You are here: DIME Home > Marketing > Forum Marketing - How to Promote Your Site Without Getting Banned

Forum Marketing - How to Promote Your Site Without Getting Banned

Forums are great places to post answers and information you know something about and redirect people to your website for more information. You do not want to get banned from these forums because that could cost you potential visitors and customers! Use these tips to avoid getting banned.

Author: Kari Farmer
Date: Jan 4, 2011 - 4:43:33 PM

Printer friendly page

When you are trying to promote your website, forum marketing is one of the easiest and most productive ways to do it. It pulls in a targeted audience for people actively looking for your services, products, or information. You can get many visitors, and potential customers, just from one post in a forum. But with all the suspicious people out there on forums it can be very easy to get reported and banned from the forum all together.

I have seen some big names get banned on online communities and forums just for conducting themselves in a hard sale manner. So keep in mind some tips to help you avoid getting banned, and instead keep getting your website new visitors.

Tip 1 - Do not post just links to your website.

I see this all the time. Someone will ask a question in a forum and someone else will answer with a link. People go to forums for answers, not links. Links should be an afterthought to help them receive more information from your answer. So make sure you answer the question with an actual answer, and try to make it a really detailed answer, and then point to your website for even more detailed information.

Tip 2 - Do not post the same generic response over and over.

This is extremely common. The answer will go something like "I have experienced this also and I found that this website at (website link) helped me out quite a bit, good luck!" They then proceed to plug this into every question they find.

This will not only get you banned but you will not get clicks to your website from this behavior. If you are going from question to question then you can imagine how many other people are doing the same thing. And I can guarantee that they notice your generic answer in each question. So even if they wouldn't have reported you after the first time they saw your answer, they would now.

Tip 3 - Keep it relevant

Many people will take the above generic response and put it into every forum possible. But the problem with this is that your website is most likely only about one niche, and when people come to your website expecting to read about making money online, but instead find out it's about losing belly fat, you can bet they will never be back. You will lose readers and customers in abundance this way, and your website will be labeled as spammy and non-useful.

This means when you get banned, and you try to join the forum with another name, your website will instantly be recognized as that spammy website and you will get banned again. You won't even get a chance to give a few answers or posts. And your efforts will be for nothing!

Remember that forum posting is a great way to drive traffic to your website and your goal should be to stay on these forums to help you do so. When you make a post or answer a question always contemplate whether it may get you banned or not. This will help you make the best of your forum experience by avoiding a stupid mistake that can cost you thousands of visitors.

Kari's is an online marketer with a passion for helping others succeed. If you are looking to make money online visit Kari's website at http://choosetomakemoneyonline.com for some great ideas.

View all articles by Kari Farmer

Link to this article:

Code to copy:

<a href="http://www.dime-co.com/marketing/Forum-Marketing---How-to-Promote-Your-Site-Without-Getting-Banned.shtml">Forum Marketing - How to Promote Your Site Without Getting Banned</a>

---

Search for articles: Advanced Search

Recommended Associates

Latest Articles in All Categories

Putting Up a Small Commercial Printing Business

So You Might Be Unemployed And Desire To Become A San Francisco Real Estate Investor Now

Meditation and Mindfulness: Dealing With Emotion

CPA Websites: Five Essential Ideas for Composing Convincing Articles

Set Goals In Order to Come Up With Your Action Plan

Is the Air in Your Home Safe to Breathe?

Coarse Fishing Tackle Review: The JW Young 13ft Trotter Rod

Section 1031 Exchanges For San Diego Real Estate Investors

Phoenix Real Estate Investing For Highest Possible Earnings

Legendary are the Volk Racing TE37 Wheels

Developing the Next Generation Wall Station (ChaseDesk™) for Healthcare - A Case Study

What are step down transformers?

Introducing Sharehype, the Revolutionary Tool for Online Marketers

Rewards To Shopping For Austin Real Estate On The Web

Hydroponics for Beginners

Do you write?

Would you like submit your articles and have them approved on a priority status? Find out more about how you can become a Priority author for pennies a day! Click here.

News Feed

Dime-co.com Home

Business (9328)

Computers & The Internet (5740)

Entertainment (1348)

Family (958)

Finance (1963)

Health (4246)

Home and Living (6670)

Marketing (6113)

Shopping & Product Reviews (2624)

Sports (694)

Travel and Vacations (1689)

Video Articles (1)

Editors Pick (1)