9Ja Forum Interview Name of your website?9Ja Forum Your name? Godwin Ibe Your Location (city, etc) Abuja Please give us a short summary of your website? A hot and fast growing Nigerian Forum to share Ideas, ask questions and discuss on any topic~~ What inspired you to launch your own website? I wanted to create the opportunity for Nigerian and friends all over the globe to freely ask questions, discuss on any topic, advertise freely, and solve pressing issues When did you launch your first website, and what was it? November 2009 How did you decide on a name for your website? The name came at once.... What makes your website different from other, similar offerings? 1. Nice Interface 2. A More supervised forum 3. Integration with Nigerian Community at www.nigeriancommunity.net to bring you an all in one community experience 4. Ability to chat live with other users. This is different from posting replies to forum topics What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?) My main goal is to keep it. Other mainstream media deal may be considered How does your investment of time and money balance against your success? All I can say is that it quite balances well If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site? Add more features that will be beneficial to the users If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand? Yes and for sure What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with? Dedicated Servers, and Maintenance costs What has been your biggest challenge? Starting it up, but I am impressed with its growth rate What method has been most successful for promoting your website? Good Content How has running your website differed from your expectations? It's grown faster than I ever expected How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity? I will continue to search for Ideas and ways to achieve them until it becomes a success. I usually get success or die trying... Are you offering any Promotions or are you affiliated with any other website? Yes, we are affiliated with Nigerian Community (www.nigeriancommunity.net) and Nigerian Students union at (www.nigerianstudentsunion.com) What is your website address? 9Ja Forum | 
