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One of the simplest and easiest ways to promote your website or blog and generate traffic is via forum marketing. Forum marketing reaches targeted traffic without spending money. However, you do need to spend some time and effort into making it work.
There are some things that you need to remember when engaging on forum marketing. You must avoid posting any promotional links or comments until you have read and understood all the rules and regulations that govern the forum. Never ever spam or you could get banned.
Joining a forum just to collect email addresses is not acceptable. Your emails will be considered as spam and you could get banned. Never post offensive replies or comments. Always be polite when answering questions or offering advice. Even if someone is using offensive language against you or targeted at you, do not stoop to that person’s level. Remember that your first priority is the growth of your business and that means you need to appear as professional as possible.
- Join a forum in your niche. The idea is to be a member of a forum in a niche that is the same as the one your website serves or is closely related. There is no point joining a forum about baby food if your website is for gaining rock hard abs.
- Establish yourself within the forum. Connect with other forum members and actively participate in discussions. Answer questions and offer sound advice. Do not attempt to promote your website right away. Wait until you have established trust among the other members.
- Try to find like-minded people with whom you can do marketing campaigns with. This means you need to find 3 or 4 forum members who are marketing products that are alike or similar and form a joint venture. When you cross-promote products it becomes advantageous for all involved.
- Once you have established yourself within the forum, you can now start promoting your products by leaving short articles in posts that have backlinks in the resource box. Quality posts will gain you a regular audience and will help generate links as people become curious and want to get to know you better by visiting your site.
There are some things that you need to remember when engaging on forum marketing. You must avoid posting any promotional links or comments until you have read and understood all the rules and regulations that govern the forum. Never ever spam or you could get banned.
Joining a forum just to collect email addresses is not acceptable. Your emails will be considered as spam and you could get banned. Never post offensive replies or comments. Always be polite when answering questions or offering advice. Even if someone is using offensive language against you or targeted at you, do not stoop to that person’s level. Remember that your first priority is the growth of your business and that means you need to appear as professional as possible.
