Forum Posting- Best way for traffic.

sarpras · #1 (**permalink**) 05-31-2006, 09:49 PM

Participating online discussion forums drive lots of traffic to my website.

I am spending daily 2 hour for forum posting.

Can you describe your experience in forum posting?

101homebiz · #2 (**permalink**) 06-01-2006, 09:03 AM

I think everybody realized already that you are an intensiv writer in Forums (;-) Anyway, I like your very brief and compact postings.

However I would have two hours daily I would really invest them in writing articles. Articles is Viral Marketing, writing in Forums not.

To see the effectivity of your Forums Post the only thing you need to do is to analyze the statistics files in your Webspace, then you can read immediatelly how many visits did you receive from that.

jameslittle · #3 (**permalink**) 06-07-2006, 06:36 AM

article writing is good choice indeed. But how do I be able to keep on producing good quality articles? There are time where I am stuck with ideas :-(

ebusiness4all · #4 (**permalink**) 06-07-2006, 08:10 AM

Another advantage of forum posting can be the inbound links they can generate which seem to be increasing in importance with the latest Google update.

Key to this will be to ensure that the Forum show your url in the signature and do not apply a rel=nofollow link.

Two hours seems a lot to me also. Remember that there are many other 'offline' ways to generate awareness of your site / business and your marketing activities should also have a balance of these other channels.

timmathews.com · #5 (**permalink**) 06-07-2006, 08:27 AM

I would have to agree. I am seeing some good ibl from this forum, and some others I post in in my time.
I used to spend hours in the forums writing as well, but honestly, you will burn yourself out...
I have posted hundreds of posts here... Most of them in a 2 month period, then I was mia from wpw for a while...

remindme · #6 (**permalink**) 06-07-2006, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ebusiness4all

Another advantage of forum posting can be the inbound links they can generate which seem to be increasing in importance with the latest Google update.

Key to this will be to ensure that the Forum show your url in the signature and do not apply a rel=nofollow link.

Most forums nowadays will NOT have the SEs follow..

mktgbiz · #7 (**permalink**) 06-15-2006, 06:14 PM

I like posting on forums for inbound links. I especially like getting others to add my link in their sig. ;-) That's the bomb.

I author a couple of ebooks on How To Get Sponsored For Fishing Tournaments and about a month ago I gave a new fishing friend both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 for FREE.

I aksed if he would add my link to his sig. He did. And he did it on every fishing site he posts on.

Writing articles are also good.

Coming up with new information is as simple as looking at your product or industry from a different point of view. Instead of looking at it from the positive side, look at it from the negative side. Look at it from all angles and you should be able to come up with a few new articles.

Hope that helps......

Julia_SR · #8 (**permalink**) 06-19-2006, 01:22 PM

Another benefit that I get from posting in forums is social interaction! Affiliate marketing can be a lonely business, sitting at your computer all day, so it's fun to take a break and read/post in forums! Plus, you're making valuable contacts and picking up tips at the same time, so I always spend about an hour a day in forums :)

sizemonkey · #9 (**permalink**) 06-19-2006, 08:39 PM

So how exactly does one create viral with articles? Do you have to wait for the engines to pick it up?

Thanks
Michael
http://sizemonkey.com

rctoyhouse · #10 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 06:12 AM

Yes, I agree. Most of my inbound links from yahoo/google are from this forum.

funlounge · #11 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by sizemonkey

So how exactly does one create viral with articles? Do you have to wait for the engines to pick it up?

Thanks
Michael
http://sizemonkey.com

You create a 1 page article and submit it to directories, such as http://articles.acemmedia.com

**ctabuk** · #12 (**permalink**) 06-22-2006, 07:53 AM

Good thread - I spend a fair amount of my day in and out of forums - I mod here - I have my own at www.davidcastle.org/BB/ and there are lots of WPW members there - I also love www.warriorforum.com/forum - the off topic section is as good as the WPW breakroom used to be. From an IBL point of view, I'll give you a little tip - place your forum username in your website and you will be amazed at the number of IBL's that can attract.

