[positivecarry]

Hi everyone,

I have spent a good deal of time making blog entries for a niche blog I am about to launch . I bought the nichenameblog.com and nichenameforum.com. What I am wondering is would it be wise as a newbie to link my blog to my forum? The reason I am hesitant to do this is because I don't think I have the skill set to effectively monetize my forum , and I feel that because of the niche people will end up gravitating to the forum more so than the blog.

A blog is pretty easy to start monetizing(at least I think so, so far, haha, I am quite new, could be in for a shock). The forum, however, I don't think I could effectively monetize. Here, the conversion rates on these links are probably pretty high, but my forum will have no where near this traffic. So , what do you guys think, stick with the blog until I become more versed in the forum world?

I am having conflicting thoughts here, because I feel a forum would really get people to hang around , but that it would drain traffic from my blog where I would have image based affiliate links. As usual , any correspondence is much appreciated. Thanks for reading.