How To Use Forums To Drive Laser Targetted Traffic To Your Site In 7 Steps

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is no doubt about the fact

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comes to driving traffic to a         www.forums.digitalpoint.com

site. On many occasions, I have

Step 2-Join the Forums and set
successfully used posting to          up your signature. Remember to
forums to gain exposure to my         include your website address in
affiliate landing page, squeeze       your signature. Signature is
page, sales page, etc.                another name for your resource
I tell you, if you’re really          box. Your resource box is just
smart, the goal of every forum        like an ‘about the author info’.
post you make is to get as many       This appears at the end of every
people to subscribe to your list!     post you make and drives traffic
Posting to forums is a very fast      to your website.

and powerful way to build your

Step 3- Read the rules and
list of subscribers in as little      regulations of the forum before
as 30 minutes. Below is a             posting. This ensures that your
step-by-step guide:

posts are not deleted by the

Step 1- Find forums about your Administrators of the Forum. Now,
niche very easily. Just Google don’t go about spamming all
the following:

members of the Forum with your

+”your niche” +forum               website advert. In fact, I will
or                                    advise you not to post an obvious
+”your niche” +”discussion            ad. It’s a pure waste of time as
board”

it will be deleted.

For instance, if I am looking

So, what’s next?

for Forums in the Internet

Step 4- Ask for Input. Come
Marketing field, I type               from a weak man’s point. Assuming
+”Internet Marketing” +forum. The     you’ve written an article on your

site entitled “13 Ways to Drive       feedback even when it hurts, you
Traffic to a New Site.” You could     can go to a forum and ask for a
make a post asking folks to check     honest critique. You may think
out the article and see if you        this will not make people sign up
missed anything. Or you can ask       for your list but I tell you,
for additional points to add to       many people will end up
your article. Of course you’ll        subscribing to your list. It’s a
have your opt in box at the end       more indirect and acceptable way
of the article with a compelling      to ask people to check out your
offer.

site without blatant

Let’s say you’ve written an advertising.

article on meeting the right

Plus, the feedback they give
partner. You could post a message     you may help to make your squeeze
like this: “If you had a chance       page even more compelling. Ask
to learn how to meet your right       them if it would persuade them to
partner now, what would you           give it a try, assuming they were
do?”

in your target market (of

It’s a great way to get the        course,you already know they are
attention of forum members to         by the forum you selected). And
your article. You also get them       if they say no, ask them why. You
engaged in the article by asking      can get valuable information on
for their input. And who knows,       what they want (and don’t want)
you may also get other publishers     this way.

who would use your content in

There are two types of forums
their ezines, thereby getting where you should ask for
more exposure for your site

critiques: the niche forum itself

Step 5-Ask for a critical and a marketing forum. You’ll
assessment.

likely get more sign-ups from the

If you are the type that is niche forum, and good advice to
not easily hurt by honest test out from the marketing forum

(although you’ll get some opt-ins

Don’t forget to ask if they’re
there as well).

willing to pay for solutions to

Step 6-Ask your target market their problems and have them give
what they want.

you an indication of how much

Unknown to most people, this they would be willing to pay.
is one of the best ways to Powerful stuff!

develop products and services.

Let them know you’ve already
And most times, Forum members are     answered 10 questions (your 10
ready to tell you what they’ll        step mini-course loaded in your
buy and give you ideas for            auto-responder), for example.
articles, auto-responder content,     Then they’ll be more likely to
your blog posts, whatever you         sign-up. Make sure you point out
need. People guess the products       that you’ll add to your
their target market will want and     mini-course with the answers to
create them only to discover no       the questions they’ve provided,
one is interested in the product      and that they’ll get answers to
but with this, you have real          the existing questions in your
people telling you what product       mini-course PLUS the new ones
they want,how they want it and        when they subscribe. Everybody
how much they are prepared to pay     wins!

for it.

Step 7- Offer a step-by-step

The way you would use this guide or video tutorial.

technique to get them to

If someone asks how to create
subscribe is to post something        an ebook, give them a list steps
like, “what’s your biggest            they can take. Or make a Camtasia
question about loosing weight?”       tutorial video showing them how.
Or “what’s the single most            Now that you’ve got them to your
important thing you’d like to         site, you’ll want to “make them
know about building a                 an offer they can’t refuse.”

business?”

Offer a list of resources and

websites

them with specific results. Think

In addition to checklists,         about it. When you want to learn
resource lists with website URLs      how to make money online, you go
make a great site for them to         to someone who is making money
bookmark! Make sure you supply        online to guide you. This quickly
more than just links. Make it a       establishes you as an authority
huge info-page of information. A      in that area.

collection of resources, links to

And by helping them, maybe
everything you have - articles,       -just maybe- they’ll click on the
video, audio, your blog, other        link in your signature to check
useful sites, tools, you name         out your website. If you direct
it.

them to a blog post or article

Solve a problem for you wrote to answer their
people.

question, they’ll be even more

If someone asks for help or likely to investigate.

asks a question, offer your

That’s all there is to it but
experience and try to help them.      at the end of the day, it’s a
But to maximize your odds of          failure-proof way to drive
getting both the asker of the         serious traffic to your website
question and everyone else who        using Forum Posts. Apply it and
reads the post to subscribe to        see your traffic soar through the
your list, try to phrase your         roof. Don’t say I didn’t warn
answer in one of the following        you!

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