Post by davidpeter on Jun 6, 2009 3:31:59 GMT
I’ve been participating in forums ever since I’ve been online. I can safely say that I’ve made thousands of dollars, in one way or another, as a result of participating in them. Obviously there are many reasons why you should as well. The following are 7 of the best off the top of my head:
1. Name Branding - By helping people out and providing good information, you gain a reputation. With a good reputation comes a following. Whether your “following” is in the form of subscribers, site viewers or blog readers, these guys and gals know what your talking and they won’t be one time viewers. They’ll continue to come back to learn more from you. Being known as the go to guy or gal in your niche or sub niche will bring in repeat customers as well.
2. Link Popularity - Although the links in forums are normally of low weight in the SE’s, they are links and if your site is IM related, they are targeted. If you have hundreds or even thousands of posts, that’s a bunch of targeted links pointing to your site.
3. Special Offers - Many forums, such as the Warrior Forum, have special sections just for special offers. I made several thousand dollars last year just by writing small, informative reports and offering them as special offers on forums.
4. JV Opportunities - If you know your [BLOCKED] it will be noticed in forums. With informative posts and name branding comes Joint Venture proposals. JV’s can be in the form of a simple link exchange or they could be big promotions that bring in thousands!! Whatever the type, forums are a great place for JV’s and if you’re constantly spewing good info, you won’t even have to look.
5. Ideas - Whether you need a good topic for a blog post, or you need to fire up your auto-responder, forums contain thousands upon thousands of topics. The great thing is you can see the number of replies to find out what topics are really hot.
6. Knowledge - I’ve learned a majority of my IM knowledge from Internet Marketing forums. It does take time to realize who is full of crap and who really knows what they’re talking about, but once you do you’ll have loads of great info at your fingertips. The great thing is you don’t have to listen to what one person has to say. You see different views on each topic so if it’s opinionated bull****, it will quickly be revealed.
7. List Building - Whether you offer a free report in the appropriate sections that requires opt-in, or you link a squeeze page to your signature, forums are a great way to build a list targeting like minded people.
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