You’ve probably heard about Article Marketing and Forum Marketing.  In fact, you may even be sick of hearing about it. But are you doing it?  The reason that you hear so much about these two marketing methods is because they actually work!

Yes, article marketing and forum marketing does build traffic slowly.  There are other faster ways to get traffic. But, when you build traffic using these methods as well, you are also building your credibility.  You are drawing responsive visitors to your site, and if your site is doing its job as well, and you get those people on your list, you can draw them back time and time again.

Please Note: If you are not collecting email addresses at your website, the traffic that you bring there is essentially being wasted.  By building an opt-in list, you can bring traffic back to your site over and over again.  Now this is essential to all online businesses.  Email addresses and first names should be collected with an opt-in page, or with subscribe boxes located on every single page of your website!  No excuses.

Now, let’s start by generating some traffic with articles.  The concept is that you write an article, which should be anywhere from 350 to 750 words in length.  You include an author’s resource box at the bottom of your article, and your website link is included in that resource box.  You submit the article to article directories and ezine publishers.

If you can’t write,  you can get articles written for less than $10 each by a ghostwriter.  If you don’t have the time it takes to submit articles,  you can hire a service to do that for you as well.  It is essential that you do article marketing, because of the fact that it is viral.  Your articles will be used on other people’s websites, blogs, and in their ezines – spreading the word about your site.

Forum marketing is also important.  To do forum marketing, you need to find good, well populated forums that relate to your niche (the topic/theme/subject of your website).  You simply just participate in those forums, and include a signature file at the bottom of all of your posts, which in turn leads people to your website.  Forum marketing does not take much time at all, once you’ve found the forums that you want to participate in.

Again, these are slow, but effective (and free) ways to generate traffic to your website.  Remember no matter how slow these methods may be, they are essential to your overall online business because of the virility of these techniques, and the credibility that it gives you.

Today’s Homework Task:

Each week, write and submit one article.  Participate in your niche forums on a daily basis by posting one message in each forum per day.  Make sure you use your signature file that brings people to your website.

Regards

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Kellie Simon is a Full Time Internet Marketer, who also provides support to Online Business. Kellie loves sharing her knowledge to encourage and assist others to get started in their online business. Visit Kellie’s Blog to get her free report revealing the top 9 methods you can use to get started online and making money today. Go To Kellie’s Blog – http://www.kelliesimon.com.au

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