Forum Topic Ideas Generator
Use this free Forum Topic Ideas Generator tool to brainstorm ideas for topics to post on internet discussion forums. You may find this tool especially useful if you're starting a new niche forum in a particular niche. Remember to bookmark this page and visit from time to time as the suggested topics change constantly. Posting updated traffic on your forum will help keep visitors interested in your board, and will hopefully lead to more user registrations.
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Related Niches
This table lists some related niches. The popularity refers to the number of relative number of times our portfolio of SEO sites have encountered the niche. Less popular niches may be easier to rank for and ideal keywords to base a microniche authority site or small niche discussion forum around.
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Do more niche research on our sister site Niche Laboratory.
Related Blog Posts
Here are some of the latest blog posts from various blogs that may be relevant to your niche. Why not post a link to any of the blog posts that your forum members might be interested in. Alternatively you could use these posts as inspiration for your own forum threads.
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Do more blog research on our sister site FindABlog.Net.
Forum Topic Ideas
If you're starting a new discussion forum then it's a great idea to 'seed' your new forum with some topics people are interested in and will want to register and post a response to. To make your forum look more realistic you could create a few different user accounts then post some replies to your own topics. That way your new discussion board will look like it's a pretty lively place already, which will encourage more people to register.
Note: you might need to adjust these suggested forum topics for singular or plural forms and also to make them more appropriate for your audience and niche.
Video Title Ideas
Not many forums have a YouTube channel, but this can be a great way to find new visitors to your forum. Below are some ideas for videos you could create.
Do more YouTube niche research on our sister site FindAChannel.Net.
Note: you might need to adjust these suggested video titles for singular or plural forms and also to make them more appropriate for your audience and niche.
Tips for Brainstorming Forum Topics
Below are some tips for rapidly growing your forum by adding relevant and topical topics and posts that lurkers as well as registered members will be sure to love.
- It's worth setting up some Google Alerts so you'll find out when somebody posts something potentially related to your niche. Go here to set up some alerts. In some niches Google News Alerts will also be useful, and will help you find topical content to post.
- Blogs are often a great source of inspiration. You can 'borrow' article ideas and also post a link to somebody else's article and comment on it on your forum. Be sure to tell your members what you love or hate about their blog post. Check out our sister site FindABlog as you can register then set up some projects for your forum niches and find a lot of updated blog articles relating to your niches.
- The other day I tried installing a new photoediting package, and it was a total freaking disaster.... People LOVE stories, so make sure your forum is full of them. For example if you're running a weight loss forum then be sure to include many success stories as well as fails. If you can upload your own stories, then so much the better.
- Are you making a forum about actual products and services? If so then a really nice idea I found on the Doll Dreaming forum is that they have a waiting room sub-forum. This is an area of the forum where people can post threads about items they have ordered but haven't yet received. It works particularly well in niches where the products are limited edition, buying takes a long time (vehicles, properties), or people are generally super excited about something that's coming in the mail.
- When I ran forums I found a super quick way to add interesting threads was to find interesting YouTube videos then post them as embeds in the forum. Make sure you have a way of easily adding embeddable videos to your forum because if somebody is viewing a thread on your forum and they click to play a video they'll likely end up staying a lot longer on your forum.
- If you add any new features to your forum then remember to tell your members about them. These threads can often lead to some lengthy discussions.
- It's well worth investing in growing your forum. One really quick way of doing this is by offering some easy PayPal cash for the poster of the month. You could also run giveaways, which could work really well if you already have a site in the niche and get sent product samples and other freebies from companies.
- Showcasing new products and services in your niche will often help get the discussions going. One way of doing this is to find some stores in your niche and subscribing to their mailing lists. Check out our sister site FindAStore for a huge selection of Shopify niche stores. Most stores have a mailing list. You can also use FindAStore and the individual store websites to find their new and best selling products. As your forum grows it's also worth reaching out to these stores and seeing if they will sponsor or want to advertise on your forum.
- Once your forum gains traffic, then use your forum's statistics, Google Analytics and Google Search Console data to find out what you're ranking for. Then you can create more similar content that you'll know people will enjoy. The danger with this approach is that what you're interested in and what your visitors and other members are interested in aren't always the same thing. If this happens you need to figure out a compromise between making a forum about a topic you enjoy writing about, or a topic that will generate a decent income once your forum becomes really popular.
