Steps
- Fill out your profile as good as posible. The most important (if marketing is your main agenda) is to fill out your website url and to make a good signature.
- NOTE: Forum signatures uses BBC-code. Use the following free program to easily make a good sig. in BBC: http://www.pawsoft.com/?p=fass/home
- Post an introduction about yourself (NOT a company sales pitch) in the Introduction section (almost every forum has such a section).
- Be active in answering questions, welcoming new people posting in the introduction section and ask relevant questions.
- Be as helpefull as posible. Do not sell your company, sell yourself. If people like you, they will look at the company stated in your signature line.
Tips
- BE SEEN!
- Be sure to use an avatar (a picture of yourself or a logo). This can be added to your profile and will be shown beside all of your posts. This image will make it easy for people to recognise you and gives them a feeling of knowing you after seeing it all over.
- BE PROFESSIONAL!
- Do not use foul language or let your emotions get ahead of you. Be clear about your meanings, but try baseing them on facts.
- BE POSITIVE!
- Do not talk badly about other people businesses unless they are proven scams (be humble). In internet marketing, do not make your company look good by talking bad about the competition.
Warnings
- Talking bad about other online businesses will only cast a shadow over the whole internet marketing concept (including your business).
- Making a big debate about someone elses bad business will probably only help that business to get noticed. Post your facts and then let people drown themselves.
- Check the forum's rules to see if they have anything about advertising. If you are not permitted to advertise your website, do not.
Sources and Citations
- Big-Boards.com - is a directory of forums in almost every niche.
- http://answers.yahoo.com/
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