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1. Branding ‘me’ - Getting their names seen as many times as possible.
2. Getting traffic - Having a powerful signature file an participating in related posts can have a profound effect on traffic, sales and/or sign ups...
3. Establish relationships - Most profitable of them all. Contribute and help a fellow poster and you've gained friend and possible partner
Go and participate in 3-5 forums related to your product or the product you are selling.
Created a username that tells something about you, preferably your NAME! Craft a killer signature line and start contributing in the forums.
Remember, the key is to build a reputation AND get them to click on your link. You've to be really clear about what you want them to do after they've clicked on the link.
Do you want them to sign up?
Post a comment on your blog?
Make a sale?
Participate in a JV?
SEO for Forums
Yes! It could be done with Forums too!
As you already know some of the more popular forums around gets really heavy traffic and owns a high PR from Google...
So the trick is to link to your site for the search term you want to rank for with an 'anchor text' of the keyword
For e.g. you've a blog on cheap calculators so you create a signature with just the word 'cheap calculators' and link it to your site.
VOILA! A backlink from a high PR site! Do is a few more times with other forums and you could start seeing your site climbing up the Google rankings pretty fast
Get people talking and participating!
If you can create mass post frenzy, you've got people's attention! The long you're at the top the more exposure you’ll get
Help fellow posters without asking anything in return
Seriously, just give unconditional help. You never know when you might need some yourself!
Selective posting
Say you've got a site that sells a product on how to build up lists. So naturally you should dive in and can posts that are related to email marketing OR list building...
People will notice your signature line MORE since they are already talking about something related to the link in your signature...
And it makes you look like an 'authority' on the subject
Don't be an as
Don't act like you know everything, don't spam, never forget to read the forum rules and never make stupid comments.
If you don't know about something, at least not enough to post, then DON'T!
So there you have it! Forum marketing from you! If you can do this right, you’ll be able to enjoy lots of high quality traffic from them.
