Forum Marketing Magic
Dale King
July 24, 2006
Did you know posting on popular forums is a super-effective way to market your business or affiliate program?
It's true. Nearly every day I get a sale or two from forum marketing, so I know for a fact that it works.
Here are a 4 reasons why forum marketing works so well:
1. Credibility: Posting on forums is one of the quickest ways to establish credibility online. If you post good, useful information not only will your posts get read and commented on regularly, but they will also brand you as an expert in your field, which will instantly enhance your reputation and bottom line tremendously.
2. Forum Postings Are Viral: When you post on popular forums, your postings become viral, meaning your postings, when picked up by search engines can actually spread like a virus and have the potential to be viewed by tens of thousands of Internet users.
3. Search Engines Love Forums: Search engines love unique content, and forums are loaded with unique content. Depending on the popularity of the forum and the quality of your post, you stand an excellent chance of getting your post linked to by many high-profile websites, thereby increasing your PR (Page Rank) and traffic as well.
4. Forum Postings Are Free Advertising: Here's the best thing of all about forum marketing: At the end of your post, forum owners allow you to include a short blurb or advertisement about your business. Technically, it's called a "signature or sig." But it's an advertisement nonetheless.
You can use your "sig" to write something compelling to attract readers to your website, blog or affiliate program.
A Word Of Warning: DO NOT post blatant ads at forums. Here's why: At the better run forums, forum members will shoot you down quickly. They simply despise that tactic. It's bush-league, and will kill your credibility.
In addition, the forum administrator or moderator will delete your post anyway. So, it's just not worth doing.
In closing, start posting on forums today. It's free, it's viral, it's fun and forum marketing really does work like magic!
It's true. Nearly every day I get a sale or two from forum marketing, so I know for a fact that it works.
Here are a 4 reasons why forum marketing works so well:
1. Credibility: Posting on forums is one of the quickest ways to establish credibility online. If you post good, useful information not only will your posts get read and commented on regularly, but they will also brand you as an expert in your field, which will instantly enhance your reputation and bottom line tremendously.
2. Forum Postings Are Viral: When you post on popular forums, your postings become viral, meaning your postings, when picked up by search engines can actually spread like a virus and have the potential to be viewed by tens of thousands of Internet users.
3. Search Engines Love Forums: Search engines love unique content, and forums are loaded with unique content. Depending on the popularity of the forum and the quality of your post, you stand an excellent chance of getting your post linked to by many high-profile websites, thereby increasing your PR (Page Rank) and traffic as well.
4. Forum Postings Are Free Advertising: Here's the best thing of all about forum marketing: At the end of your post, forum owners allow you to include a short blurb or advertisement about your business. Technically, it's called a "signature or sig." But it's an advertisement nonetheless.
You can use your "sig" to write something compelling to attract readers to your website, blog or affiliate program.
A Word Of Warning: DO NOT post blatant ads at forums. Here's why: At the better run forums, forum members will shoot you down quickly. They simply despise that tactic. It's bush-league, and will kill your credibility.
In addition, the forum administrator or moderator will delete your post anyway. So, it's just not worth doing.
In closing, start posting on forums today. It's free, it's viral, it's fun and forum marketing really does work like magic!
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