why bitcointalk don't advertise anywhere.

[Rikafip]

Originally when I saw this post I was going to reply that BitcoinTalk does not need advertising and that it is already large and established enough to naturally garner attention with its brand and existing community...however, I actually think that a large-scale advertising campaign could propel the BitcoinTalk community into something none of us have ever been able to experience in an online forum, in terms of activity.

Large scale advertising campaign for a discussion forum would be an utter waste of money and honestly I never even saw a forum doing something like that.

I've been active on various forums for ~20 years and what's obvious is that they are pass their prime simply because there is way more competition now than it was in the past and younger generations usually prefer faster means of communication like Twitter/reddit/ Telegram/Discord etc. What bitcointalk could do though to attract younger audience is to at least optimize it for a mobile phone use but unfortunately we can't even get that.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Indirectly we have projects and news media during the advertising for the forum. I got to know about this forum because of a bounty I wanted to join way back in 2017 and we still have those bounties ongoing in 2023. From this bounties we have users that might pick interest in wanting to know more about the forum as I did and they might turn out to be productive members of the forum. We also have news platforms and influencers advertising the platform for free because whenever there's a Bitcoin related anniversary that has to do with the forum they post it and their followers get to know about the forum.

We have anniversaries like I'm Hodling, Bitcoin pizza day etc that all have something to do with the forum and I have seen them on numerous twitter profile with big following and all this contribute to the advertising of the forum in some ways. We also have new projects coming on the forum to make their ANN (announcement thread), people that are interested in the project follow the links to the forum to read and get to know about the forum existence. The forum also get ads when mentions of Bitcoin forum comes up. There is so many means in which the forums gets its advertisment so it doesn't necessarily has to advertise itself, the forum has her users doing that for it as I believe we constantly introduces our friends to the forum and they they do the same etc.

[MusaPk]

How about have you seen YouTube advertisement? What about Reddit or Pinterest? Because 'bitcointalk" is a forum and forums don't need advertisement, simply because it is an avenue where people come to discuss business and services pertaining to what the forum stands for, just like Bitcointalk forum which stands for "Bitcoin" and official forum for people to discuss issues regarding the use, investment and trading of Bitcoin, unlike social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter & Youtube which offers a general market place for public discussion.

Why advertising a platform that's already getting too much business. There is no need to waste money when your targets are achieved without it. Despite zero advertisement the activity per day and number of active users here are way too high then other forums of same category. Bitcointalk.org is supposed to be created by founder of bitcoin aka Satoshi back in 2009. The reason for this platform creation is to share details of bitcoin or we may say its a non profit platform.

[Renampun]

While viewing football during weekends I see companies like Stake, Sportbet.io and many others advertise on the display boards and also sponsor football clubs and I also see them here advertising.

But I have never seen bitcointalk advertisment anywhere but yet there is traffic.
It is true that social media platforms like Facebook, twitter and Instagram does not also advertise anywhere but people advertise for them indirectly when they sample their profiles which will include their twitter and Instagram handles.
I have never seen: contact me on bitcointalk @Stephen.
Any special reasons for not advertising bitcointalk forum?
And don't we think there will be shortage of users here as time passes?

In order to keep this forum healthy (away from unauthorized persons) there is no need to advertise it. You also have to be able to distinguish between real forums - social media - forums that seek to raise money. Apart from that, because the initial purpose of creating this forum was a discussion about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies (or development), so it is not important to pay for ads on Google.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Indirectly we have projects and news media during the advertising for the forum. I got to know about this forum because of a bounty I wanted to join way back in 2017 and we still have those bounties ongoing in 2023. From this bounties we have users that might pick interest in wanting to know more about the forum as I did and they might turn out to be productive members of the forum. We also have news platforms and influencers advertising the platform for free because whenever there's a Bitcoin related anniversary that has to do with the forum they post it and their followers get to know about the forum.

We have anniversaries like I'm Hodling, Bitcoin pizza day etc that all have something to do with the forum and I have seen them on numerous twitter profile with big following and all this contribute to the advertising of the forum in some ways. We also have new projects coming on the forum to make their ANN (announcement thread), people that are interested in the project follow the links to the forum to read and get to know about the forum existence. The forum also get ads when mentions of Bitcoin forum comes up. There is so many means in which the forums gets its advertisment so it doesn't necessarily has to advertise itself, the forum has her users doing that for it as I believe we constantly introduces our friends to the forum and they they do the same etc.

     -  This is exactly what you said, this is the reason why Bitcointalk forum doesn't need ads anymore, because all the bounty hunters who are involved in the promotion of projects that enter here on the bitcointalk platform and our forum is automatically promoted.

With the number of categories provided by the promotion of new projects in the platform industry, it is sure to be recognized. Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord, Telegram, Article, translation and others will really help the forum platform in my understanding.

[Zoomic]

Indirectly we have projects and news media during the advertising for the forum. I got to know about this forum because of a bounty I wanted to join way back in 2017 and we still have those bounties ongoing in 2023. From this bounties we have users that might pick interest in wanting to know more about the forum as I did and they might turn out to be productive members of the forum. We also have news platforms and influencers advertising the platform for free because whenever there's a Bitcoin related anniversary that has to do with the forum they post it and their followers get to know about the forum.

We have anniversaries like I'm Hodling, Bitcoin pizza day etc that all have something to do with the forum and I have seen them on numerous twitter profile with big following and all this contribute to the advertising of the forum in some ways. We also have new projects coming on the forum to make their ANN (announcement thread), people that are interested in the project follow the links to the forum to read and get to know about the forum existence. The forum also get ads when mentions of Bitcoin forum comes up. There is so many means in which the forums gets its advertisment so it doesn't necessarily has to advertise itself, the forum has her users doing that for it as I believe we constantly introduces our friends to the forum and they they do the same etc.

I am so much pleased with this response. I have been going through the responses, there are so many good responses but this is the best that explained everything comprehensible to me. Some persons only reason bitcointalk.org does not advertise is because it is a forum, a forum does not advertise. I don't take that as a sound argument or response.
This post gave me all possible reasons the forum does not advertise and I think I am satisfied now.
Thank you CryptopreneurBrainboss
Thanks@all

[FatFork]

One key question to ask yourself with every advertising or marketing campaign is: What goal or objective am I trying to accomplish? The community is already strong enough as it is, so what would be the rationale for making such an investment? Instead, I'm with the others who have already brought it up - the forum admins should really prioritize optimizing it for mobile use and embracing new technologies in order to appeal to a younger audience.

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This post gave me all possible reasons the forum does not advertise and I think I am satisfied now.

In that case, I recommend that you consider closing this thread.