Forums are a great place to start spread the word about your opportunity.

At forums you can get advice about a product, a business opportunity, affiliate program or you can review their site.

Forums are also a great place to:-

Discover new products, ideas, tips, tools

Make contact with others

And Site Promotion

As traffic is the most important part of any online business I’m focusing my discussion only on Site Promotion

This means you make a posting, at forums, which contain a link to your site, to persuade members to visit your site

Why will they do this ? They will do this for one reason.

Because your site is providing the answers they want.

Posting at forums is also a form of ‘self’ promotion as well as site promotion.

What questions are they asking at forums? These are typical questions that you can find on forums or on search engines.

Where can I find ___
How do I ___
What do I need to ___

Go to your favourite forums now and check this out.  Concentrate on the following posts.

the most frequently asked questions
the ones which get the most views (most forums provide this figure)
the ones with long threads

To use the forum effectively find a TOPIC with a big appeal.

TIPS

The timing of your posting
Reaching the maximum audience.
Respond early in the thread before it slip down and out of the first page
Look for threads that attract a big audience•

To build trust and a relationship with fellow members it pays to make genuine posts

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THINK BIG. ACT. MAKE YOUR BUSINESS DREAMS COME TRUE!

HelenaZ
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Getting traffic to your web site is the most important task for a web master.

Free traffic to your site plays an important role. There are many different ways in which you can generate free traffic.

Here are some of the methods:

1. Writing articles. Some Article Directories provide a form field to include your copyright notice in the resource box.  Entice readers here with a freebie e-book or a report or even an attention-grabbing headline to attract them to click the link and visit your web site.  A good idea is to end your article with a question and link to your web site to find the answer. You also gain credibility as an expert with articles.

2. Creating and distributing a free report on a specific subject helps to get free traffic without putting in much effort.  Include a link to your site or link to a squeeze page to capture readers name and email.  You can send your paid traffic to download this free report and allow them to redistribute the report.  Giving the report for free attracts readers, and by allowing them to distribute freely ensures that your web site gets free traffic,  long after the report was distributed.

3. Post regularly on forums related to your site. Perhaps the easiest and quickest way to get free traffic.  Use these forums to make useful and interesting posts, and include a signature file that allows readers to click through to your site.  If you are not an expert in any niche and are unable to have a discussion around a topic, you can always post questions. Asking for help will get your site noticed and get you some good incoming links.

4. Another option to explore for free traffic is to find link partners and exchange links. This will not only get you direct click-through traffic from other sites, but it will also get you search engine traffic once those sites are indexed and your site is given credit for the inbound links.

5. By maintaining a blog and submitting your blog feed URL to various RSS sites also helps getting exposure to your site very soon. Consider submitting feeds or sites to blog directories with a high PR to make sure you are getting quality incoming links.  Do not ignore submitting to sites with low PR in the later stages. If these web sites “make it big” you do not want to be left out. Don’t overdo it!

6. Submitting your web site to the social book marking sites like Squidoo, del.icio.us etc plays also an important role in free traffic. This helps getting good exposure to your web site.

Be careful to get the visitors naturally to your website and never stop your hard work.  Patience really pays!!!

Think Big. Act. Make Your Business Dreams Come True!

HelenaZ
skype: hzwarts
Twitter: helenazwarts
Seo Strategies
Business Gateway
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Biz Community (forum)