indi · #13 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 05:34 PM

My first post in associateprograms.com has helped my new site getting indexed by Google, MSN and Altavista. For traffic, I love submitting articles to some article directories.

internet-marketing-cr · #14 (**permalink**) 06-28-2006, 11:44 AM

Yes there are great advantages of participating in forums, not only the inbound links, but the great information you can find, I already participate in 6 or 7 SEO and SEM forums and the experience has been very positive, it really has helped me to get a lot of knowledge in the field.

syndee.d.e.rn · #15 (**permalink**) 07-01-2006, 01:35 AM

i possibly can spend 1-2hrs forum posting during and only when i am off

JasMate · #16 (**permalink**) 07-01-2006, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 101homebiz

I think everybody realized already that you are an intensiv writer in Forums (;-) Anyway, I like your very brief and compact postings.

However I would have two hours daily I would really invest them in writing articles. Articles is Viral Marketing, writing in Forums not.

To see the effectivity of your Forums Post the only thing you need to do is to analyze the statistics files in your Webspace, then you can read immediatelly how many visits did you receive from that.

I agree if you can master the art & find a bucket load of patients then article writing would be a much better way to drive traffic to your site. Also articles tend to be long term where as forum posts go to the archives fairly quickly in comparison.

Webnauts · #17 (**permalink**) 07-01-2006, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by syndee.d.e.rn

i possibly can spend 1-2hrs forum posting during and only when i am off

Do that, but stop spamming.

daisyjmv · #18 (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 07:20 PM

So...from what I am reading posting in the forums is a good way? Someone mentioned writing articles for viralling (new word?)

I want to market my affiliate sites, but don't want to be accused of spamming or anything like that.

I learn from the forums and meet some friendly people.

I guess, I will just keep on reading.....

daisyj

prosperityqueen · #19 (**permalink**) 07-06-2006, 09:16 PM

I would have to agree that posting on forums is a great idea to drive traffic to your website. Many of my new associates have found me on forums.http://www.keytoyourfuture.biz

greeneagle · #20 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 12:53 AM

None of the SEs pick up every forum post thread you post in, as a link. I am nearing 5000 posts since I joined WPW.

If I had spent my time writing articles, doing press releases and submitting to relevant directories, I'd probably have 10,000 IBLs in Google.

The SEs mostly relegate multiple links under one top domain to a very few at the most.

They fixed that issue a long time ago, prior Jagger if I remember right.

That's just not what forum participation is about.

Ken

celc01 · #21 (**permalink**) 07-10-2006, 06:32 PM

I just started forum posting about a month ago but it has already brought me good results. I definitely recommend it.

jrdorkin · #22 (**permalink**) 07-11-2006, 01:26 AM

I don't have the time to spend in other forums that I wish I did, but forums are certainly great for traffic. One of my mods gets most of his traffic from his sig on our forums. It is nice to be able to send traffic to our best member's sites.

**ctabuk** · #23 (**permalink**) 07-11-2006, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by greeneagle

None of the SEs pick up every forum post thread you post in, as a link. I am nearing 5000 posts since I joined WPW.

If I had spent my time writing articles, doing press releases and submitting to relevant directories, I'd probably have 10,000 IBLs in Google.

The SEs mostly relegate multiple links under one top domain to a very few at the most.

They fixed that issue a long time ago, prior Jagger if I remember right.

That's just not what forum participation is about.

Ken

Ken, with all possible respect, you are wrong. Forum posting is two fold.
Forums go back to Greek Times, they are a meeting place of different cultures, differing views and in the case of WPW it stand for Web Pro World - Website Professionals, which means we all have websites, we all want to be listed and therefore we exchange information, we give tips and advice and we mods give our time free but we receive 'thank you'messages - which makes it all worthwhile -BUT we are all here to obtain higher rankings, but you keep changing your sigs and whereas you may have made several thousand postings the use of the name 'greeneagle'it is as about as well known to the search engines as peanut butter is to penguins.

Use your forum sig to your own advantage, keep the same name in dozens of forums, post in the ones that give you the most backlinks. Of all the mods here I am the least technically minded, I am a salesman, a businessman, and I know why I post in forums and so do the Search Engines!!!!!