Another extremely effective way
to advertise for free is to find a forum, message board or discussion list
on a topic that you're interested in, register a login for yourself, then
simply have conversations therein every couple of days,
leaving a one-line ad plus link to your offering in your signature every
time
(make sure the forum allows this before doing so - you may get yourself
banned!).
IMPORTANT:
As long
as you are sincere and help others out along the way, you will be
treated very well! Keep your advertising to your
signature line, NOT your post.
WARNING: It’s very easy to spend the whole day in
forums and not get anything else done!
To make the most of your time in forums, allow yourself only a
certain amount of time each day. Read only the posts that are of
interest to you and post answers quickly before moving on.
As you continue making your presence known on a regular basis,
people will begin to know and trust you, increasing your credibility
AND website visits!
As time goes on, expect more and more phone calls and/or inquiries from
your fellow forum members about your business!
The keys are PERSISTENCE and CONSISTENCY. Visit
your forums every few days EVERY week, month after month.
You'll be amazed at the increase in your own popularity.
How to find Discussion Groups and Forums
Do a search on the topic of your interest with the word forum
after it. For example:
stay at home moms forum
make money forum
home business forum
business opportunity forum
Yahoo Groups
is also a great resource for finding discussion groups
with topics you're interested in. Search for topics right from
their own search tool.
Here's some forums you can
start with:
MLM Talk Online -
http://www.mlmwoman.com/phpBB2/index.php
Work at Home Network Discussion -
http://www.workathomenetwork.com/forum/
Home Based
Business Forums -
http://homebasedbusinessforums.com
I'm 4 Newbies
Forum - http://www.im4newbies.com/forum/
AdlandPro Community -
http://community.adlandpro.com/registerUser.aspx
Internet Warrior Forum -
http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/default.asp?CAT_ID=1
John Reese Forum -
http://forum.marketingsecrets.com
Work at Home Moms
- http://www.wahm.com
Craigslist Communities -
http://craigslist.com
Ryze Communities -
http://www.ryze.com
MySpace Groups -
http://www.myspace.com
Digital Point -
http://forums.digitalpoint.com
Webmaster World -
http://www.webmasterworld.com
Free Ad Forums
- There are always people coming and going on free ad
forums, so there's a good chance your ad can be seen by many people,
depending on the size of the forum's membership.
Register for your own
forum
log in, then post daily, making sure that your
headline is so compelling, fellow forum members just
have to click it open!
To find them, do a search on
the term *free ad forum*.
The forums below will give
you a good start...
http://www.bestadforum.com
http://www.free-advertising-blog.com/Advertise-Free/12576
http://www.freeadvertisingforum.com/webpage.php?referrerid=3088
http://free-online-ads.com
http://www.thefreeadforum.com/
http://freeadsforum.com/
http://postfreeads.free-forums.org/
