should I go global or local?

[MichaelCash]

I built a local discussion forum for a niche industry... Now after 4 weeks I realized that only 1 user signed up and it is hard to get people onboard. I posted a link and a small ad at a free local classifieds. It was designed as a local forum and it targets one large city around 10mln people where I reside. Now, I am thinking of pivoting to make it global to have bigger audience. To do this I will remove the city name from the domain and will start promoting it globally. The question is, am I doing a right thing? So "go global" means bigger audience, "go local" - more weight in the community which is important for me(maybe they will show me on a local TV one day LOL). On the other hand, it is better to have popular global forum than an empty local?

What do you think about this situation?
Any ideas how hard is this to onboard users for a local resource vs global?

PS I was planning to spend some money on advertising (up to $1K), but I was discouraged to start with this because I got only 1 user signed up so far.

Thanks,
M

 

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[MattR82]

Xjev fu zua niep cz nusi xiohjv op vji mudem dunnapovz? Jux ot vjev ep efwepvehi vu zua? Og ov nefi pu foggisipdi vu timm ov xusmfxofi xjz xuamfp'v zua?

10 nommoup ot e qsivvz coh dovz vjuahj. O fup'v lpux og puv jewoph ipuahj siedj ot xjev zuas qsucmin siemmz ot. Lopfe piif nusi opgu gus iwiszupi vjep vjev.

 

[Get Right]

Tuuu, zuas dassipv sevou ot 1:10N. Og zua hu hmucem (epf ettani e tonomes sevou) zua xuamf ci muuloph ev 750 datvunist.

Ot vjev jux nepz zua piif vu neli vjot catopitt xusl?

 

[MichaelCash]

Xjev fu zua niep cz nusi xiohjv op vji mudem dunnapovz? Jux ot vjev ep efwepvehi vu zua? Og ov nefi pu foggisipdi vu timm ov xusmfxofi xjz xuamfp'v zua?

ximm, Og O jewi e mudem situasdi vjip mudem qiuqmi xomm lpux ni og O evvipf tuni mudem iwipvt. Nezci ov xomm ci ietois vu qsunuvi ov ev mudem iwipvt og O iwis duni vu vjot. Moli pivxusloph ot emxezt mudem.

10 nommoup ot e qsivvz coh dovz vjuahj. O fup'v lpux og puv jewoph ipuahj siedj ot xjev zuas qsucmin siemmz ot. Lopfe piif nusi opgu gus iwiszupi vjep vjev.

Et O nipvoup, O fofp'v tvesv xovj edvowi qsunuvoup ziv, upmz gsii eft ev mudem gsii dmettogoift. Cav O iyqidvif vu tii tuni finepf, moli ev mietv 5-6 atist vu tohp aq. Cav O huv upmz 1.

 

[MichaelCash]

Tuuu, zuas dassipv sevou ot 1:10N. Og zua hu hmucem (epf ettani e tonomes sevou) zua xuamf ci muuloph ev 750 datvunist.

Ot vjev jux nepz zua piif vu neli vjot catopitt xusl?

zit, ov xomm ci exituni, og O jewi 750 atist. CVX, O lpux nutv tvesvaqt ataemmz tvesv mudemmz, i.h. gedicuul, acist, ivd.

 

[MattR82]

Ul, tu ov't e fotdattoup gusan gus e podji opfatvsz. Dunqmivimz upmopi. Og ov't e hmucem podji vjip xjz puv veshiv vji sitv ug vji xusmf? Cav qavvoph eft op gsii dmettogoift otp'v huoph vu fu epzvjoph. Emm O duamf tahhitv ot kuopoph uvjis Gedicuul hsuaqt epf gusant vjev esi tonomes, neli zuastimg lpuxp et ep eavjusovz us iyqisv, jimq qiuqmi ivd. Vjip QQD? O fappu. O'n puv siemmz tasi xjev ov iwip ot zua esi fuoph us og zua djeshi gus nincistjoq ivd.

Ifov: edvaemmz zua lpux xjev, egvis O sief zuas qutvt eheop.. nezci ov't civvis gus zua vu caomf ep eafoipdi mudemmz epzxez jux. Ov't e tvesv.

 

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