List Building—Forum Posting for Maximum Profits

There are Forums covering almost any topic you can imagine, people are hungry for information and they always want it now. That is why marketing through forums is so popular. In this article I will show you how to use forum posting for maximum profits to build your list.

Your first step is to find a forum that is within the niche you are planning to market to. This is simple to do just go to your favorite search engine and type in forum and the niche, and then search. Join this forum and perhaps several others and you are set up to begin posting. But before you post read the rules for that forum so that you are not in violation when you start to make your posts. This will make the web master and it’s members unhappy.

Know that you are a member and have read the rules, start searching for topics and questions that you are interested in. Don’t post at this point but just look around get to know the lay of the land, the players and posters. See how they respond to questions and see what questions are posted. Once you feel comfortable with what you see start posting yourself.

At first you may want to just answer questions from other posters. That is simple to do even if you don’t know the answer to the question you can still make a post. I would recommend that if you do post though that you post something that is beneficial to the group. So in a case were you don’t have an answer spend a few moments and research the answer thru your favorite search engine. In this way you will always come across as someone knowledgeable and helpful. After a short time people will start to recognize you as a contributing member to the board and start to respect your opinion.

The key to getting more views to your post is by being selective about which threads you make a reply to. For instance if you see a topic being discussed that has a large thread this is a good place to post a comment. This topic will be viewed by many people and may last a long time. So you will find that you can get the most return from a post placed in a topic like this.

Once you become more comfortable you may want to start initiating your own threads. If so you want to try to get your thread viewed by as many in the forum as you can. This can easily be done by writing about something edgy or controversial. These are the type of subjects people can’t resist to be a part of. Human nature is people want their opinion to be heard. This may make a few upset, but as long as it is on topic with the forum then it’s ok to talk about.

So how do you convert your post traffic into conversions to your web site? After every comment you leave, be sure to leave a signature behind. Your signature should consist of who you are and how they can view your web page, and if you are giving something away you should leave that information also. This way those viewing your post will know who you are, and they will be able to get more information from you if they want it.

Forum posting is a good resource in your list building campaign because it is free and you can use traffic that others have created to help build your traffic. By following the steps in this article you will be able to use Forum Posting for Maximum Profits.

by: T. R. Thomas