8 Important Forum Marketing Tips Every Marketer Should Know

Forum marketing is a great free marketing strategy and it can be a very effective way to generate leads for your network marketing business. Nevertheless, there are several things to keep in mind. As with any free marketing technique, the compromise is you are investing your time instead of your money, so be sure to follow these 8 suggestions so you can be sure you are spending that time wisely and efficiently!

8 Important Tips For Effective Forum Marketing:
1. Nobody cares about your business. Let me repeat that. Nobody cares about your business. The very last thing you want to do is join a forum and then begin pitching your business opportunity. Instead, join the conversation and share some expertise when appropriate.

You're joining the forum to get to know other people, form relationships, gain knowledge, share information and help each other out. Over time, as you offer beneficial advice and information to the discussions you get involved in, the community will begin to recognize you as a leader. Remember, people join people and they are looking for leaders!

2. It is crucial that any and all links belong in your signature. It doesn't matter if it's for an affiliate offer or your primary business, links go in your signature. That's why it's there in the first place! The only exception is when you are providing a link to information or a helpful website, not affiliate offers or landing pages though.

3. Don't waste your signature by placing links to generic company websites. You've taken the time to build good relationships with the community and offered them valuable advice and information. The last thing they want is to land on a generic company website when they click on the link in your signature.

Most forums have space to put a couple of links, so one can definitely be to your own personally branded website/capture page. For example, if you are involved with a generic lead generation system like MyLeadSystemPro, which can assist other network marketers grow their business...that would be a terrific place to send them!

4. Don't be a know-it-all. It's critical to be secure and exhibit leadership, but be considerate of other people and be mindful to not act like you know absolutely

everything, because nobody likes that!!

5. Don't be afraid to join a forum on a subject matter other than home business. For example, if you're really into golf, it's okay to join a golf forum and use your signature to say something like "Earning money online yet? I can show you how."

6. Be consistent. Don't go joining eight different forums all at once because that won't accomplish anything. It's much more efficient to choose 1-3, depending on how much time you have to dedicate to your marketing. It would serve you better to be more involved on fewer forums than being less involved on a greater number of forums.

7.  Once you join, get involved. Don't just sit back and watch over the discussion! You should expect to devote 3-6 days a week, especially in the beginning. It's important to set aside a certain amount of time to spend on each forum because, if not, time will just slip away!!

8.  Provide value and get involved in the conversations on the forums. Be a leader and other members will become interested in you, which is when they will go to your signature to find out more about you.

By Lynne Eribourne