Comments on: The best online community: A forum or a blog?

By: Mathew day

Mathew day — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:11:22 +0000

I am member of several forums and I also have a lot of blogs. Which is better for me? I could not say per se. A forum gives you immediate response to quesions that you may have while you can get to talk about anything in blogs without interruption or prejudice. People who are interested in what you have to say visit those blogs and they may approve or disapprove. So which one is better for me? I say, both. I could not live without either one.

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By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:00:36 +0000

Cologne – You’re right; forums are completely different to blogs in terms of the challenge they pose. You can make money from forums, but you may find advertisers shy away from standard CPM or time-based advertising and prefer to pay only for results. A large forum with a strong niche can be highly attractive to relevant advertisers, though.

By: Cologne

Cologne — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:36:39 +0000

I believe both make for great communities and I use both. However, I only tried started a blog and not a forum. Forums are a different online beast. As much as I like the community and network aspects of starting blogs and forums, I need to pay the bills so these projects need to be somewhat profitable for me to go into a particular venture. The blogging platform has been great as far as monetization goes, but I have not yet delved into the making money online through forums.

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By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:12 +0000

Cody – Well, I’m glad I converted you! It’s good to have you around

By: Chat

Chat — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:44:29 +0000

Martin before i became a community member on communityspark i really wasn’t into blogs/ didn’t have that much knowledge about them. Now i retract my statement that blogs don’t have members because they definitely do.

(this is really the first blog I have ever posted on a semi regular basis)

-Cody

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:21:04 +0000

Justin – You are spot on; both are communities, but in different way. Blogging is not easy – it is bloody hard work, as you are realising for yourself! Then again, I would argue that forums are even harder to successfully develop!

By: Justin Slife

Justin Slife — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:29:49 +0000

I believe both are communities. They are different, but they both have interaction between members.

I have a hard time with my blog because I’m just not great at writing…it is very time consuming.