When people started to do business in the internet, internet traffic is always the main problem they encounter. There are many ways in getting traffic either by paid or the free way. In this article, I am going to introduce you to the Forum Marketing & how can you get targetted traffic from the forums in the internet.
What is a Forum ?
A forum is also known as discussion groups or bulletin boards. Basically people come together in the forum to discuss about a certain topic that interest them. They are very much a single niche related.
There are reasons to why people flock & use forum. Some ask for advice such as to get their site reviewed, asking about a product before purchasing, getting out more informations on certain programs & so on. There are just to many reasons to lay down here.
The main thing is that you must only participate in forums related to your niche eg. if your niche is in internet marketing, look for forum with internet marketing niche.. & so on.. Here is why the traffic that come from this forums is usually very targetted & related to your niche.
But how do you get traffic from Forums? Most forums allows you to put a signature after each post. In this signature you can include a link to your site. If you post a very good interesting post, most likely, people will get notice & eventually will want to know more about you. Since your signature is has a link to your site, they will have no choice but to click the link to find out.
However, traffic only comes when you participate in the forum discussions. Participate does not mean a one liner post just to advertise your signature. People will know your motive. Try to post a meaningful & great advice post that will help people. People love advice especially when it is FREE.
Here’s another advice, if you want to Brand yourself, when creating a username, try to use your real name instead of funny nickname like red34, they65 or something like that.
There’s a few rules when you post in forum. Firstly, after you register a username, always read that particular rules by the forum’s owner. Pay extra attention on what you can post or do & what you cannot do or post. If you broke the rules stated by the forum’s owner, you might get permanent ban from participating in the discussions.
I guess that’s about it in getting targetted traffic from forums. Hope you enjoy it.. In fact traffic from forums is FREE & very targetted. The only thing that you need to TIME to participate in forums. This targetted free traffic will benefit you sooner than you think. Try this method if you want more free BUT targetted traffic.
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