10 Commandments To Maximizing Your Time In Forum Participation
Here are 10 very simple and practical tips for you to maximize
the ROI out of your time spent in online forums.
1) Gain an idea/keep in touch of what is happening in the
Internet Marketing scene (strategies, product, news).
2) Help others as well as yourself to solve a 'how to' problem
whenever it crops up. This applies to the universal law of "Give
before you can receive".
3) Promote your product or other products with your affiliate
links when you recommend solutions.
4) Create a sense of trust and bonding among fellow marketers in
which real friendship can be establish over time (a sense of
belonging).
5) Share and learn from others through a mutual exchange of
experience.
6) Get a word-of-mouth recommendation to a proven product or
service from people who have tried it instead of spending time
to analyze various products on the Internet.
7) Give and receive encouragement and motivation to/from fellow
marketers.
8) Participate in Joint Ventures to expand your business.
9) Give special offers (discounts, giveaways etc.) that are only
available in the forum.
10) Give free products only to members of the forum.
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