by Sean Houser
Forums are a great tool for any marketer online. They can teach you, provide you with traffic, help you network with others; it truly is a win/win. Forum traffic is good, one because it's free, and two because it's targeted. Now, the main thing you want to stay away from is spamming forums. You'll get kicked out faster then you can post a new topic.
One good idea for product owners; is to instead of just promoting your product straight up... Promote your affiliate program instead. That way even if someone isn't interested in buying from you, they may still want to promote your product which may lead to future sales. It's good to become a recognized person in forums so that people come to know and trust you.
Another good thing forums can do for you, is put together joint venture partners. When you're freely talking to people, you may come to build a few friendships along the way. This is good because you never know when someone has an email list of 100,000+. So you mainly want to be nice to everyone and just contribute to the forum as best you can.
One thing to remember, is not to become a forum junkie. That means, don't get caught up in the forum so much that you never do anything else besides sit in the forum and talk to people. Set some time out each day to talk in forums and then move on to the next thing. After awhile when people start to see you as an expert in your field it will be easier to build an opt in email list as well as bring in more traffic, sales, and affiliates.
See what really goes on behind the IM curtain... http://StartByDoing.com
Forums are a great tool for any marketer online. They can teach you, provide you with traffic, help you network with others; it truly is a win/win. Forum traffic is good, one because it's free, and two because it's targeted. Now, the main thing you want to stay away from is spamming forums. You'll get kicked out faster then you can post a new topic.
One good idea for product owners; is to instead of just promoting your product straight up... Promote your affiliate program instead. That way even if someone isn't interested in buying from you, they may still want to promote your product which may lead to future sales. It's good to become a recognized person in forums so that people come to know and trust you.
Another good thing forums can do for you, is put together joint venture partners. When you're freely talking to people, you may come to build a few friendships along the way. This is good because you never know when someone has an email list of 100,000+. So you mainly want to be nice to everyone and just contribute to the forum as best you can.
One thing to remember, is not to become a forum junkie. That means, don't get caught up in the forum so much that you never do anything else besides sit in the forum and talk to people. Set some time out each day to talk in forums and then move on to the next thing. After awhile when people start to see you as an expert in your field it will be easier to build an opt in email list as well as bring in more traffic, sales, and affiliates.
See what really goes on behind the IM curtain... http://StartByDoing.com
