How to get traffic to new free computer help forum

How to get traffic

[originalthecahd]

Hey all,

I have recently started a free computer help forum and wish to get member's. I have signed up for google ad words but am having no luck what am I doing wrong?

[rogerd]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, originalthecahd. A forum with no posting activity usually means one of two things:
1) No traffic.
2) Visitors arrive but see no reason to post.

Here are a couple of threads from the library that might help:
Starting a Web Community [webmasterworld.com]
Pulling forum lurkers out of hiding [webmasterworld.com]

In the early days, you (and any friends or associates you can enlist) may have to do a lot of posting to make the forum look active and to respond to new arrivals who may post. You may want to hold off on the Adwords until you can figure out how to convert a reasonable percent of visitors into posters.