How much traffic do you have from forum marketing?

Yoo,

"Only signature" is the way to do it, really, so that it's never spammy, and so that forum owners don't get fed up with you.

I've done bits of forum marketing in several different niches and in a variety of pen-names. And had some quite good traffic from it, over the years, though it's never been one of my "main traffic generators".

My overall feeling about it is that it used to be easier about 5 years ago than it is now.

I think the "secret" (to the extent that there is one at all) is always to try to add value, so that they're pleased to have your posts there. It's taking a long-term view, but that's justified, really - because I'm still getting some traffic now from some forum posts I made years ago.

For me, it has nothing at all to do with backlinks, and I don't even care (or check) whether they're no-follow or do-follow: I'm doing it for targeted traffic. All backlinks are for is to build up some gradual, eventual search-engine traffic anyway, but that's crap traffic compared with direct forum traffic, and not even worth talking about, in my opinion.


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Been getting about the same each day. Best thing you can do is keep adding content to your site & eventually those extra backlinks should pay off

About 1K per month but a lot of hard work buddy

I get a regular stream of traffic from forum posting and what I like about it is that the traffic is interested in what I've got to offer them, rather than being random visitors.

It will never be a major source of traffic, though, just a trickle. But it does convert well - better than most in fact.

it takes time to get result with this tactic. But first you need have good contents in your blog. without that those signature are quite useless.

You are adding value you will get traffic, the next part of the equation is where you are sending the traffic and what is the intent of the site you are sending them to. Keep the forum you are posting in congruent with the material you are directing them to.

I do alright with forum marketing, but like others have said, it's all about adding value. If you post just spam posts with no content then you won't have very good luck. If you take the long term view and add value by posting thoughtful responses that help people out, then you will get the traffic you desire. Remember, it works best to post in forums that are within your niche, as that traffic will convert best.

I got traffic from forums only by the signature links. And monetize the traffic.

I used to get around 10 to 20 opt in per week from forum. You would really need to understand and provide value in your post. And yes, it is hard work!

Due to my laziness, im back to square one. lol

Well i think Forum Marketing will be laser targeted audience but its too much time consuming if you really add extra value to the community compared with other traffic sources and in the end of the day if you are Hiper active maybe you get 20-30 UV , its not my cup of tea. But i like to offer value to the community but without a mindset of monetization, optins, etc...

To get traffic highly qualified directly to you, i think you will need to build great content in your website that is unique and bring value, i mean really value, then syndicate it, bookmark it, share it in the Social networks and send 1 press release per month for the biggest networks (PRWEB for ex.) that for sure will bring you a lot of traffic.

I find forum posting better for networking and creating JVs rather than a traffic generator. When I really have been active forum posting, I'd generate maybe between 25 - 50 visitors a week (maybe more at times). But let me tell you forum posting for traffic is a low-yield traffic source from my experience. There are much better accelerated ways to build up traffic. May work well for some tho.

forum marketing is very hardship mode for inetrnet marketing .that need long time strive.unless you do local forum, there are a lot of characteristic.

Getting 15 to 30 subscriber/day into my list from one of weight loss forum. If you consider quality over quantity forum promotion is the best

Thanks.

As others have mentioned already, forum marketing is a great way to drive super targeted traffic to your site (preferably landing page). From their you can provide massive value to your subscribers and then you can provide solutions to them. The key is to find a hungry niche, and then do your best to help them and provide solutions them. Forum traffic you do it once and continue to gain traffic for long term. There should be some things to note down though, never troll and post useless information, every post should provide value, it's pretty much that simple. Also you want to diversify other long term traffic sources as well scaling with paid traffic. Think long term + scalable.

Forum traffic means a lot of posts. So this is lot of work. But when your post is interesting, more people will read it and click to your signature.

I've tried forum posting to promote products before. The results were very good too. As it turned out 55% of the traffic was from one forum. People click links, but they have to know what they are clicking first.

Basically, sell them, but don't. In other words a call to action is what they are looking for.

