Looking for Online Students

**jhhardin** · 10-13-2006 11:42 AM

Hello fellow young entrepreneurs,

I am building a site that caters to the needs of students taking online college courses. It still requires much in the way of development and adding content, but the community is up and running now. Of course, it can be difficult to get conversations going in brand new forums, so I am looking for anybody that is thinking about, is currently or has been a student at an online college to come in a share their experiences on the site. I would appreciate any help you all would be willing to give.

Thanks!

-Jason

**NeeJam** · 10-14-2006 06:22 AM

I've never taken an online course before but it could be interesting!

Do they actually count like offline courses do? i.e GCSEs, A-LEVELS, Degree etc

**Aletheides** · 10-15-2006 01:09 AM

Looks like you're off to a good start. It's hard to start a dead forum so I would suggest filling it with posts with whatever creative ways you can...that way the natural traffic that comes around will be more likely to convert into posters.

**cama-bie** · 10-15-2006 01:25 AM

Agree with aleteides and/or pay a post service. They are cheap and you can get them anywhere on the internet.

**jhhardin** · 10-15-2006 02:40 PM

Thanks for the ideas.

It will be some time before the real content of the site is built. So I am not super concerned about it, but I thought I would start recruiting early.

Those are some great ideas though. I have been thinking of creating several fake accounts and just posting back and forth to myself to get things started.

**jhhardin** · 10-15-2006 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by n-james

I've never taken an online course before but it could be interesting!

Do they actually count like offline courses do? i.e GCSEs, A-LEVELS, Degree etc

There are hundreds of different online schools out there. Many of them hold the same accredidations and ivy league schools.

I am winding up my AAB right now at an online school. It has been quite a bit of work. You have to motivate yourself, which is probably one of the toughest aspects on online school.

**Aletheides** · 10-15-2006 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by jhhardin

Thanks for the ideas.

It will be some time before the real content of the site is built. So I am not super concerned about it, but I thought I would start recruiting early.

Those are some great ideas though. I have been thinking of creating several fake accounts and just posting back and forth to myself to get things started.

I should have mentioned this one: forumposters.org