• Forum Marketing
• Finding Relevant Forums
• Why post in Forums?
• More Forum Tips

Forum Marketing

Although forums don’t necessarily provide a great deal of
click-through traffic, well established (old & popular) forums have
high page ranks which can filter through to popular threads and as
such, benefit the links in your profile/signature.

If you don’t have anything to contribute than wait until you have
something to say that can actually contribute to the community. Don’t
just post anything for the sake of getting your link out there and
promoting your business because people in the community will recognize
that and this could hurt your reputation very quickly.

Forums are a great place to develop relationships with potential
readers. Pick a big, thriving forum on a topic you’re passionate about
and get involved. Post regularly, be insightful and be an upstanding
forum citizen.

Make sure to link back to your blog in your forum signature.

Finding Relevant Forums

You only want to post to related forums or you’ll just be wasting your time. Read more

Do a Google Search for “allintitle:the secret filetype:html
forum” to find forums about “The Secret” (replace “the secret” with law
of attraction, sgr, science of getting rich, etc).
allintitle:“law of attraction” filetype:html forum etc etc..

- Ensure it’s a “busy” site.. that the forums are “active” and that the postings are read by lots of people
- Hunt around and work out whether the visitors to the forum would be
interested in the SGR Program/The Secret/The Law of Attraction/Personal
Development?
- Pagerank for site? Not as important, as long as the forum is active,
but a bonus if the pagerank is high, then the link-back from your
signature to your site is worth more :)

Once you’ve signed up, use a Forum Tracker to track the threads in
the forum for threads you’ve posted on, and to track keywords on boards
to relevant discussions that you can participate in. If I find a good
one to recommend, I’ll put it in the Forum Marketing Tools page. Time Management! :)

Why Post in Forums?

Along with shared learning and a sense of community, forums offer a concrete way to:

* build trust within your field
* establish expert status for yourself
* pre-sell potential customers
* drive traffic to your web site

More Forum Tips

• Choose forums based on things that interest you. You’ll
  enjoy the time spent there, instead of viewing it as another task in
  your business day. If a topic holds your interest, you’ll make good
  contributions.

• Post like a pro. Answer questions and give advice where you know
  you have something of value to add. In no time, you’ll become a
  recognized presence on the forum.
• Be respectful of other’s ideas. And be gracious when
  someone gives you some good advice. The more positive relationships you
  nurture, the more successful you’ll be.

• It’s fine to recommend a product or service you really believe in
  that will solve another member’s problem. Just keep in mind that this
  is not the place for a sales pitch. Share…don’t sell.
• Build relationships: Did someone give you a great idea, or
  a useful piece of advice? Say thank you, publicly, and give their
  reputation a boost. You just might make someone’s day. Remember, these
  are people here. If your only intention in being in the forum is to get
  your links out, rethink that strategy.