I am sure that forums are valuable assets for any website - repeat traffic, loyal visitors, sense of community, new contacts. Trying to get going one of my photo forums I am focused at the moment (I hope to find a recipe that I will apply to other forums of mine in the future) I think and search for all kinds of efficient promotion that I test and closely observe if it works or not.

The forum membership grows steadily, but not at the desirable rate (15-20 new members weekly). Another problem is that registered members are not active participants of the community. I have experimented with most techniques I know. One I keep in mind. I talk of paid posting service.

I have read all kinds of feedback of webmasters who have tried this service. I guess the result depends to a certain degree on your choice of the service and on the type of your community. The more serious topics discussed on your forum the worse result you will get with paid posting service. I think that most posters are young men, probably college students that come from non-English speaking countries.

But there are also positive feedbacks that make me keep this technique in mind.

I know the topic of my forum, so I just miss the second element of the show – a forum posting service.

Here is a good list of these service providers:

1. 100 Posts - http://www.100posts.com
2. Adhocpost - http://www.adhocpost.com
3. Advantage - http://www.advantageposting.com/
4. Best Forum Posting- http://www.bestforumposting.com/
5. Community Boost- http://www.communityboost.com
6. Community Starters - http://www.communitystarters.com
7. Creative Posting - http://www.creativeposting.com/
8. Credos Paid Posting - http://www.credos.us/paidposting/
9. Do Bump - http://www.dobump.com/
10. Five Star Forum - http://www.fivestarforums.com
11. Forum Advance - http://www.forumadvance.com
12. Forum Advantage - http://www.forumadvantage.com/
13. Forum Booster - http://www.forumbooster.net
14. Forum Boosting - http://www.forumboosting.com
15. Forum Bulge - http://www.forumbulge.com
16. Forum Candy - http://www.forumcandy.com
17. Forum Elves - http://www.forumelves.com
18. Forum Fairy - http://www.theforumfairy.com
19. Forum Fast Start - http://www.forumfaststart.com/
20.Forum Frogs - http://www.forumfrogs.com
21. Forum Launch - http://www.forumlaunch.com
22. Forum Mechanics - http://www.forummechanics.com/
23. Forum Paid Posting - http://www.forumpaidposting.com
24. Forum Posters - http://www.forumposters.org/
25. Forum Posts - http://www.forumposts.net
26. Forum Shock - http://www.forumshock.com
27. Forum Talkers - http://www.forumtalkers.com
28. Forum Turbo - http://www.forumturbo.com/
29. Forum Writers - http://www.forumwriters.bcentralhost.com/
30. ForumWriter - http://www.forumwriter.co.uk/
31. Forum Zeal - http://www.forumzeal.com/
32. Fruit Medley - http://www.fruitmedley.com/
33. Grow a Forum - http://www.growaforum.com
34. Huge Forum - http://www.HugeForum.be
35. Inb0x - http://www.inb0x.com
36. Larger Forum - http://www.largerforum.info/
37. Paid Posting - http://www.paidposting.net/
38. Pay Per Post- http://www.payperpost.com/
39. Paid Posting Central - http://www.paidpostingcentral.com/
40. Paid Posting Tools - http://www.paidpostingtools.com/
41. Paid Posts.com - http://www.paidposts.com
42. Paid Posts.info - http://www.paidposts.info
43. Paid Services - http://www.paid-services.net
44. Pixel Dynamics - http://www.pixeldynamics.org/
45. Post On My Forum - http://www.postonmyforum.com
46. Posting Pays - http://www.postingpays.com/
47. Posting World - http://www.postingworld.com
48. We Pay - You Post - http://www.wepay-youpost.com
49. Webmaster Welfare - http://www.webmasterwelfare.com/
50.. World Paid Posting Services - http://www.theseoworld.com/forums_posting_services.html

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Summary: All I need is to make my final decision if I m ready to pay and test this technique and make one more research on the company I am about to partner with.

I will keep you posted.

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