Forums are the best place to share and discus trending topics on the internet. Forums can also be used to promote your online business if done correctly. One should of course not spam on forums because that would not only affect other users experience but will also get your account banned.
There are hundreds of forums on internet in almost all the niche you could possibly be in. Forums can also help you get quality backlinks through signature. Since this signature goes with all your replies and started threads, you end up getting hundreds of backlinks from one forum as per Google’s Webmaster Central.
Be Regular
Almost all the forums have their own criteria behind letting users add a signature link on their account. Forums need active members and not spammers. So they will basically hold you for a set period of day or until you make a set number of posts before you could add a signature link.
So be regular in reading threads and posting replies. Don’t go random, reading relevant topics will also improve your knowledge and the chances are that if your signature link and title is relevant to the thread you replied, then you will get a good amount of traffic from there.
Choose Relevant Category
There can be several categories in the niche you choose. Browse through the categories to find which suits your niche the most and interact with other members in that category.
Reply to posts and help others in their issues. That will increase the potential of your website getting visited by other repliers.
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Answer Relevant Threads
There are thousands of users with so many different questions. If you have selected a specific category to work on, then the chances are you will probably come across a new thread that has got everything to do with the service you provide. But hold on, don’t spam or slap them with your link and an introduction to your service.
Instead, it would be better to help them out with thier question. Focus on their issue and just let your signature with a good title. The chances are they will at least take a look at it and give your website a visit.
Lookout For 0 Replies
This can be better from all the sides. Forum, the thread starter and you. There can be several reasons why a new thread can have 0 replies for days. May be because the issue is a bit technical which not everyone could answer. But trying to help and answer such threads will also get your reply with signature above the fold making it more visible for other thread readers. Well, that is what at least i do.
