Network Marketing Forums (Part 2)

After you have registered and set up your profile and your signature line you should take a few days to lurk around the forum before you begin to post. Examine the posts and get a feel for the other members’ thoughts, ideas and questions. It is also very important that you take time to acquaint yourself with the rules of the forum.

• It’s time to start posting.

After you have lurked around for a while it will be time to start posting. Begin by responding to the other members’ questions and concerns. Do not by any means start out posting by instantly promoting your business. This can have a negative impact on the opinion other members have of you and blatant advertising can get you banned from the forum. Remember you want people to notice you not ignore you. You will want to focus on building your reputation on the forum.

Starting with your very first post, you can begin to build your reputation as an expert on the topics being discussed. The first and most important thing you should do is introduce yourself. Then begin to help other members with their problems and quickly answer their questions.

Keep in mind that the more respect you earn in the forum the more visits you will get to your website and the more sales you will make.

As I mentioned above most forums do no permit members to promote their products or services inside the post itself. This is considered spamming and it may get your post deleted and you may also be banned from the forum.

There are many excellent reasons why forum marketing is so effective for many online marketers. Whenever you post, you have the golden opportunity to help another person that might have a problem or perhaps a question. This will not only give you a feeling of satisfaction that you have done something to help someone else, it will also help you build a good reputation on the forum.

The basic unspoken rule is that if you give to another member then you shall receive when they click on your signature line and go to your website.

Another side benefit of joining a forum is that you will find plenty of valuable and very useful information that you can use to build your business. As you read posts by other members you will be amazed at how much free information that you’ll receive. This information can be an invaluable resource to improve your forum marketing strategy.

As you begin to post on the forum many people will be able to see your signature line and click on it, which will lead them straight to your website. This form of free advertising can add up to a nice amount of free traffic as well as potential sales from forum members.

Another benefit is that search engines such as Google like forums and whenever you create a hyperlink to your website from the you will get a nice backlinks. These backlinks will increase your position in the search engine results and the higher you are ranked on the search engine the more traffic you will generate outside of the forum. This will, consequently, lead to even more sales for your business.

So as you can see forum marketing is a fantastic method with a lot of extra added benefits that you can use to promote your business.

Network Marketing Forums (Part 2)