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Riches, fame, glory ... OK, that's perhaps exaggerating
somewhat, but running a successful forum can certainly make
you very popular and bulk out the wallet considerably.

Here are the ten best reasons to start your own discussion
forum:

 1. Meet People
     Do you love to garden, do wood-working or
     build model airplanes? Visit a forum on any niche topic and
     you'll meet others who are also interested in that topic.       

 2. Share and Learn
     Help others by sharing your knowledge and
     learn from those with new and different experience.

 3. Increase RECOGNITION
    Repeated posting is a great way to get your name out
    there. 

 4. Enhance Credibility    
    Become known as an 'expert' by providing thoughtful
    answers and suggestions to questions posed on the
    forum.

 5. Boost Traffic
    As you become more widely known as an expert, your
    name and URL will be mentioned elsewhere on the
    web, which then brings more visitors to your site.

 6. Improve Site Ranking
    More visitors means better page rankings at Google
    and higher search engine listings at all the major
    search engines - which in turn means MORE traffic
    still!

 7. Create Information Database
    Any product or service sold generates a set of
    commonly asked questions. Post answers on your forum
    and then send people directly to the specific answer
    on your site. (Having them go to your site will also
    help boost your page rank and bring in still MORE
    visitors!)

 8. Reduce Workload
    Regular forum participants will answer questions that
    others have posted, thereby reducing your workload.

 9. Gather Information and Feedback
    Need new ideas for products? Post your own questions
    to find out what your forum visitors most want and
    need - then use that information to:

10. Promote Products
    Display ads for products related to your forum
    visitors' interests at the top and bottom of
    every page. Ads can be for your own products or for
    merchants with whom you are affiliated. Post new
    messages when you have a new product  that your
    visitors will be interested in.

Those are just the obvious reasons - I'm sure you'll
discover many more benefits when you become master of your
own forum.