Forum Marketing Tips
Lets talk about forums.
Forums are tricky. Most will not allow you to blatantly promote
your products and services. So how can you take advantage of forums
and actually turn them into an income generating method of
promotion?
By not promoting.
Okay, I’m not being funny here. See, the biggest mistakes that
marketers make is that they go into forums and right off the bat
try to sell their stuff. It doesn’t fly, especially not with the
top forums in the industry. You’ll be booted out of there in no
time flat.
So how DO you take advantage of forums?
By establishing yourself as an authority.
Now, this is easier said than done. The truth is, you better be an
authority on your subject…or at least know what you’re talking
about.
But how does this help you to make sales?
Easy…What you do is sign up with the forum and then start reading
the posts of other members who have questions. If you find some
that you can answer…answer them. Don’t give a few line answers.
Really give them some solid content, just like you would in a
newsletter.
Eventually, if you do this long enough, you will start to build a
name for yourself a develop a following. Forum members will begin
to trust you…and start to look at your signature.
Yes, you are allowed to have signatures in most forums. Use it. Make
sure you have a link to your site and a brief description of what
they will find there and how it will help them.
You will find, over time, that forums will begin to make up a big
chunk of your income if you do this correctly.
The absolute best forum on the Internet, at least in the Internet
Marketing community for using this approach is the Warrior’s Forum.
Go there and sign up. You won’t regret it. Just don’t spam. Obey
the rules and you’ll be fine.
Heres a nifty little peice of software that will help save some time
in your forum marketing
In a few days we’ll have a look at…Link Exchanges.
See you then.
Sincerely,
Brian Dew
