out a lot with taking my...
The "general poker" section on my forum is the most popular, but I'm expecting my marketplace forums to be more popular once my forum gets bigger.
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