Last weekend I took my two dogs, Hunny and Maggi to get their annual shots. There’s a feed store a few miles from our house (we live out in the country) that advertises shots are available once a month. The lady in the feed store told me that the vet comes once a month to administer shots and a quick exam, between the hours of 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. She said if I don’t arrive at 9:30 a.m. I might as well shoot for 10:45 a.m. because the line would be long.
Taking her advice, I arrived at 9:20 a.m. and waited in my car until the vet motioned us in. I was third in line and by the time we were done, the line outside the small building had grown to about eight people with varying sized dogs and several cats. The parking lot was full with more people pulling in. Read the rest of this entry
Forums are a great way to get in touch with potential customers. There are various forums all across the internet that are devoted to an incredible range of topics. That means that regardless of the type of product you are working with, there is likely a forum somewhere that is devoted to that field.People who frequent forums know for a fact that they can reach a highly targeted demographic, they include warm prospects, with very high conversion lead potentials.
Establish a Presence
However you need to work hard on establishing your presence and reputation. Forum marketing is not about just posting a couple links and watching the sales come rolling in. Forums have moderators and administrators who look out for marketing scams and immediately delete those posts and ban the user who posted them.
So how can you use forum marketing effectively?
Trading value for value.Bear in mind that the forum users offer their attention to your posts and will most likely buy them if you know how to promote it accordingly.The value you will provide is determined by the very nature of the forum.
For example, if you are selling a how-to product that teaches people how to use Photoshop software, then look for forums for beginners to the software.Most likely they will ask questions on how certain things are done, so you can find the answer and post it. That is the value you give them. When you post in a forum, you are usually allowed to have a link to a website either in your user profile or as a “signature” – text or images that appear automatically at the bottom of each of your posts.
Don’t Blatantly Sell
So long as you provide value to other forum users thru informative posts, and remember to never blatantly ofoer to sell products or spam te boards or else you will be kicked off the forums. And the people that you advise will often follow your link out of curiosity, or the need for more information. One they are able to see that you have a product that actually solves their problems or can ease their burdes for which they are hanging out on such forums then it is most likely that they will buy your product.
Forum marketing is being used more and more by internet marketers, and while it does take time to establish a credible preference in the forum, the benefits are great if it is one that is very finely targeted to your niche.
Have You Tried This Yet
Have You Used a Technique like this before or during your product launch? Maybe you have used it as an affiliate for other products… What Results have you seen from Forum traffic?
Colin Klinkert is a full time internet marketer making high six figures a year online. He runs many membership sites, one of which makes over a million a year in revenue.
Colin also blogs on his personal site about Marketing techniques, methods and news. Read more about Forum Marketing.
Last weekend I took my two dogs, Hunny and Maggi to get their annual shots. There’s a feed store a few miles from our house (we live out in the country) that advertises shots are available once a month. The lady in the feed store told me that the vet comes once a month to administer shots and a quick exam, between the hours of 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. She said if I don’t arrive at 9:30 a.m. I might as well shoot for 10:45 a.m. because the line would be long.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=8a3002f4-b63f-4e0a-ab08-34db39a9fe44)
