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The End of One Internet Marketing Forum, Continues with Another December 7, 2006

Posted by Andrew Wee in : Forums , trackback

Forums are a great way of getting information, especially on an active forum where you might get an answer to a question within minutes after posting a question.

I’ve been managing two forums for the past 4 months and we’ve come to a decision point.

Should we continue with two parallel forums, both focused on Internet Marketing?

It was after quite a bit of reflection that I’ve decided to take down the WhoIsAndrewWee forum and to focus on building up the Digital Keiretsu (DK) Internet Marketing forum.

A couple of pull factors:

Easy Upgrade Path

The DK forum based on vBulletin gives great functions via it’s modular/plug-in architecture.

My friend and fellow Internet Marketer, TofuMonkey, spent many hours hacking the WhoIsAndrewWee forum code to add new functions like the embedding of video clips.

However, it kinda worked, but wasn’t what we expected.

On the other hand, DK’s vBulletin (vB) code was much easier to handle, especially with the help of Forum Guru Ryan Chua.

I’m able to embed videos easily and vB natively supports many functions via it’s architecture.

In fact, Ryan has tweaked the DK forum and it looks quite different from stock vB forums.

Rich Media Content

It’s just a matter of time before blogging goes way beyond text to encompass photos, images, audio, video and enhanced interactivity.

Two words: Viral Video.

Hence, the focus on adding DK’s video resources.

Check out: Digital Keiretsu’s video clips

I especially like Judson Laipply’s “Evolution of Dance” and the “Hugs Campaign” videos.

Viral videos are already generating massive amounts of traffic and you can expect them to be more pervasive especially as powerful video editing computers and software becomes more common.

Want to see the face of the future?

Check out: Digital Keiretsu’s video clips