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Forum Linking - How To

By: Gary Harvey

Online forums are a double-sided coin, so to speak.

* You can either spend hours and hours a week at forums reading all the interesting discussions between people.

* Or you can use the internet forums to market your business. If this sounds good, remember to keep an eye on the clock.


FORUM LINKING -- HOW TO LINK FROM THE FORUM TO YOUR WEBSITE

There are loads of online forums. Go to Google.com and type in your topic plus the word forum, for example "acne forum" or "home schooling forum" (without the quotes) and you will find the available forums.

To get links back to your website or websites, choose the busy forums. These are the ones with the most visitors and the most posting activity. They will usually be listed near the top of the search results page at Google or Yahoo or whichever search engine you prefer.

Pick one forum or several and take a look. Like what you see? Great. Take particular note of the forum signatures that other folks have written. Could you model on that? Some forums seem to prefer one liners. Others allow more text in your "sig".

Once you're happy with the forum, register as a member. When picking your username, keep in mind that it will appear on everything you write so choose something that reflects appropriately.

To post, you can either go to the topics of particular relevance to you or you could take a different approach and just respond to some of the posts that have had no response yet. These are often available through a link on the first page after you login.

Alternatively by commenting on popular questions, your contribution will get seen.

Avoid mud slinging and harsh criticism (called flaming).

Tip: Make your posts helpful instead of sales pitches. Anything that looks like a self-serving self-promotion might get deleted, no matter how cleverly you it.

By contributing useful comments or expressing your thanks in a contextually relevant way (not just 'Good point, thanks'), your forum post and your signature can gain visibility. And traffic!

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Okay, so know how to post at forums. But post about what? What are you selling? What type of market are you trying to reach? Here’s how I find hot markets that pay well - http://www.findhotmarkets.com/articles/find-hot-markets-that-pay-well.html And here's what to say in postscripts - http://homebusinesswinners.com/articles/postscripts.html Article written by Gary Harvey of FindHotMarkets.com -- The Internet's BIGGEST LIST of strategies & resources to find hot niches, best selling products & HOT markets. Have you seen his FREE REPORT yet? Click here to download it now - http://FindHotMarkets.com

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