The Secret Tool for Driving More Traffic

Forum marketing is perhaps the most underutilized traffic generation strategy. Industry forums can be a great source of leads and customers.

But, just creating a signature and posting generic messages is not going to generate a flood of traffic. Forum engagement is a way to drive targeted traffic to your website.

How can you explore this market to grow website traffic in any niche market?

1. Search for the Most Active Industry Forums

Find active forums within your niche. After you have found a forum, you want to check if it is worth your time. First, look at the most recent post information and see when they published the last post. It shows how active the site is and how frequently they post.

2. Create a Forum Account

Next, sign up by clicking the register button. Fill in the screen name (or user name) carefully. It should be memorable and distinctive.

You can use your brand name or site name as your username. This is important as people will be seeing it and may associate your content with your brand. It will be more difficult for people to associate this content with your business name or your website if it isn't your brand.

It is important to have your brand name as your user name when creating an account.