Promote Your Blog Using Forums (Get Blog Traffic For Free)

Getting blog traffic can be hard. Sometimes it can seem impossible. So you've racked your brain, tried everything you can think of, and still your not getting the blog traffic you desperately need. There is a simple remedy to this problemand it will get your blog traffic, FAST. The solution I speak of is called, "Forum Self Promotion", or FSP, as I have named it. FSP is a simple and effective strategy to getting some serious blog traffic, without spending money or wasting time on promotion tactics that don't work. If you are brand new to the internet, or just haven't heard of, or used forums, aforum is: A meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged. Forums are everywhere. There are million of forums on the internet, all of them aimed at different categories or niches. This tutorialwill teach you how to harness the power of those forums, and use them to your blog's advantage. Read through this short tutorial, and before you know it your blog or website will be getting some serious traffic.

Finding your blog's category or niche is easier than it might seem. Ask yourself, "what is the goal of my blog", or "why did I start my blog to begin with". I will use my blog as an example for this tutorial. Info-Junkie.com is my blog, as you have no doubt figured out by now, seeing as how your here. My blog's goal, niche or aim is to provide the public with tutorials, reviews, and general knowledge. Essentially my blog is a mash-up of a bunch of different categories, which many blogs are. It is considerably harder to use FSP (forum self promotion) with a blog like mine, because it is hard to nail down exactly which category I should focus on, because I have so many. However, it is important to focus on each category separately, and one at a time. Take a second to write, or type out a list of a few categories that sum up your site. Below is a list of categories I believe best represents my site as a whole:

1. Tutorials - Gaming tutorials, Software tutorials, Misc tutorials

2. Reviews - Hardware, Software, Misc reviews

3. SEO (search engine optimzation) - Backlinks, SEO tips and tricks

These are but a few categories that I was able to put together for my site, but this list will do. Your list will most likely be longer, or it may not, some blogs only focus on one or two main topics. It is important to remember that all blogs are different.

Finding the right forum to promote your site on is easier than you might think. Select your favorite search engine: Google, Yahoo, Bing, any of them will do. Go to the search box and type something along the lines of, "My nicheforums", where "my niche" is replaced with your blogs category. For example, if I were attempting to promote my blog's gaming tutorials, I would type, "gaming forums". Remember, "Less is not more, only more is more", the more forumsthat you can post on, the greater your blog's promotion will ultimately be.

Most forums require that you sign up with them before you begin to post. This may seem like a huge hassle, but in fact it is actually a good thing. Forum profiles allow you to do many critical things that will ultimately help you promote your blog. You can write a short bio, where you describe your blog and can even put a link to it. Some forums even allow you a place to directly input your website. This allows users who see your forum profile to locate your site, it also can provide you with a free backlink, which will help your site rank higher on search engines like google. Forum profiles also allow you to place a signature, which will appear under all of your posts, you can use this to further promote your site, without directly spamming your website link. Try putting a picture with your site name in your forum signature, or even just put a link to your site, anything helps.Most forums require that you provide an email address, used to confirm your account. It is sometimes a good idea to create a separate email just for this purpose, as forums can create a lot of spam mail. It is a good idea to head over to gmail.com and create a new email address used exclusively for forums.

his is without a doubt the most important part of this entire tutorial. Figuring out how and where to post can be hard. You do not want to come across as a spammer, only making threads about your website, as these will get deleted by forum moderators, and most people ignore these type of posts. There are two different ways that you can go about posting on forums, and not seeming like a spammer.

1. Post your article or link to your article in your posts

2. Comment on posts that already exist and get your name and signature out there

This is the first way to start posting, and in my opinion, the best way to go about promoting your blog. Once you have entered your forum, pick a category that suits an article you have on your site, or write and article specifically for this purpose. If I am on a gaming forum and I have an article about a certain game I would go to that category, and make a post with the article's title as it's title. Now you have one of two options, either post the entire article on the forum, or post a link to your blog where the forum is located. Write something like, "Hey guys, I have found a great article on (your article here) it has great information on (your information) here's the link: (your link here)". This is a way to make a post, and at the same time, not come across as a spammer. If you decide to post the entire article, make sure to put your website address under the title.

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