Friday, October 22, 2010

Forum Marketing is Powerful so Pay Attention to these 3 Tips


3 Interesting and Effective Forum Marketing Strategies


Forum Marketing


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Forum marketing is one of the most significant ways to drive targeted traffic to your website without investing any money. You can use this marketing and traffic method with only your time and effort as expenses. It's our pleasure to introduce you to forum marketing, and we'll be sharing three ultra effective tips you can use when you get started.
Posting comments in threads that are getting a lot of action will also draw a lot of attention to your comment. If you have something of value to say then you will get attention and click throughs. Many parts of marketing comes down to numbers, and forum marketing is one of them; so, focus on getting in front of the most viewers as possible and you'll do fine. Don't waste your time on threads that don't get responses or threads because your time can be better spent on popular threads. Another thing that many marketers do is start controversial threads that others will eat up and turn into a big debate. For example, if you're posting on forum A, then you can research the popular threads on forum B, and try to post similar content. Usually, nothing but good comes from posting in threads that are highly trafficked. You will experience disappointing results if you go into a forum and blatantly market your products. You need to be a little bit patient because you're dealing with a process of getting acquainted with people. One common complaint in forums is people want to take and not give, so then the obvious thing to do is be giving in your replies to people.

Also, you will want to provide several ways for your readers to contact you; email, private message and your own website comes to mind. Many forums give you the opportunity to list out your messenger info, your Facebook/Twitter info, etc. Use these because it will add to your reputation and others will see you as more genuine. Don't exclude any method that you think may result in more traffic because it will cut off potential customers.
In summary, if you want to get good results from your forum marketing efforts, don't be afraid to experiment. The more you test out new methods and strategies, the more you'll be able to get out of your forum marketing. Always be sure to check the FAQ's and rules of the forum, so just see what is possible and give it a shot.


Dr. Alden Aler is our guest blogger expert on internet marketing

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