Archive for October, 2009
October 25th, 2009 | 
Author: The Art Of Forum Posting To Generate Highly Qualified Leads
Is there an art to generating free prospects on a forum? Oh yes it most certainly is an art but it is not one that requires years of training and practice to perfect. In fact once you have read through this article you will know exactly what to do and more importantly what NOT to do if you want to generate unending highly targeted and qualified leads from participating in public online forums.
To preface I must tell you that I have been generating leads from forums for about 2 years. At first I did it absolutely the WRONG way. I went into any forum I could find and I SPAMMED them! I took my well planned ad started a new thread and stuck it out there. I was even rude enough to go back a day later to respond to my own thread to bump it up! As you can imagine I got a lot of terrible responses from the active participants of the board and NO leads. Let that be a lesson to you. You never ever want to go into a discussion board and open a thread with the express purpose of advertising your business. Each and every forum that is business oriented will usually have an advertising section. That is the ONLY place that it is appropriate to post your ad. If you post your ad elsewhere or hijack a thread about a competitors program that is considered SPAM. If you include your link in the body of your message that is also against forum rules and etiquette.
There is only ONE place for your link and that is in your signature file. Most forums will have a ‘profile’ section that you can access to upload a thumbnail picture highly recommended and to add your signature file. Most but not all forums use USB codes so that you can link your text. That is you can create a oneline ad and hyperlink it so that it goes directly to your lead capture page.
The code will look like this:
URL=http://www.YOURCAPTUREPAGEURL.comYour One Line Ad/B/URL
Once your profile is set up correctly and your signature file is a clickable text link you are ready to ‘go’.
Go where? Go into the forum and look for threads that have been viewed many times and/or have many replies. These are the threads to spend your time in. Unless that thread is about something that is directly of interest to you if it has very few page views or replies then it’s probably not someplace to spend your time. Once you have found a decent thread that is on a topic that you feel you can speak on then add your 2 cents to the discussion. Again you are joining the discussion in progress and your comment is relevant to the topic. You want to write at least a few sentences that are relevant at well. Just typing in ‘me too’ or ‘I agree’ is NOT the way to go. You want to be respectful and respectable to watch your grammar and spelling and have FUN! I know your mother told you that if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all? Well this is particularly true on a message board. You NEVER want to get into an argument on a forum. You want to spread good will helpful advice and to instill confidence in YOU as a leader. That last part may take a little time but it’s incredibly important to your success at this. If you are going to spend ANY time attempting to generate leads this way then you must be effective at this. If you become a ‘regular’ on the boards and have a presence that people respect then you can and will generate endless leads. This is “Attraction Marketing’ in action.
What kind of boards should you post on? Forums that relate to your business or to a topic that has nothing to do with your business but relates to something else you are either very knowledgeable about or have a great interest in. The first seems obvious to find targeted opportunity buyers post where they are reading. The second is under utilized and therefore even more powerful! If for example you are a gourmet cake maker find a board where other cake makers worldwide go to discuss the craft. I can virtually guarantee that most of the people on that board will NOT have a business link in their sig file therefore YOUR link will stand out and will get a lot of clicks because people are innately curious. They HAVE to click on your signature to find out how you are making money online!
Use Google to search for relevant forums. Once you have found a few active boards save those links in your favorites and try to post at least 5 different replies on 5 different threads at least 2x per week. By keeping your signature file at the top of those boards you cannot help but generate leads!
Remember Time is Money and a Self generated lead is the BEST lead. Spend an hour or so a week posting in forums after you are done with your prospecting a follow up calls for the day. You WILL generate leads from forums and bring more income into your life as a result if you follow the instructions I have outlined!
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Melanie Milletics
Home Business Consultant www.SponsoringSuccess.com
The 4 Ways To Get Your Subscribers To Trust You
While the rest of the world has put up more barriers to keep their email accounts safe from spam there are also those that subscribe to mails that promote their products services and their site. This is mainly because these subscribers wants to know more about what’s being offered and how it can be beneficial to them. Subscribers want to be kept posted on what they are interested in and what’s new in the market or field they have chosen.
Businesses would be so lucky to have these kinds of customers; the basic element needed to get these types of people is trust. When your customers trust you they will reward you with their loyalty. Many internet users have gone to great lengths in protecting their email accounts from spam mail and who can blame them?. Nowadays many freemail internet providers and internet service providers or screen your mails offer spam protection or both
With an optin mail list the mails you send containing your promotional materials such as newsletters catalogs and marketing media will go through. Your intended recipient will be able to read and view what you have sent making it a successful transfer of information. To be able to be allowed to do so you will need permission from your recipient to get this permission; you need to be able to get their trust. With the great lack of disregard for privacy in the internet getting the trust of an internet user you don’t personally know is a big achievement.
To build a good optin list you need people to trust you. The bigger the scope of your optin list the more traffic you get and that spells more profits. So how do you go about it?
1. Getting the trust of your customers shouldn’t be so hard especially if you do have a legitimate business. Getting your customers trust should be based upon your expertise. People rely on other people who know what they are talking about. Get all the knowledge and information about your business and make sure its something you have an like. It will become obvious to your subscribers if you have no interest in what you’re telling them.
2. Show your subscribers that you know what you are talking about. Provide them with helpful hints and guidelines that pertain to what you are selling. You don’t have to be a big corporation to make use of an optin list. If your customers see you as someone who knows what he is doing and saying they will trust you quickly.
3. Be true to your customers if you want to hype up your products and services provide guarantees. The more satisfied customers you get the bigger probability there is that they will recommend you. Generally people will trust someone they know when that someone recommends you then you’re on your way. People will go to your site check out your offer for themselves and be given a chance to experience what your other customers have experienced. Make sure to be consistent in the service you provide.
4. Provide them a way out. Show them that you are not there to trap them. Keep a clean list that would enable them to unsubscribe anytime they want. It doesn’t hurt to elaborate your web form with information on how to unsubscribe from the list. Guarantee them that they can let go of the service when ever they want to. Many people are suspicious that they may be stuck for life and would have to abandon their email accounts when they get pestered with spam.
Above all when you get the trust of your customers DON’T lose it. If you do anything with their email addresses like sell them or give them out you will lose many members of your list as well as potential members. When your customers trust you they will recommend you to someone they know. No matter how hi tech this world gets word of mouth is still probably the best way to build your credibility and earn trust.
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