Sneaky effective way to build your list NOT in the IM niche
for obvious reasons this methods works best for niches outside the IM niche
(I am not saying use this in the IM niche, this is purely for only niches out side of IM)
so if your in:
weight loss
muscle building
parenting
acne
dating
relationship
these are just a few niches this method will work in
as you know (or in case you dont know) forum traffic is super targeted because if someone is willing to participate in a forum then that means he or she is very passionate about that particular topic/niche
this is the traffic you want to tap into
heres how it works
1. go to google and type in "Your Keyword" "Forum"
so for example "muscle building" "forum"
2. change your settings so that you can view 100 listings per page
3. go through and open in a new tab all of the forums which you see that are in your niche
4. you should be able to get a good list of 5 - 10 forums at least more the better
5. make sure you pay attention to the amount of members a forum has because you only want to use forums which are active and that have lots of members (active members)
6. join up to the best and biggest ones
7. go to the members area and change the order to people people that have the most posts at the top
8. we are going to contact these guys and "rent" there forum signature off them
9. (do not contact moderators for obvious reasons)
10. check out all of the profiles that look good to make sure they are not promoting anything already
11. the reason why you contact the guys with the most posts is because they have the biggest reach in the forum)
12. start emailing the guys and ask them if you could pay them just to put your website banner or link at the bottom of there profile
you need to come across as professional not some some idiot that wants to make a fast buck. send them a good professional message but of course not too serious
13. dont forget some sites allow banners so get one created if you want to
14. tell them you will pay them something like $25 for the ifrst week and if it goes well you can sort out something more regular
15. of course all niches will be slightly different so just weight up what you can afford to spend and what you think its worth then after the first week you can see how many opt ins you get and also how much you make then you can gauage things from there
16. repeat this process on lots of different forums
this in a nutshell is how this method works
BONUS TIPS
1. remember forum traffic is super targeted so its worth spending a bit of extra time setting things up
2. if you use more than 1 person from the same forum make sure you use a different call to action link and/or a different banner or image
3. this is of course a paid traffic method but you will get far better conversions than using most other paid traffic methods because its forum traffic which is lazer targeted
4. use a low priced OTO to recoup some of your costs back along with a good funnel
5. rinse and repeat over lots of forums
6. once you establish a good relationship with certain forum members this could be a long term traffic source especially if you did it over quite a few forums
7. lastly (this method is very effective but hardly no one knows about it
I call it my "forum stealth traffic method"
hope you enjoyed it and feel free to put your own spin on things to make it even more effective, but this is the main method in a nutshell so go out there and start using it :-)
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