{"id":11277,"date":"2017-12-23T17:46:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T14:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=11277"},"modified":"2017-12-23T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T14:46:21","slug":"%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%b5%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%9f\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Visitors Through Forums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Laog-2VT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/profsaghafimba501\/files\/2014\/05\/Forum1.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for forums\" width=\"380\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The rise of social media has reduced the importance of forums, and they\u2019re no longer as effective as they once were.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">But the truth is, forums are still active and can bring you a good number of visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>What are forums, and why are they important for marketing?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Forums are specialized websites focused on a specific topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">They allow users to create accounts and then communicate with other members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Interaction takes place through topics posted by forum moderators, and any member can also start a new topic for discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Forums are fundamentally built around communication between members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">One of the key features of forums is that their members create the forum\u2019s content themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">As a result, anyone interested in a particular topic believes that the opinions they find in forums covering that topic are more credible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">At their core, forums are about members sharing with and helping one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This is why traffic from forums is valuable to website owners: it is one of the best sources of targeted visitors for any website or product owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If you run a website that offers a service to help other website owners succeed,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> what do you think a forum with twenty thousand website owners who connect, share their expertise, and help each other solve problems represents for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Of course, it\u2019s an exceptional marketing opportunity that you simply can\u2019t overlook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If you can find a way to get these website owners\u2019 attention through the forum and introduce them to your service, you can earn a good profit from them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If you really do offer a good service for them, it\u2019s only natural that some of them will buy it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">All you need to do now is find a way to connect with the forum\u2019s members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">And introduce them to what you offer in a way that appeals to both them and the forum owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Laog-2VT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>What are the best ways to get visitors from forums?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">We can divide the ways of getting visitors from forums into three levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">We\u2019ll discuss each level individually, highlighting its key advantages and disadvantages, as well as the best way to use it. We\u2019ll also cover <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">the cost and risk associated with each level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">I deliberately used the word \u201clevel\u201d here to distinguish between the different ways of getting visitors from forums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Because they really do vary, both in the number of potential visitors each can bring and in their level of risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The annoying and unprofessional way to get visitors from forums<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This is one of the most popular ways to get free traffic through forums, and one of the easiest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In fact, there are many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/what-is-the-affiliate-marketing\/\">Affiliate marketers<\/a> who achieved good results with it in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s as effective as it used to be, and I also don\u2019t favor it on ethical grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">With this method, marketers join every forum that discusses the offer or product they\u2019re promoting as affiliates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">They post their affiliate link everywhere they can, often in an annoying, spam-like way.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong>Benefits of this method for getting visitors from forums<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- It\u2019s completely free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- No setup is required. Just create an account on the forum, then start posting your affiliate link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong>Drawbacks of this annoying approach<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- Recently, forum owners have gained more tools for identifying disruptive members and banning them from the forum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- Forum members have also become better at recognizing who shares content to help them and who is trying to provide them with genuinely useful information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">So this method is no longer as effective as it used to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The free method\u2014but done professionally and intelligently<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This method is similar to the previous one in many ways, but it also differs in some respects, and the results are different too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">With this method, professional marketers join forums that discuss the market they are targeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">They post valuable, useful topics for members, answer many of their questions, and genuinely try to help others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">They come across as knowledgeable, experienced members of the forum, which helps build trust among other members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">These marketers don\u2019t directly paste affiliate links or links to their websites into forum posts. Instead, they simply make their signature <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">What matters to them is the link to their website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Sometimes, because of their engagement with members, they may post their links in certain threads, as long as this does not violate the forum\u2019s policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In fact, because members of this kind are so valuable, forum owners may give them additional special privileges.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong>Benefits of the free smart method<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- It is completely free, just like the previous method.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- You can achieve good results consistently with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You won\u2019t get banned, as people using the first method do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong>\u0639\u064a\u0648\u0628\u0647\u0627<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- It takes more time and effort to earn the trust of the forum\u2019s members and administrators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The paid method for getting visitors from forums<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">With this method, you simply buy visitors from the forum owners as a marketer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">These visitors are usually acquired by renting advertising space or banner ads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You should contact the administrators of a forum you think would be a good source of visitors for what you\u2019re marketing, design an eye-catching banner, and send it <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">to the forum owners.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">And you\u2019ll start getting visitors right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong>Advantages of the paid method<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- You won\u2019t need to put in any effort or time with this method.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Simply choose which forums you want to place your banner on, then wait and watch visitors arrive at your website or affiliate link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- You\u2019ll get a good number of visitors consistently, as long as you pay the forum owner to rent the banner space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong>Disadvantages of the paid method<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">- This type of traffic can be very expensive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Competition for attracting targeted visitors from forums is fierce, especially in profitable niches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You should have a reliable tracking tool so you can measure how many visitors come to your site through the forum you\u2019re paying to advertise on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This will let you calculate the profit or loss generated by this type of visitor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If you\u2019re serious about attracting targeted visitors you can earn money from,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">whether you want to promote your affiliate link or your website, I strongly recommend trying this type of traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">But be sure to carefully choose the level that\u2019s right for you.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0638\u0647\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u0648\u0627\u0642\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u064a \u0641\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0627 \u0642\u062f \u0642\u0644\u062a \u0627\u0647\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u062a\u062f\u064a\u0627\u062a \u060c \u0648\u0644\u0645 \u062a\u0639\u062f \u0628\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644 \u0641\u0627\u0639\u0644\u064a\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0643\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0636\u064a. \u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u062a\u062f\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0645\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0644\u062a \u062d\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u064a\u0645\u0643\u0646\u0643 \u0627\u0646<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[14733,5982,14734,288,14736,14732,14737,14735,7937],"class_list":["post-11277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-14733","tag-5982","tag-14734","tag-288","tag-14736","tag-14732","tag-14737","tag-14735","tag-7937"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}