It was only a few years ago when I didn't know anything about forums or websites or that you could make money off of them. I was first exposed to HTML coding and making websites in a computer science class my sophomore year of high school. I became pretty interested in it and set off to make a website of my own after learning the basics in this class.

But, the beginner I was, didn't make a very appealing website. Not very easy on the eyes and no real topic, mostly containing "stuff I like". At the time I was proud of it though.

Now at the time I was just getting in to the forum world and enjoying posting and interacting with other members. But what I really wanted to do was run my own forum. So I set out to do this. I was beginning to learn about promotion and advertising and things of that sort, so I felt confident that I could run my own forum successfully.

So basically what I did was make a forum based off of some of the topics my first website had been about, namely gaming and technology. The forum went through several versions from various db failures and software changes, etc, but in my eyes it was successful averaging 50+ posts per day in its prime. When looked at by the casual eye, it is just another forum but it gave me the inspiration and motivation I needed to advance in the online world and try out bigger and better things. While my standards in terms of successfulness have since changed, my first forum was still a "success" to me.

congratulations on your first success.. dont let it stop their!!

Thanks man. I know its a small success but its what got me in to this business so for that I am thankful.

Well done,

Your forum seems large to me. Congratulations!

I have a new website that I'm trying to built up, including a forum on the site. I have not had much luck though in getting it really going. The forum is basically helping people save money, but its not getting the attention that I want. My dream is to have a site like DealOfDay.com has. Even if I don't make any money, I'd feel like I'm helping others save money.

Nice job bro

congratz and keep up the hard work. I hoep u become more sucessful in the future.

some how im thinking that the forum admins are righting these success stories, its all abit too suspicious

What do you mean, the admins here? I wrote this, it was for a contest at Earners Forum.

Cool!Congrats!It was really a success!Thanks for sharing the story!The more stories I read,the more I get inspired.Thanks again for sharing your story!

Congratz bro, it's a job well done! i wish i can do it too.

Nice forum you have there, I notice there is no adsense on it, you must be doing it for your love for WoW?

this is the first time to read your blog and I want you to congratulate you..keep up the good work..