Use the Power of Forums to Promote Your Blog

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Use the Power of Forums to Promote Your Blog

 

Having a blog is almost essential. It let’s you promote your products and services and channels a lot of attention to your business. You can promote your products and work, whether as a painter, artist, photographer, salesman or writer.

Maybe the attention generated from your blog even gets you a job related to the things that you love.

Other uses for blogs are that you can freely express yourself and keep your relatives and friends updated on the goings on in your life. Just like social media it can be great if you live far away from them and can´t communicate with your relatives and friends that often.

 

However like I said, a blog can be a great and easy way for you  to earn money, over and above mere expression, self-promotion and affiliate programs.

 

Thanks to the sheer mass of various online money-making methods, you can earn commissions when you drive visitors to your blog. For instance, you can put up advertisements (also known as ads) on your site through affiliate networks or through advertising programs. If one of your visitors clicks on your CPC (cost per click) ads you get commissions. Usually not that high though. These ads are tailored to complement the contents on your blog, and they are tailored for your visitors so they will most likely be interested in them. Thereby clicking them. Therefore, you need to have a lot of high quality website content, as this is what the ad companies require in order to know what kind of ads to place on your site.

 

Moreover the more visitors you have, the greater the chance that your ads get clicked and that you earn comissions.

 

Hence you will need to drive more and more people to your blog. Not just to earn money but also to get attention. After all, if your blog is interesting enough, you may get a lot of people backlinking to you and sharing your content. A great way to promote your blog is through posting on forums.

 

If you are interested in posting on forums – you should – and spreading your word, and if you want to get your blog noticed, then you will be interested in my following tips.

A word of advice is that these are only a few tips to help you on your way to massive blog attention, and you need to learn on your own along the way and experience your own lessons.

 

Tip #1: Mainly post in forums that you actually are interested in!

 

Believe it or not, your level of expertise and interest in a topic shine through your posts. If people take notice that you are interested in the forum topic, you may get more attention than people just reading your forum post. They will follow the link in your signature to find out more about you

 

Tip #2: Post in forums whose topics are related to your blogging topic!

 

This can be critical when dealing with die-hard fans of a certain field because posting off-topic posts will be distracting. Not only that but you will soon find yourself banned from those forums.

 

 

Tip #3: Be “dignified” enough to spell right!

 

Don´t rush your posts. Shortcuts have the power to make any texts almost unreadable and very annoying. If you make the effort to write your blog, make an effort to write well on forums as well. Otherwise you will find it harder to invite people to read and participate in your blog. Why in 3 devils name would they read your blog when they can’t even understand what you are posting on the forum? Don´t write to impress the readers with your intelligence. Too many books and articles are written this way. Don´t be a show off.

 

Tip #4: Offer help and advice to forum members!

 

When they ask for it and need it be there to answer them. Remember that people don´t care about what you have to say and sell until they realize that you care about them first.

 

Tip #5: Optimize your blog first!

 

Before you focus on writing forum posts, focus on your own blog. It makes no sense to spend hours on forums, posting random things and promoting your blog, if your blog is empty.

 

First make sure that you offer quality advice in your blog that people are interested in reading and then you can focus on promoting it

 

Tip #6: Aim for the biggest forums!

 

This is an obvious but overlooked tip. Don´t spend countless hours building authorship in forums with less than at least 5,000 members.

 

Tip #7: Include your blog link in your signature!

 

Avoid inserting your link into your posts. You will come across as a spammer who is only trying to promote his site.

 

Though there is an exception. If you already are well-known in forums and have the reputation of offering good advice, you can also embed your blog link in your replies.

 

Tip #8 Make friends with senior forum members!

 

If they have a lot of authority go ahead and PM them (write them a private message). Tell them your views, ask them to participate in your discussions etc. Befriending them opens a lot of doors. You can even ask them to write a review of your blog on the forum.

 

Tip #9 Start controversial topics! If you get a lot of people to respond and participate in your own started threads, guess what, you will get much more eyes that see and ultimately click your link.

 

Tip #10: If you don´t care about a forum too much, don´t be afraid to spam. I really recommend this only if you are looking for some fast clicks. This is no long time solution and I focus on why spamming is bad in this article (coming soon).

