Targeted Forum Posts… A Bunch of Easy Traffic
Posted on April 21, 2008
Filed Under Internet Marketing, Lead generation |
When I first started marketing on the internet, I used Craigslist and Forums to build a large amount traffic to my websites in a relatively short period of time. Craigslist worked like a charm and made me a lot of money until my email addresses, URL’s, and IP addresses all got banned from their system. However forums still work for me and are a powerful way to gain targeted traffic at not cost to you.
No matter what industry or niche you may be working in, there is at least one or more forums where individuals come to talk, share ideas, get ideas, learn, receive training, and collaborate. If you find the right forum(s), you might be able to get your name, your company’s name, and your website URL in front of hundreds, even thousands of targeted individuals. There are however, rules and guidelines you must follow in each forum or you will run the risk of getting banned and ruin your credibility in the industry.
So, you are probably asking how to go about generating traffic from forums. Before you do anything, you must first have the mentality that you are not going to promote your website, company, products, or services. Doing so in a forum, will get you kicked out. You need to be there to share your knowledge with others and that is it! If you can do that, you will generate traffic in no time.
When you first enter a new forum, you will need to register with the forum to gain the ability to post new ideas and reply to others comments and questions. After you have been approved by the administrator, you will need to set up your profile. In your profile, you are given two opportunities to enter the URL to your website. Once in the actual profile and once in the about author box. Your about author box is where you will tell a little bit about you and tell people about your website. The URL’s in the about author box are not followed links, but they are active and individuals reading your forum post will be able to see them and click on them.
It is important to begin developing relationships with the members of the forms and become an “industry expert”. I would suggest that you try to post at least ten questions, comments, or answers per day for the first few days. You can then pull back to a few per week. The more posts you have the more people will trust you and they will be more interested in clicking on your URL and seeing what you have to offer. It is all about building trust with individuals and then you have got them right where you want them!
You should also not just focus on one forum. Most individuals have one or two forms they like to frequently visit. If you are restricting yourself to just one or two forums, you are missing out on a large amount of potential website visitors who could make you money! Just like anything else, this is time consuming and takes effort. But no one ever got rich without working for it! Internet marketing is a skill that need to be practiced and refined every day. It’s not a “set it and forget it” technique that will bring in thousands of dollars every day. Work hard, be persistant and you will be rewarded!
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