What is Your Reason for Sponsoring a Forum?

[Faye 2.0]

Since being the admin of a forum is a lot of work and expense, I wonder why some take on this task and responsibility?

 

[Cody Fousnaugh]

They have the money and the time or they really don't have either, but do it anyway. Just a thought.

 

[Sheryl]

Nobody does anything without some kind of reward. It might not be a monetary reward. It might be emotional reward like the satisfaction of a warm thank you for a favor, etc.

The people on YouTube want viewers to hit the like button and subscribe. The more likes and subscribers they have, the more likely they will be to have paying ads. The more ads they have, the more money they make. Same might be true for forums. If a forum gets enough members, the owner might be able to sell ads.

The owner of the forum that we just lost wanted us to mention products that we bought and businesses that we bought from. I never knew why but I suspect it had something to do with money.

 

[Nomad]

I have never sponsored a forum and I have not found a sponsor for my forum yet. If I decide on sponsoring a forum, it will be mainly for promoting my own forum.

 

[Cpvr]

Nobody does anything without some kind of reward. It might not be a monetary reward. It might be emotional reward like the satisfaction of a warm thank you for a favor, etc.

The people on YouTube want viewers to hit the like button and subscribe. The more likes and subscribers they have, the more likely they will be to have paying ads. The more ads they have, the more money they make. Same might be true for forums. If a forum gets enough members, the owner might be able to sell ads.

The owner of the forum that we just lost wanted us to mention products that we bought and businesses that we bought from. I never knew why but I suspect it had something to do with money.

It was more than likely a brand partnership where he’d get paid a lot of money for promoting then product.

Especially if there were links to amazon or another site that has affiliate links.

So everytime the product is mentioned or someone buys the product, he receives a commission from the sale or money for clicks.

 

[Sheryl]

I don't know. But since he was nice enough to set up the forum for us, I mentioned purchases whenever I could. I'm sure it takes a lot of time and effort to keep a forum operating.

 

[Smithy]

I have never sponsored a forum.
This is my hobby, I don't want to get paid sponsoring websites.

 

[Sheryl]

What do you get out of it?

 

[Smithy]

What do you get out of it?

Get out of what? Sponsoring a forum?

 

[Sheryl]

Yes. Like I said, nobody does anything if there is not some kind of reward.

 

[Smithy]

Yes. Like I said, nobody does anything if there is not some kind of reward.

Sponsoring a forum gains you money, basically like a paid advertisement.

 

[Sheryl]

Are you going to add ads later? I don't have a problem with that. I have Ad Block but I whitelist forums that I use and like.

 

[Smithy]

Are you going to add ads later? I don't have a problem with that. I have Ad Block but I whitelist forums that I use and like.

Nope!
My forum is a hobby I am not here to make money.

 

[Shortie]

I have never sponsored a forum or had a forum of mine sponsored. I guess if I was creating a forum with the intention of making profit, I would consider sponsoring or sponsors.

 

[Sheryl]

I think @Faye 2.0 really meant "Own a forum." Is that right, @Faye 2.0 ?

 

[Bobby Cole]

I and 2 others started a forum a number of years ago with the hopes of meeting more people who were serious minded and liked to explore and do research. What became of it is a topic for another day but…..
To the topic at hand, I’d have to ask the question: Why does anyone do anything?

I love woodworking and building muscle albeit I am a retired chef and preacher.
Both extracurricular endeavors are expensive and take a LOT of time to achieve any modicum of success at either one but they both make me feel good and both, if properly done give me a sense of achievement and confidence.

If a person enjoys what they do and find they are good at it or at least, want to learn to be good at it, then you get out of it exactly what you put into it and maybe…..a little bit more.

It’s like asking anew: Why did the chicken cross the road? Because she could.

 

[Sheryl]

I and 2 others started a forum a number of years ago with the hopes of meeting more people who were serious minded and liked to explore and do research. What became of it is a topic for another day but…..
To the topic at hand, I’d have to ask the question: Why does anyone do anything?

I love woodworking and building muscle albeit I am a retired chef and preacher.
Both extracurricular endeavors are expensive and take a LOT of time to achieve any modicum of success at either one but they both make me feel good and both, if properly done give me a sense of achievement and confidence.

If a person enjoys what they do and find they are good at it or at least, want to learn to be good at it, then you get out of it exactly what you put into it and maybe…..a little bit more.

Hench, the reward.

 

[Faye 2.0]

I think @Faye 2.0 really meant "Own a forum." Is that right, @Faye 2.0 ?

Actually both. Either own and administer or sponsor and have another admin and or moderators run it. A lot of companies sponsor forums in trade for the exposure.