 

Tip #11: Start the necro love.

Dig out old threads with a lot of responses and reply to them. Everyone who is subscribed to these threads will be notified of your reply and is likely to view your post.

Tip #12: Write brief but informative answers!

 

Many people, me included, simply are too lazy to read a monster paragraph. Keep it short and simple.

 

Tip #13: Stay tuned!

 

If you open a thread or post a good reply, subscribe to the threads and do a follow-up. Answer any new questions or suggestions.

 

Tip #14: Create a fancy profile!

 

Add a picture if possible. Fill out information like hometown, interests etc. This will make you look more humane.

 

Tip #15: Fit in!

 

Adapt to the forum style line. Look at senior members. How does their profile look? How did they design their signature? How long are their answers? Copy them as good as you can to fit in.

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How to Use Forums to Promote Your Blog

 

Having a blog is a great thing: you can promote your products and services and get a lot of attention for your business; you can promote your work, whether as a painter, photographer, or writer, and maybe even get a job related to the things that you love; or you can simply express yourself and even update your relatives and friends on the goings-on in your life, which can be great if you live in a faraway place and cannot update your relatives and friends more than once.

 

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However, a blog can also be a good way for you to earn money, over and above mere expression and promotion.

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Thanks to a lot of different online money-earning methods, you can earn commissions when visitors go to your blog. For instance, you can put up advertisements on your site through an affiliate network or through an advertising program. If one of your visitors clicks on your ads, then you get commissions. The ads are tailored to fit the contents of your website, and they are made so that your visitors will most likely be interested in them and thereby click on them. Therefore, you need to have good website content, as this is what the ad companies need in order to know what kind of ads to place on your site.

 

Moreover, the more visitors you have, the greater the chance that someone will click on your ads and that you will get commissions.
 

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This means that you need to invite more and more people to your blog, and not just to get money, but to get attention. After all, if your blog is interesting enough, you may get a lot of people linking to you. One way that you can promote your blog is through posting on forums.

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If you are interested in posting in forums and getting your voice heard, and if you want to get your blog noticed in the Internet universe, then you may be interested in the following tips. Take note, however, that these are only a few tips to guide you on your way to blog superstardom, and you need to learn on your own along the way and pick up your own lessons, too.

 

- Post in a forum that you are actually interested in. Believe it or not, the degree of your understanding of and interest in a topic in a forum will shine through your post. If people see that you are interested in the forum topic, then you may get more attention than people just reading your forum post.

 

- Post in a forum whose topic is related to your blogging topic. This can be critical when you are dealing with die-hard fans of a certain artist or film, because posting off-topic posts in a forum concentrated with users who have a single interest and aim can be distracting, not to mention grounds for kicking you out of the forum.

 

- Be dignified enough to spell right. Text shortcuts can make texts almost unreadable, and you can annoy a whole lot more people. If you make the effort to write in your blog, make an effort to write well on the forums, or you may find it harder to invite people to read your blog. Why should they read your blog when they can’t even understand what you are posting on the forum?

 

- Extend help to other forum members when they need it. Remember, people do not care about what you have to say until they find out that you care about them first.

What Forums to Participate in For Good Blog Promotion

 

Blog owners pride themselves on a lot of fronts. First, blogs are usually about self-expression, and having people read about your life can be uplifting, not to mention inspiring. Second, blogs can be difficult to maintain, and blog writers need to be bursting with ideas and creativity in order to keep their blogs alive. Third, blogs don’t promote themselves, and the best blog owners are those who are able to spread the word about their blog and get a lot of attention in the process.

 

Why do blog owners want a lot of attention? Blogs are not just about expression nowadays. Thanks to the power of Internet marketing, blogs can be used to post advertisements. Each time blog readers click on these advertisements, the blog owner can get commissions.

 

Moreover, there are online companies that pay blog owners to write blog entries on products, services, ideas, businesses, websites, and even speculations! There are many ways to earn money through a blog, and they all involve making the visitors come to a blog. This is the reason why blog owners are often all about promotions.

