if you ran gupshup you would....

webmister · October 7, 2011, 9:31pm

Re: if you ran gupshup you would…

I guess you are looking to increase the traffic. If you are looking for more traffic , you need to market your service. I know , I know you will say market the GS forums ? Nobody markets their forums.
Yes they don’t if it is a sweat shop operation they do not have funds.
If their forum have universal appeal they do not have to people find them.
But since you are targeting a particular segment – Pakistani Community and anybody who is interested to engage with them. Advertise these forums in Desi Newspapers, Desi Radio , Desi TV with an add like this :
Looking for some desi mirch masala ? Click on gupshup.com and engage in discussions with people who share your opinions, culture , politics , religion and passions.
Try in Chicago , New Jersey , Houston , LA , San Francisco and see what happens.
You do not have to have a big budget and big ads. The advertising in those desi news papers, desi radio stations and desi TV shows based in US is cheap , very cheap.
More forums and etc you can have once you have lot of traffic. Sky is the limit when it comes to forums by subjects or topics or interests.
I might not be making sense to you but if I was running this show this is what I would do to increase the traffic even if I had to sell my wife’s jewelry.
No , I ain’t interested to run this show.

Paid advertisement for a free forum is a bad idea.