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How to Market Your Business Online for Free Online

Even though many people use social networking websites to market their business, online forums are still an excellent way to build meaningful relationships with people and is an excellent way to market your business for free. There are a few tricks to marketing on forums without getting banned. You have to be careful not to do any blatant advertising or you’ll probably get banned very quickly.

Here are a few tips for marketing your business online for free:

The first thing you should do when you’re new to a forum is create an interesting profile. Add an avatar that’s a picture of yourself, or a picture related to your business like your logo. If you’re in the dog training business, you might put a picture of a dog - preferably your own. In the golf business, it could be a picture of your favorite golf pro. You get the idea.

Next, start making posts that answer questions. You should never mention your website or product at this point. Being a member of a forum, you’ll be there to give people helpful answers to their questions and post an occasional thread of your own to spark a discussion or provide helpful tips.

The point of this phase is to start establishing yourself as an expert in the niche. By giving people valuable answers, you’ll be seen as the go-to person in your niche. As forum members start to recognize your contributions, they’ll start looking for your posts, hanging on your every word!

Check the rules of the forum to make sure they allow links in signatures. Many allow you to include with your posts self-promotional "signatures" that you can use to promote your business and link to your website. You might prefer to link to a squeeze page, so you can start building a list of forum visitors that you can market to later.

Don’t do anything to draw attention to your signature - such as continually telling people, “I have more information on the site in my signature file.” Just keep posting as you have been, giving out helpful information.

After you’ve built up a very good reputation at the forum, people may start searching for you on their own. Make sure the name you use on the forums is featured in the text of every project you promote, because you need to make it easy for people to find your products if they start looking for them on Google.

You might even be able to Joint Venture with the forum owner after you’ve become rather well-known around the forum. You could offer a standard JV, or you could just ask the forum owner to be your affiliate. You might offer them a special deal, with a higher percentage of commission than normal affiliates – or a discount reserved just for their members.

Respect the forum boundaries. Don’t private message people and ask them to check out your site unless you already have some sort of previous relationship with them. The only time you should ever draw special attention to a project of yours is if someone makes a post that specifically asks for recommendations about products.

For example, if someone asks, “Does anyone know of any good books that can help me housebreak my puppy?” You could probably get away with posting, “Actually, I wrote a book about how to housebreak a puppy in just four days. If you’re interested, you can find the link in my signature” If it’s an invitation to provide a product link, it’s probably okay – but otherwise, let the forum traffic funnel in on its own.

Once you've gained credibility in your field, you will be sought after for your professional expertise without your having to promote yourself.

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