Forums: Discussions for entrepreneurs and small business.

 

1. Read the forums rules and guidelines before posting for the first time.

2. Search the other posts to see if your topic is already covered.

3. Use a meaningful title for your thread.

4. Do not use a forum to promote your product, service or business.

5. Be civil. Personal differences should be handled through email or IM and not through posts displayed to everyone.

6. Stay on topic.

7. Ignore spammers, respond to them personally and not through the board, or report them.

 

8. Do not submit a post that requires readers to download a large attachment. Either explain the attachment or, better yet, provide a link to the information.

9. Use plain text over HTML if you want your post to be readable by everyone.

10. In order to be understood by most people, use correct spelling, grammar and avoid slang unless you know the word or phrase will be understood by other members.

11. Do not double post (post the same message twice in one thread) or cross post (place the same message across several forums).

12. Act in a give and take manner; help others as often as or more than you ask for help.

13. Do not use all caps or SHOUT in your posts. In addition, one exclamation point is enough.

14. When replying to a post, do not quote more from the previous post than you have to.

15. Do not post new problems on someone else's thread and interrupt a topic of discussion.

16. Do not use someone else’s thread for a private conversation.

17. Most forums prohibit wares, cracks or illegal downloading of software and similar topics.

18. Watch your sense of humor, posts may be read by people from a variety of backgrounds and ages.

19. Do not use a huge and annoying signature, a modest signature is fine, moderators may remove large ones anyway.

20. Do not post any information that you want private. Posts should not contain personal, identifiable information or content embarrassing to others.

21. Do not post content that violates a copyright.

22. Do not post ”empty” or useless responses, such as just ”lol” or ”cool.” Only post responses when you have something to contribute.

23. Write concisely and do not ramble.

24. Do not use words like ”urgent” or ”important” in your subject line, be patient.

25. Do not chastise newbie’s.

 

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The general procedure involves making multiple posts on a forum board before you even setup a signature file, which includes a link to your site. Even if the particular forum you are using does not specifically mandate this, you will want to do this, anyway, as it will increase your credibility – which is your real goal. Finding a forum related to your niche is relatively easy to do. Simply type the name of your interest followed by the word ‘forum’ into your favorite search engine i.e. if your niche is golf, type in ‘golf forum’ into your browser and you will likely get a list of active forums on the return page. Alternatively there are a couple of URLs that you can use to obtain the same information. They are “big-boards.com” which is currently the largest forum directory on the Internet or you can use “board123.com/forum_directory.php” which has some lesser directories but does contain some forums that the first doesn’t list. Once you have chosen a few forums that you are interested in, you will need to find out what their rules are when it comes to signature files. Some don’t allow links and others do but may not accept these links to be of a commercial nature. It’s vitally important to stick to the rules of these forums or you will find yourself banned pretty quickly. Once you have your list of forums that allow commercial links, it’s time to start posting! Right from the beginning, make sure that you post messages that are meaningful and relevant. Set yourself up as an expert in your niche and try to give value to the group by posting useful articles and lists that others will appreciate. Only once you have developed a good reputation on these forums which will take approximately one to two weeks of regular posting, you can begin advertising through your forum signature. If it is allowed, make your signature eye-catching by using an assortment of colors, words and symbols. Link your signature to an affiliate product or an auto-responder course purposefully designed to capture email addresses.

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The tips which you have given above is very good but some other tips are as bellow :

 

1. First of all read all the rules of the forums.

2. Set the proper signature in every post.

3. Do the relevant comment.

4. Do not copy the content from the other comments.

5. Do not do the comments on the older posts.

In respect of point 4 I don't think there is anything wrong with promoting your product and service in a forum post provided you are adding value to the conversation by doing so. Of course if all your posts were just self promotion then that is of no value but if you have a product or service that can help someone having difficulty with an aspect of their business why wouldn't you let them no about it? After all that is why many of us are in business is it not?

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Wow, these are some amazing tips. I also read and i cannot recall exactly where i read this. He/She says that to be a part in the forum for a 5 days and later use the signature feature to get your links approved by the moderators.

What is your concern on this?

Also how effective do you think is forum posting in SEO perspective?

 

 

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Forum Posting is my favorite technique in SEO because I feel that this is the only technique in which you will not get bored since it requires full attention of your mind. So it is advisable that keep your mind alert and active while doing forum posting.

 

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Superb post & writing skills. You make this look easy. Keep it up for great work. I will be back to read more of your posts.

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Here's mine:

1. Keep your posts as short and concise as possible.

2. Don't ramble on about how something pertains to yourself unless it is necessary. Instead relate it to your intended audience and get them involved and actively thinking about the subject.

3. Answer your own question. Instead of simply asking the question and hitting the submit button, imply the question and then put the answer in the mouth of the reader. This can spark very detailed responses by those who don't agree, they often feel compelled to explain themselves.

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Commenting and participating in forum that let you include a link to your website in your signature line or at any other part of comment. Forum can act as an ideal marketing tool for your business. It helps in learning the avenues for your business through the constant interaction with other members of the forum. Forum discussion finds it’s receptive or the readers of its content, the more hot the discussion, the more traffic you can create.

 

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This is really very interesting post, 100% agree with your points. Forum is the best option to enhance and expand their knowledge. One can learn a lot during discussing in forums.

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