 

How do blog owners promote their blogs? They can post their blog addresses in their email messages, tell their friends and family to read their blogs and to spread the word about their blogs, or they can ask friends to link to them. Another way to quickly spread the word about a blog is to post on forums. Forums are a great way to not only meet people, but get the word out on any kind of news. Some blog owners choose to place their blog URL’s in their signatures, or they place them in their posts, enjoining people to read more at their blogs.

 

What are the best forums to go to and post about a blog?

 

There is no golden rule for which forums are the best for promoting a blog, since there are thousands of blogs out there that have thousands of different topics, writing styles, and target audiences. The choice of a forum on which to post is entirely up to the blog owner, but there are a few rules that you as a blog owner may want to follow as you look for a forum to promote your blog in. If you are interested in using forum posting to get the word out on your blog, take note of the following pieces of advice.

 

- Go and post in a forum that is directly related to your blog. You want to have your target audience right in front of you, and you should not make a shot in the dark and post your blog in every forum from A to Z. This is a sign of politeness on your part, not to mention consideration for the people who visit forums and do not wish to see an onslaught of blogs that they are not interested in.

 

Moreover, this shows meticulousness on your part: you know where your audience is, and you know how to target it. If you look like you are groping about blindly, then you can risk losing your target audience.

 

- Keep a balance between densely populated forums and smaller communities. You want to be able to reach out to a bigger audience in a large forum, but since a lot of people come and go, and a lot of posts get relegated to the bottom of the forum pile, you may want to offset this density by keeping to a small community as well.

 

- Have more than one forum to post in. You can never do well if you keep your eggs in only one basket.

Say No to Forum Spamming

 

When you are speaking with children, repeating yourself may sometimes be the key to getting yourself heard and understood. But you’re not speaking to children when you’re posting the same message over and over in forums, are you? Since you’re not, isn’t it safe to conclude that such tactics won’t work? Worse, they can even backfire on you! Here are five good reasons to avoid spamming in forums.

 

It Annoys Moderators

 

Spamming is considered a blackhat SEO technique, and most, if not all, forum moderators do not tolerate it. Other forum members are sure to report you and when a moderator finally takes notice, you’ll certainly have your membership suspended if not revoked immediately and permanently.

 

There are several reasons why spamming will annoy moderators. Firstly, it’s their job to keep other members happy and what you’re doing is the opposite. You are, therefore, giving them extra trouble to deal with. Secondly, spamming consumes web space and web space costs money. Spamming also makes use of bandwidth, and that costs money, too. By spamming, you are forcing moderators to spend money on something they don’t consider acceptable.

 

It Irritates Other Members

 

Again, there are plenty reasons why forum members aren’t happy with your spamming. First of all, these people consider your messages a waste of time. By posting the same message over and over, you force them to spend precious seconds on just scrolling the window until they reach a message that you haven’t posted.

 

You also make back reading difficult for them. Instead of being able to read all the information they need from one page, you force them to load a new one just to get to the next important message.

 

Once members realize that you are knowingly practicing spamming, they won’t take your actions lying down. Besides reporting you to moderators, they can also submit your name to concerned agencies that are against unlawful and undesirable Internet marketing tactics. They can also spread the word about your not-so-nice marketing techniques and before you know it, you’ll be banned from every forum in the Internet.

 

It Doesn’t Work

 

Adults are different from children. They’re already smart and mature enough to understand a simple lesson at the first try. Repeating the same message over and over, as it is, is unnecessary.

 

Now, if you’re practicing spamming in hopes of convincing people to try out your product or service, you’re going about the wrong way, too. To convince a person, repetition is not needed. Instead, you need to give people different reasons to change their minds. The more reasons you give them, the greater chances you’ll have of convincing them to see things your way. But if you stubbornly sticking to one reason then you’ll achieve nothing.

 

Forum Marketing Strategies to Replace Spamming

 

You should be convinced by now of the utter futility of spamming in forums. Don’t wait till your online business collapse before you decide to change your ways. Use a different – not to mention legitimate – technique now and you won’t regret it.

 

To help you get started, consider providing valuable contribution that showcases your expertise. Choose questions that you can answer as an “expert”. Get to know other people in the forum and build relationships with them. Post your link in your profile page and signature. Last but not the least, use a cool username to get more attention!

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