Hey,
I'm working on starting and Investors forum. (stocks, forex, strategies)

Currently I'm going to use SMF until I can afford something like vBulletin.

I'm to the point where I need to start building content, I want 250+ word articles about investing. My question is should I be looking to use a paid forum posting service or hire a couple freelance writers and offer them something like $$ for the article + revenue sharing via adsense.

I was also think of starting a forum affiliate program that offers points for posts and referals and such.

ATM my forum is at lunatechpcs.com/forum but I'm looking to buy a more relative domain name, any thoughts on this will be appreciated as well. :thumbup:

i would do a competition similar to earners forums earlier one in order to stock up on content. I would also higher some writers who are knowledgable about investing

check out inventory.overture.com for keyword ideas and dnforum.com before you buy to see what people think. (domains)

Thanks for the info!!!

Was looking at some domain names, let me know what you think.

THEINVESTORSLIFE.COM
ANINVESTORSLIFE.COM
THEINVESTORSSOUL.COM

or do you think the word forum should be in the domain?

I almost think a forum/article database would be better than just a forum. Something like using joomla as a frontend for people to submit articles so I can offer revenue sharing and a bit more content control then have a forum to discuss the articles as well as strategies and what not.

Thanks again for help.