Article marketing or forum marketing?

by trerog
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Which one would you choose for a newbie to get started in Clickbank and in your opinion which one has the greater earning potential?Should I use both methods?
#article #forum #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author Mike McAleer
    depends what type of forum marketing you do. having a signature and doing quality posts is good as long as the sig is not directly to buy the product. you must provide value first.

    just do AM to start.
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  • Profile picture of the author xxdksxx
    I would give them equal attention and see what helps the most. Article marketing in my opinion is something that will give you traffic over a long period of time, where forum marketing may only last a couple days or however long the thread you have commented in or created lasts.
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  • Profile picture of the author gskesavan
    Why don't you try both?? You can test out what works and what doesn't. In my personal opinion both of them have great potentials in their own ways.

    Don't take it as an option. Take both. You get more profits. Start out with which type of marketing interests you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jkhurramov
    As a newbie you don't know much about IM and you still have a lot to learn. I mean on forums you need to post quality to market but it's still one of best free methods to get good results. Article marketing is the best choice, but I'd choose both options.
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  • Profile picture of the author scrofford
    If it were up to me I would master article marketing. Although marketing on forums can be just as good. But if you can master writing, thats just another skill under your belt.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anup Mahajan
    Forum marketing can give you good results if you provide valuable help to the community. It takes time for people to trust someone so the results may not be instantaneous. Regarding article marketing, you can short term as well as long term benefits if you have targeted a good keyword and written a great article.


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    • Profile picture of the author Simmvee
      It all depends on you really. On the one hand, article marketing involves writing well written articles as well as choosing a niche that is as profitable as it is easy to rank for. Plus you are at the mercy of the google monster's whims as well as jealous article marketer competitors who like to report anyone who dares to encroach upon their "territory", among other things.

      Forum marketing sounds better but it takes a lot longer to become successful IMHO because you have to make quality posts and LOTS of them in order for it to be really effective. I'm sure there is a course somewhere that will show you how to accomplish this in less time if you really wanted to go this route.

      The one thing about forum marketing that is better than article marketing is that you don't have to worry about grammar and spelling while making posts, quality or not. This is a big stumbling point for most article marketers and it's why good articles can be expensive if you choose to buy them. I'm not saying you shouldn't make posts that are grammatically incorrect but forums are a lot more forgiving than certain article directories if you are self conscious about this sort of thing.

      Another thing that is really cool about forum marketing is that, again, you are not as subject to google's mood swings as your article marketing counterparts. I'm sure article marketing still works well, but if you think about it, everyone and their dog is article marketing but forum marketing is a road less traveled.

      In the end, would you prefer to compete with tons of other article marketers in article marketing? Do you have the patience to build up your post count and reputation on forums? Go the well written route or the more literary lax route? Whichever you choose, pick ONE and stick to it. Remember, general medical practitioners make good money but specialists make a killing!

      Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author H.Miller
    I would do both because they both can produce great results.
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  • Profile picture of the author FXdarling
    Test both. but if you have your site and want to generate more backlinks to it, article marketing is better on my mind.
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