Forum Posting Brings Free, Targeted Traffic to Your Website

If you're trying to attract free, targeted traffic to your website...and who isn't? Try posting on topical forums.

In case you're not familiar with forums, a forum is simply an online discussion site where like-minded individuals gather to discuss subjects dealing within or around topic categories in the forum.

What's great about forums is the fact, there's a forum for every interest under the sun. And whether you're interested in accounting, beauty, business or pets, chances are there's a forum for it.

So how does posting on forums bring free, targeted traffic to your website?

Well, at the end of each forum post you're allowed to include a signature file (a small blurb or advertisement) about your website. Forum members (and visitors) who read your post will click on the link in your signature, if it's interesting - and voila ...free, targeted traffic!

Does it work?

Well, since most of my traffic comes from forums as well as articles I write, if you've ever visited my Free-Marketing-Tips-Blog.com website, chances are better than 50/50 that you arrived there via a forum post I wrote. So to answer your question, yes, it works!

So how do you go about finding a forum whose subject matter focuses on your interests?

Easy. Just visit your favorite search engine, and type in a subject you're interested in followed by the word "forums." For example, "pet forums." Or "small business forums."

However, there is one important caveat to getting free, targeted traffic from posting on forums.

It won't work, unless you're an active poster. That means you have to commit to posting on forums at least several times a week. I generally spend about 15 minutes a day in total, posting on various forums.

One last thing, unless you don't have anything better to do with your time, don't fall into the trap of treating forums like an all-day chatroom, like so many "addicted" forum members do. Make your post and leave.

After all, you have a business to run, right?