Comment posted on Participate In Forums For A More Successful Blog by Matthew
I spend as much time on forums as I do on my blog. Not only do I get to learn more for myself, I get to help others. Oh, all while building links back to my blog with my signature.
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I fell into this very trap just a couple of days ago. “I’m not big enough to hold a contest.” Of course, the point of the contest would be to draw in readers while also making the current ones more active. So I was missing out on half of the goal, a goal that I set!It isn’t the right time for me to have a contest, as I am currently working on some other projects for my blog (getting it dressed as I talk the talk). However, I will have one in the future, no matter how “small” I am at the time. My goals are laid out, now I just have to keep working towards them.
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I am planning a give-away/contest in the near future, so that post came in quite handy for me.As I am preparing to shift my blog’s focus slightly, I found the two Branding Your Blog for Success posts very beneficial. I have bookmarked the second one so that I can return to it when I next re-design my theme.
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My name is Steven Sanders and I'm a Professional Blogger, Izea Insider, Web Designer, Social Media Enthusiast, Dad, Husband, and Friend.
Haven’t heard of most of those forums. Seems I got to get on them more then, eh?
Another great post, Steven.
Forums = success….I’m on it. Thanks Steve
I have been member of the DP forum you listed at #8. But I wasn’t very active there. I didn’t realize the importance of forum participation until recently when I started checking statistics for my blogs ( http://makeitf.blogspot.com ).
Of course this involves a lot of work on our part. That is what concerns me most. How am I going to manage time, participating on forums, commenting on others’ blogs and writing to my own blog?
You need to also write an article on the typical day a simple blogger. Thanks for this article.
To successfuly promote your site on forums you need to spend a lot of time on there. If you go anywhere and start your career with advertising yourself you won’t last long before getting banned/all your posts deleted.
@Dieta You’re correct. When I mentioned joining forums, I didn’t mean do it to simply advertise your blog. I meant that you need to participate, without expecting it to generate traffic for you. The best thing to do is include a simple text link in your signature that links back to your blog and leave it at that.
If someone you’re talking with or helping in some way likes you enough to want to visit your blog, they will have a way in your signature. Should they choose. Choose being the key word.
I spend as much time on forums as I do on my blog. Not only do I get to learn more for myself, I get to help others. Oh, all while building links back to my blog with my signature.
You can use the signature in forum to build backlinks and get traffic.