subject: How to Use Forum Marketing to Drive Traffic [print this page] How to Use Forum Marketing to Drive Traffic
Simple Forum Marketing Tips that Give Results
Forum marketing is not at all hard to do, but it is not for every marketer because, honestly, most of them are too darn lazy to succeed. If you want to succeed with a marketing medium that a lot of marketers tend to ignore, then forums could be a good investment for you. Given below are 3 simple forum marketing tips that you can use right away to begin your journey.
Unfortunately, you don't want to get involved with just any forum for a variety of reasons. One of the main things to consider when signing up for forums in your niche is to make sure that they allow signature links. While very many forums allow signature links, you'll also find that they all have their own peculiar rules for what kind of links to what kinds of websites or offers. If you have ever done article marketing, then you know about the article bio/resource boxes at the bottom - same idea but not exactly like it. But the forum signature files tend to be much smaller, and you have to get a little more creative with using them. So when you're joining a forum for the purpose of promoting your website, you need to be sure that the forum allows you to have a link in the signature. You will also discover that all forums have a frequently asked questions section and a rules section; those are the places to check for signature file rules. One other thing, if you don't see sig files, at the bottom of the posts, containing links, then that's usually if not always a solid indicator. But if posts do have sig links, then you're gold and can join; however, we always encourage people to take the time and read the forum rules just to be on the safe side. The second thing that you need to keep in mind is to be transparent in your approach. 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.
One other method is to use your signature, but you have to create something eye-catching and appealing. If the forum allows images in your signature, then you can hyperlink them to your site,etc.
You want to avoid being lost at sea and never seen, and that can sometimes easily happen if the forum is crowded. If you can use an image in your sig file, then that's great and you really should do it. Using an image that is somehow relevant to your website won't hurt and may help. Plain text in your signature shouldn't be there if you can use images - use both for greater effect.
Forum marketing isn't going anywhere; it's here to stay. Forum marketing hasn't reached its height yet; forums are more easier to start than ever and more people are turning to the internet to do their research. Forum marketing is an established and and widely used way of generating targeted traffic that converts higher than many other traffic sources.
