The use of forums to generate targeted traffic is well known for its effectiveness. However, it can take a long time to establish yourself in a forum. In this article I am going to give you 3 tips on how to quickly set up your own forum marketing.
Tip #1 – Forum Activity
Find active forums with lots of people participating. This sounds obvious, but many marketers waste hours on a forum when there is little member activity. Not only that, but you need to make sure that the activity is at a time that is convenient for you.
Since the forums are populated by people from all over the world, you will find that the forum has very active periods of time throughout the day.
This could be at mid-morning coffee time or late at night.
If that means you have to stay up late to get the most out of your forum marketing efforts, then this might be necessary.
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At certain times during the day, see how many people are active on your forum and how many new threads they have started between each time you visit the forum. This will give you a good idea of the best time to participate.
Tip #2 – Your goal
Using a forum for marketing purposes is a way to demonstrate your experience and reputation as someone willing and able to help. This means that you need to be clear about what you can help people with. Knowing this allows you to target the questions to answer that best fit your area of expertise.
One of the problems with forum marketing is getting caught up in threads that don’t allow you to offer valuable help. Instead, you are just chatting and wasting your time.
If you can target the questions to answer, you’ll get much better results from your efforts.
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Look at the topics in the forum and, if there are categories, decide which ones will fit your experience. Search for posts with these keywords in.
Whenever possible, try to be the first to answer any questions that fit your business niche.
Tip #3 – Consistency
To establish yourself, you need to be consistent and participate regularly. This could mean spending a certain amount of time each day participating in the forum.
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Decide how much time you will spend each day on the forum and only spend that amount of time. Don’t exceed this time allotment or you’ll start to lose focus. Having a set time to participate will motivate you to spend quality time on the forum instead of just browsing.
