What should i do?

[iNeb]

I run a tech website, i have spent over $300 and 9 months of my time on it. After all that time and money it has gone no where. It is less active then when i first put it up. When i first started i told all my friends about it, they signed up posted 5 posts and left.

I am running out of money i can spend on my site. I have very little cash to spend on it when i pay for hosting, i paid for the CMS and i paid for vbulletin (leased, then owned).

I don't know what to do, i have tried all i can to make it at-least helpful and have at-least 5 or so active members, so i can let it grow. But nothing. I really love tech and want to have a tech website, but there are so many tech websites out there that makes my site non-unique.

I have thought of tons of tech topics i enjoy, but they have all been done. I want something unique or at-least have my site grow, but no luck. I have seriously thought of giving up on it because i feel it is going nowhere.

What can i do? I have asked for help, link exchanges, posted on forums, spent money and time, posted some articles and reviews (not many since i can only publish so many unique articles), told my friends to join and whatever else i can think of.

Should i just give up? What should i do? I thrive for web design and websites, but it has gone nowhere. I just don't know what to do.

I'd like to join. PM me the linky.

These things don't just happen, iNeb. They take time, money and dedication. I bet both ScottW (here) and mntsnow (xtremepccentral) would say that.

All I can suggest is go cap in hand to pros like Scott and Mike (mntsnow) and say "can you give me some tips?". I'm sure they would, as far as they can.

Patience and persistence are the keys to any endeavour in life. Websites are no different, IMO.

Keep on believing in yourself, as well.

Cheers
Mick

[iNeb]

Well, i'm just wasting my money and NO ONE wants to help me, so i don't know what to do..

[vass0922]

Its taken years to get TIMO to get where it is today
It started out with sysopt, and many migrated over when ScottW moved over here... it is NOT an easy task. MntSnow took on the daunting task of starting his own site after being a mod for Sysopt and TIMO for a long time.. it took him a LOT of work (I can't even imagine) and I REALLY don't want to know how much $$$ lol
It certainly does not happen over night... I'm not a web designer so I can't give many tips for actual design and bringing the people in.. but giving up on your site certainly won't help bring people in now will it?
Sorry can't help much more than that
Time and patience man.

[somecallmetim]

I contribute to a couple of sites (non-technical) and they also struggle to attract eye balls. The web is a pretty immediate gratification kind of place. If you can get into its rhythm though, maybe you can make it work for you.

In the tech world an inside track always seems to bust you out of the pack. If you get first word on something new you might just get slash dotted and then you'll be wishing for less hits instead of more. Word of mouth spreads amongst techies like wild fire - and they're all hungry for something new (and anything about upcoming, mediocre Nvidia graphics cards )

Have you made an effort to contact engineers and other inside types in the big companies? Don't go through PR, hit the help desk types and the engineers - the forgotten ones. Find yourself a nice NEC engineer who wants to practice his english and you might just have that edge you need to attract the vagrant eyeballs. You'd also have the satisfaction of breaking a story.

Make some friends on the inside, it pays in tech land.

[RustyGT]

Lost me. The iNeb we know in the forums.
Is not the author of the plaintive cry, that opened this thread.
R.