Internet marketing forums are a good place to get both inspiration and valuable information about how to succeed at making money on the net. I have come to believe that a good Internet marketing forum is absolutely vital to your success online no matter what specific Internet business model you decide to operate in. Internet Marketing Forums are great tools to get yourself known, get answers to questions you may not have been able to answer otherwise, keep up to date on new trends, tactics, and methodologies, make friends, broker joint ventures, and last but not least, Internet marketing forums can also be a great traffic generators, if used right.
The ebook I am working on now is an excellent example of the importance of a forum. If I was not a member of the Warrior forum, for example, I would still be confused as hell, surfing around the Internet looking in vein for ways to make money. Therefore I would have never even started writing an ebook in the first place. Furthermore, the entire time I sit at my laptop writing my ebook I periodically post questions to the Warrior Forum whenever I get stuck and need help. I usually get great, top notch answers within minutes of posting a question. Where else can you possibly get help like that? I’m convinced that without the help of the members at the Warrior Forum I never would have been able to finish my first information product, yet alone go on to write new ones.
Internet marketing forums provide you with priceless information but, as I already mentioned, these kinds of forums offer a great way to build your business. That being the case, there is absolutely no point in frequenting Internet marketing forums that: 1) have little or no traffic, 2) do not stay on their theme/ topic, 3) are not well respected within their niche community, or 4) do not attract knowledgeable Internet professionals 5) have no moderator to moderate the posts.
Here is a list of Internet marketing forums that meet all of the above qualifications:
http://www.sitepoint.com (Free)
http://www.warriorforum.com (Free, recommended)
http://www.forumknowhow.com ($4 monthly, recommended)
Although most forums do not like direct advertising, there are ways to use them to your advantage, and if you can learn how to use forums to drive traffic to your web site properly, you will have a very powerful tool at your disposal. Driving traffic from forums to your website is not the most difficult thing to do in the world as it mainly consists of two simple steps; posting to the forum often and having a signature file in all of your posts. Provided that you are not spamming or making posts about irrelevant subjects, you will inevitably end up with visitors to your website. If you become truly immersed in a forum and both read and make posts for several hours a day, you will not only get one hell of an education, you will also start to see some changes to your bottom line.
Belonging to an Internet marketing forum is an invaluable asset for your internet business and to your long term success in general. I was truly lost before I joined the Warrior Forum and I have no idea what I would do without their help, knowledge, and advice. You have no reason whatsoever not to join a forum because they are either free or cost very little to join.
