How to get more members?

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   On my visits to frequent record fairs and discussions with the prog vendors there, it bums me out no end that virtually all of them stare blankly when I ask if they've heard of the Prog Archives website. Most of them have no idea what it is.

Amongst the bands and artists themselves we have no problem with exposure, but the mere mortals lol....that's another story.  

I'll keep spreading the good word all the same though...   

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Aussie-Byrd-Brother Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951	Posted: March 24 2014 at 00:23
	On my visits to frequent record fairs and discussions with the prog vendors there, it bums me out no end that virtually all of them stare blankly when I ask if they've heard of the Prog Archives website. Most of them have no idea what it is. Amongst the bands and artists themselves we have no problem with exposure, but the mere mortals lol....that's another story. I'll keep spreading the good word all the same though...

ExittheLemming Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11415	Posted: March 24 2014 at 00:22
	There's currently 163 active users online out of 50,000 members worldwide on PA which is a lot of active users at any one time compared to sister sites JMA (22 active users out of 2,024 members) and MMA (19 active users out of 2,460 members) Although the percentage of members who visit the forums is higher on both MMA and JMA I just wonder how many dormant accounts we have on PA? (there must be thousands) plus I'd hazard most members of JMA and MMA are also members of PA so there's significant duplication involved. Just an observation, not neccesarily a criticism, but as PA is much older than its sister sites, does anyone feel that the focus on the PA forums has maybe shifted over time from music discussions to general discussions? if so, does this perhaps put potential new members off?

Dayvenkirq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970	Posted: March 24 2014 at 00:06


Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Online Points: 65268	Posted: March 23 2014 at 23:56
	It would be nice to see more than just a few new active Forum posters, maybe we scare them off with our know-it-all attitude and petty bickering. Nah.

Dayvenkirq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970	Posted: March 23 2014 at 23:49
	There's nothing anyone can do. A forum is a forum. People come and people go, and some stay. Some feel like a part of a family, some see one too many trolls. Some people feel like at home and can come and go as they please, and some just see a host of Genesis and Yes polls. Like there's a way to change that. Let things happen naturally.

Finnforest Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16913	Posted: March 23 2014 at 21:09
	True...though there are usually a couple hundred "active users" on the forum....so maybe people like to read stuff but don't like to "sign up" for stuff? But yeah, I know what you mean.

Horizons Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952	Posted: March 23 2014 at 20:59
	My apologizes (maybe?) but i don't have a long winded paragraph to complement my reasoning for asking this question. Simple as this: How could we try to get more active, consistent members on this forum? This forum is inhabited by the same 15 members with a newbie posting either their introduction thread or a rogue posting from a random newbie from the past once or twice. Is it a problem with the look of the forum and main site to interest people in coming back? The subject were devoted to? The members? The topics? How could we try to make this forum more appealing for others to come and stay. A fresh batch of lovely members are desperately needed imo.
	Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.