One of the simplest internet marketing methods is also one of the most subtle. Forums, if used properly, are home to some of the most advanced internet marketing around. People don’t seem to understand what forums are really for, or how they work. Here are some simple tips to help you get started using forums the right way to promote your affiliate products and programs.

1. It’s the people, not the products.

Forums, and social media in general, are poorly understood.

What they are not about is… selling!

“But I’m trying to sell my product!”, you say?

I am very sorry. (Actually, I’m not, but I like to be polite.) No one joins a forum to get sold.

People join forums to meet up with like minded people. To get information. To chat, gossip, complain, find out what’s new, and what’s old.

If you do not like to do those things, forums are not for you. You can go sell someplace else.

Then again…

If you like to do those things, or are at least willing to pretend that you do (and really, who doesn’t like to yak, gossip, etc.!?) then forums are a great place to sell.

But you must…

2. Remember what your mother taught you.

What did mother teach? Be nice. Be polite. Say thank you and please. The best internet marketing methods are about good communication.

And if she was “old school”, she taught you to not speak unless spoken to.

Your mother knew what she was talking about. Take mother’s advice on advanced internet marketing.

The first time you get onto a forum, introduce yourself. Then shut up and pay attention.

What are folks talking about? What are they angry about? What are the hot topics?

And… who are the leading voices? Who are the natural leaders on this forum?

When someone says or does something worthy of praise, go ahead and praise. It’s a small thing. But it can be so important.

And don’t be phony. Always be sincere.

When you have an idea of what’s going on, only then may you may “join the adults” and contribute to the conversation.

3. There’s only one right way to do this.

Trying to promote your product or your subscription list?

Feel free. But get it right!

Give honest, useful, thoughtful advice and help and people will flock to your signature to find out more about you.

Then, they’ll buy you.

And when they buy you, they’ll buy your product, or sign up to your list.

In droves.

But…

Talk up your amazing whiz-bang product, or your incredible list chock full of never-before-revealed super underground secrets… and you will get booted off that forum forever.

If you learn one thing from this article, it should be this…

Forums are great places to meet people. It is THAT which makes them great places to sell.

There are loads of internet marketing methods, and so-called advanced internet marketing is only what we call the latest, big thing. But certain things are true forever. The best salespeople are the best communicators. Show people that you appreciate them as people, and they will trust you and listen to your message. Learn to like people and, and get good at getting people to like you. What Dale Carnegie taught eighty years ago is still true today!

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One Response to “3 Advanced Internet Marketing Tips Using One of the Simplest Internet Marketing Methods”

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