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| Posted: 03-04-2006 | Views: 94 |
| Author: tabarticles |
Post Your Way to Success
Did you know that posting in Discussion Forums is a wonderful
way to
make a name for yourself and increase the chances of your
success?
Well, if you didn't know, you do now!
It's true! If you productively spend some time in online
business
forums each week you may find it quite profitable. When
I
say "productively" I mean NOT aimlessly posting to any
topic you can
find just for the sake of typing. You should actually
offer useful
advice and information for people as well as answering
questions
that others have. You will also learn a lot of useful
tips to help
your business from other people's posts.
Here is a small list of some of the great reasons to post
in forums:
1) Exposure to your website or product-In most forums
you can put a
small information box such as an advertisement below each
of your
posts. This is a great way to tell people about yourself
and your
business. You will also gain a link back to your website
to help
with your ranking in search engines.
2) Making a name for yourself-If you consistently offer
useful
advice and answers to questions people will begin to notice
it. Soon
enough you be seen as an "expert" in your field. Needless
to say,
this is very good for your business.
3) Learning-A lot of people frequently post in discussion
forums.
Many of them have been in online business for a long time
and know
quite a bit about it. You can gain vast amounts of knowledge
by
reading other peoples posts. Or you can simply ask a question
and
you are sure to get it answered many times over.
4) Meeting other people-Having a home based internet business
can
get lonely at times. The people in discussion forums can
be a bit
like your "co-workers" at a traditional job. You might
even make
some great life-long friends.
5) Entertainment-Often there are quite interesting topics
and
replies for you to read. Every now and then someone stirs
things up
in a forum and it can be pretty exciting to read the responses.
Well, that is just a taste of why it is great to post
in forums. Of
course, there are more reasons and you may even have some
personal
reasons of your own.
Now lets look at some ways to get more out of them so
you aren't
wasting your precious time:
1) It is best to post to forums that get a lot of traffic.
There are
many forums out there but quite a few of them hardly get
any
visitors. You can get a general idea of how much traffic
they get
just by looking at how many posts they get each day. If
it seems to
be getting a lot of posts everyday then it probably gets
quite a bit
of traffic all the time.
2) Stay away from forums that aren't moderated or that
let you post
just about anything you want. These types of forums are
generally
full of blatant advertising and spam. Don't waste your
time with
them! You won't really get anything useful from these
forums. Also,
DO NOT blatantly advertise or spam posts. It will ruin
your
reputation and could get you banned from forums.
3) Restrict your time in forums by setting up some sort
of schedule
or time limit for visiting them. You can sometime lose
track of time
reading and responding to topics. Obviously you need some
time for
other business tasks so you don't want to use it all up
in forums.
Trust me they can get very addicting so this is an important
step.
4) Do not post just for your own benefit. It is important
to offer
useful advice and information to others. By offering valuable
comments you will get people to notice you more thus increasing
the
chances that they will do business with you.
5) Take full advantage of the signature paragraph that
most forums
let you set-up. This is where you do get to do a little
advertising.
Tell about yourself and/or your business. Provide a link
to your
website or product so people can get to it easily. Your
link will
also help with your search engine popularity and ranking.
6) Be respectful and polite to others on the discussion
forums. Even
if you don't totally agree with someone it is best not
to attack
them. People will notice if you are rude and obnoxious.
It is better
for you to just keep your unnecessary comments to yourself.
I regularly visit quite a few discussion forums. I have
found that
they are fun to read and post in and can be very rewarding.
Some are
better than others but all can be beneficial when used
properly. You
just need to find the forums that fit what you are looking
for.
Become a "regular" there and you will be rewarded.
Here are some of the best business forums that I visit
frequently,
in no particular order:
Open Forums (don't require registration):
http://www.ablake.net/forum/
http://www.howtocorp.com/forum/
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/184615
http://www.homebusiness-websites.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi
http://www.ozemedia.com/cgi-bin/webbbs/webbbs_config.pl
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/11488
http://www.williecrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi
http://www.friendsinbusiness.com/board1/index.cgi
These websites have forums that require you to register
before you
post but it only takes a couple minutes and doesn't cost
anything:
http://www.wilsonweb.com/
http://www.infoprofitstalk.com/
http://www.siteownersforums.com/
http://www.associateprograms.com/
http://www.webproworld.com/
http://www.workathomenetwork.com/discussionboards.htm
http://www.mom101.com/
I am sure that is good enough to get you started! The
above list
consists of many of the most well-known business forums
as well some
lesser known ones. Pretty much all of them get good traffic
and none
of them allow spam or blatant advertising.
Now it is time for you to go and Post Your Way to Success!
Trent Brownrigg is a successful home business entrepreneur,
webmaster, and author of work at home articles. Secure
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