problem getting members to post on my forum

[jay kay]

Hi guys i have started an online dating forum on our website about 6 months ago and it has already got 941 posts and 212 members and member barely ever post on it. we would be lucky to get at least 20 new posts a week and at the moment we are only getting about 10 posts at the max - which isn't good at all.

I have went out of my way and created a few fake accounts and even posted threads under the fake names but still that didn't help drawing new traffic to the forum. I am the administrator of the forum and when i login and see member lurking instead of participating in the fourm (posting) i really bothers me.

I look at other dating forums and they seem to get alot of members who post regularly. What should i do to get current members to post and get people to register on the forum.

I was thinking of paying people to post regularly on the forum, at least that might help a little. But i don't want to come accross desperate.

Hope you can give me good advice that will help increase the number of users and posts on the forum.

Thanks

[Josh Sommers]

what forum software are you using?

[chimikolo]

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[paperkool]

Why would anyone want to post on your forum? Think of it that way.
Why not run a contest? Give a prize for the most legitimate posts each month or something of that nature.

I just submitted your application and it reads: I have to wait for administration to varify.
Do you allow signatures? Signatures may be an incentive for people to post.

[Bob Sommers]

Hi Gloria:
There could be lots of reasons why people are not joining and/or posting on your forum. Are you using every tool possible to get traffic to your site? Once there, is your call to action compelling enough to get them to sign-up on your forum? Where is your forum please? I'll take a look at it.
Aloha, Bob Sommers