Successful viral marketing forum

In order to successfully use forums to do viral marketing, there are a few things required.

Do your homework: Before joining any forum, you should do some research.

1. Join relevant forums that are somehow related to the promotion's primary sales market. For example, someone involved in a health-related product can submit to many types of forums... everything from holistic medicine to stay-at-home moms.

2. Choose popular forums. There is no point in wasting your time and energy on forums with few members and few posts. Page grouping and number of active members are two good ways to check this.

3. Choose forums that allow tags. If possible, read and pay attention to the rules before joining. Your time is also important. It's best to find out that the forum doesn't allow posts with tags before you go to the time and difficulty of joining.

After you join: Okay...you've chosen one or three forums that meet your requirements...what's next?

1. Keep your sig short and update it regularly. The ideal thing is to limit yourself to one link, preferably on your main website.

2. Never create posts that are nothing more than an advertisement. This is all but a universal rule and it only shows marketers' lack of experience if they do so. At best, this type of post will be deleted by moderators. At worst, it will be grounds for a ban.

3. Work the room. Be an active member of the forum. Plan to spend at least an hour a day there and make time to get to know the users. Take the time to introduce yourself with intelligent questions depending on the forum topic.

When a marketer becomes a regular member, we hope that he will gain a good reputation, and without saying a word about his promotion, people who are interested in their product will approach him.