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Use Forum Marketing to Promote Your Website

If done correctly, forum marketing can be a powerful and free marketingtool. Forum marketing is definitely one of the most effective forms of freeadvertising available today. If you've got time on your hands, but no money toadvertise, leveraging forums to promote your products, services, or websiteshould be part of your daily routine.

The concept behind forum marketing is simple. You act as if you are notselling anything (which in fact, you are not!). All you are doing isinteracting with people that match the product you are promoting and aretherefore likely to buy it if they look at the offer. Your offer is appended toyour signature automatically in every post you make.

Here's a sample signature you can use: Still trying to get your site to rank#1 on Google I'm not - Click here to find out why... http://marketingscoop.com
Your job in forum marketing is to simply be engaged and have fun. Reallythere are no catches here, no strange angles. The only thing you can't do istalk openly about the product you are promoting because it just doesn't work.
Here are five approaches to successful forum marketing:

1. Answer questions. If you're an expert on the topic, you can easily helppeople who ask questions in the forum.

2. Ask a question. If you're not an expert on the topic (i.e. internetmarketing) there must be a lot of things you want to know. This is a quick andlegitimate way to add a lot of posts to any forum.

3. Ask for a critique. Say you write an article and post it in your blog.Make a quick post to ask what people think. You'll not only get exposure foryour signature. You'll also get a good back link to your blog.

4. Ask for an opinion. If you come across a product or service and want toresearch it first, forums are a great way to get direct feedback. For instance,you could make a post that says, "Has anyone had any experience with thisproduct...?" It's that simple. Just go to ClickBank and ask about everyproduct in the marketplace!
5. Offer an article. You wrote an article, published it to your blog, andasked for a critique in the forums. Now go back and make a post offering yourarticle for publication with the condition that they leave your resource boxintact.
There are a variety of forums out there. To get started, visit one of thehigh-traffic forums below and sign up for an account.

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Next, log in and update your Profile. This is where you can add yoursignature which will appear at the end of every post you make. Read the rulesabout posting. Basically, you either ask specific and relevant questions or youanswer questions by replying to posts that other members make.
Start by looking at what others are posting and how people are replying tothose posts. Once you get a feel for it, post as much and as often as you can.Never advertise in your posts (except where permitted). Let your signature dothe work for you.

You can get a surprisingly large amount of sales from affiliate links thatwere posted in forums on discussions about the programs you promote. You shouldsay something positive about the product and then ask if anyone has heard ofit.

There are a lot of newbies posting in forums who are desperately seekingdirection to help them start making money online. Whenever you see a post likethat, reply and say, "Hey - Check out this site...” and explain how itreally helped you. M ake sure you leave your affiliate link in your signature.

Make Money From Forums

If you have a website about a topic you enjoy, you can make money fromdiscussion forums. Talk, post links to your site, get traffic. Traffic meansmoney, right? If not, try different affiliate programs or Google Adwords. Theworst sites should get a couple cents per visitor. Now here's how to talk andmake money.

Search "forum" plus the topic of your site on Google or AltaVista. For my first site, I searched "backpacking + forum" and in thepages of results I found several good forums. I also searched related topicslike "hiking" too. You can also check about.com, and other sites thathave forums on many topics.

Registration is usually giving your email address and choosing a password.Some forums allow guests to post without registering. Once registered, browsethe forum topics, and post a response to anything, just to "learn therope.

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