If you are involved in a home based business and you want an endless supply of people to market to you may not find a better source than an online message board for forum. There are so many forums online and when you find the right ones you can generate an endless stream of prospects easily and for free.
Here are a few tips that will help you when marketing your home based business on an online forum or community.
1. Contribute before you ad a signature. If you make it clear that the only reason you’re on the forum is to get your website noticed people will get annoyed by you. You need to start out by posting answers to other peoples questions as well as starting your own threads BEFORE you ad a link to your website in your signature. This will show people that you want to be a legitimate part of the community and you’re not just looking for sign ups.
2. Use your picture as your avatar. This is a small thing that I have found to make a big difference. Internet marketing can be so impersonal. Let them see the real you. It will help them trust you more and give you instant credibility.
3. Don’t spam. There really isn’t very much that needs to be said about this. Spam is annoying and it won’t get you any sign ups. Just don’t do it. It’s not worth your time and it will ruin your reputation on the forum.
4. Try to be as friendly and helpful as possible. If you know the answer to a question answer it. Even if it doesn’t have anything to do with your business it doesn’t matter contribute as much as possible and make sure people know that you care about them.
5. Make sure you follow the forum rules. If it says right in the rules that you’re not allowed to promote your business don’t do it… end of story. Some forums are good places to get information about online marketing but they’re ad free for a reason. Don’t go against the rules or you’ll get banned. It’s just not worth it.
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