As Lexy said above, it is very 'targeted' and does involve a lot of work especially in the beginning.

Just to echo the other posters above, you will need to add 'value' on all your posts.

When you add value to anything...

Your blog, your writing, your forums and your email lists, then that is when your IM venture starts turning into a REAL business.

When people just post links all over the Internet, they appear to be like homeless people 'begging' for traffic, leads and sales.

But on the other hand, when you incorporate 'value', you are giving.

When ever you are giving, this universe will model you and start giving back.

But most importantly...

Give from your heart and not just for 'getting' sake.

I actually did a little case study about this for about a week, and it resulted in about 200 highly targeted clicks and a bunch of sales, so yeah it's well worth it.

It takes some time though, but just 30 minutes a day shouldn't be too hard if you consider this a real business.

The benefits of being part of a forum community is for long term purposes.
That's why it is better to participate, add value and establish reputation.
Though intentions will make a big impact on what you do.

Forum marketing do helps a lot in traffic. As everyday newer and newer posts are being updated, it would be helpful in a long term for traffic generation..

I get some traffic from this forum and some from others. Not too much but it's better than no traffic at all.

This forum for example, you can get Quality Traffic, which i really really appreciate. Cheers.

How much traffic is not particularly relevant. It's what you say and who you attract that matters. At times I have considered doing business with someone and gone back through their posts. You can learn tons from what someone decides to rant about.

From my presence on Warrior Forum I have attracted 6 figure clients and more importantly made some amazing connections for resources and masterminding.

Well, According to my personal opinion, the forum marketing is one of the best conversation marketing where you can discuss about your queries like, product, internet marketing, eCommerce and so on. It is a platform where every folk put their points among the others. And, yes, as you want to know, it also generates the huge traffic to your website, if you provide the signature. But, it is also important that you must be a part of the forum marketing in regular basis. I think, this information is really helpful for you.
Cheers

I've never enjoyed much traffic really, but others claim to do really well I do enjoy being part of a community with like minded people and I genuinely hope that everyone can succeed in this difficult business.

There are many ways to go about forum marketing.

When it comes to WF, I'm here to network and relax. Contributing here most assuredly is not a traffic generation method I would recommend. You could spend 2 days on most other target locations - Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, G+, Twitter, and so forth - and easily drum up more traffic than laying down 5,000 quality posts in this vicinity. Developing business relationships is more valuable to me than any amount of signups I might receive from signature clicks in this vicinity. Imagine connecting with an affiliate who can send me 50 joins a day, or a 100. If you're going to post on a place like this in a regular manner - worthwhile content, in other words - I'd concentrate on the networking benefits. Does that mean forum marketing is weak? No. You just need to approach it differently. If you're just seeking traffic you need to view forums like WF the way you might if you SEO for a living. Think of the Google juice. Think of the advantages of getting real estate for all of your relevant keywords. Imagine building 20 to 30 of those real estate positions a day. And think of the passive traffic after 3 months, 6, months, a year.

Tom

I have just started forum promoting through signature links. I believe it is a great way to market. If you provide good posts regularly like 10 posts each on 10 forums regularly, you will have 3000 posts in one month. Over time, this will increase to like 36000 quality posts in a year. If the forums are very good ones like this, the posts might even show up in google searches. All of these will ensure that lots of eyes will fall upon your posts which means they will also see your signature links. Some of those will be interested in your service. And one more thing is that your forum posts will live forever bringing you targeted traffic forever. So I think it is a very good strategy
Not good for seo backlinks though. It's not even in the options anymore.

traffic is just a source to build ur income its not the income in itself. u need to hav quality output to offer to ur traffic. for me the best option is to find a programme where u need just 5-6 persons who can giv u financial freedom. once u hav found that programme then u need to find like minded people where target marketin is requied. And forums are great place for target marketin as people already hav th required mindset which leaves u with just to help them provide direction, just to provide them th knowledge of business and they are well on their way to success. Help just 5-6 people this way and ur life becomes beautiful. wish u luck