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Do you promote forums that you belong to?
By Dave | January 20, 2008
A good question came up earlier on a popular internet marketing related forum I frequent. To paraphrase, it was a new member who questioned whether or not to promote the forum in a new ebook they were writing.
Would you do it? There’s usually no monetary gain from promoting a forum, unless you own it. You won’t really gain much traffic to your website or your product…or will you?
My answer to the question was yes, I would promote the forum. And here’s why.
While any promotion of a forum is good for the forum, it also benefits you. If you write an information product (or blog post for that matter) that points the reader to a forum you actively participate in, it gives them another place to “see” you and interact.
Forums are more than just areas to discuss topics, they are relationship builders. If someone reads your ebook and then goes to the forum just to see many more helpful posts by you, they are going to be inclined to trust you more. They know that they can drop in to that forum and ask you a question mono y mono.
So think about that next time you write a blog post or ebook. Is there something relvant at a forum you belong to? Link to it, and start forging those relationships with your customers.
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