acsitesupport
04-23-2008, 12:36 AM
so i decided to make a series of posts called "my 2 cents" its about all the info i have come to in my experience with online marketing, muse, and forms of making money.
they will be as brief and to the point as possible. i hope this helps lots of people and i hope it will bring out others to post about their experiences and knowledges
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first of my 2 cents
Forum Marketing
since the 4hour work week forum is not a selling nor a marketplace forum...some of the stuff i write about might not be applicable here.
but there are many forums that it can be used for and should be used for to bring out the maximum gains for you muse.
i will list a number of forums later.
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I - Fundamentals:
building creditability within the forum.
Earning good trust from the forum members,
and possibly your potential customers, needs time and consistency.
The safest way is to start off by providing useful information in the topics that you are proficient in.
Things to avoid in forums
1. Create duplicate forum accounts.
2. Post duplicate threads.
3. Bumping threads. When you keep posting in your own threads saying 'Offer still on.', 'Bump.' etc.
4. Spamming.
5. Thread hijacking, when you post off topic stuff in someone else's thread.
6. Posting of affiliate links in threads.
II - Monetize Your Profile
Forum Signatures
Forum signatures are text that you create so that it will show at the bottom of your post. members put their web sites' links in their signatures. some forums allow signatures to be fully indexable by the bots and create backlinks.
signatures can also attract traffic to your sites.
a signature can achieve the best promotion results if:
1. You have posted great content or helpful stuff for most people.
2. Your signature has captured the attention of the members.
3. You are a well-known member of the forum.
a signature will receive more clicks if they are relevant in the topics participated.
Selling Signature Space
Using DigitalPoint forum as an example, a senior member (of post count
more than 10,000) can easily earn $400 per month by selling signatures.
how it works.
its just like selling text links. people will pay you to put their links on your signature. usually the space gets auctioned.
The usual market rate is
$1 for every 100 posts a member has, meaning $0.01/post.
Forum Avatars
this is a picture that is associated with your profile or posts. this space is rented out as well. although, the market for renting out avatars are not the great.
III - How to outsource a great service and generate massive income
The first step is to find two reliable service provider in a forum that you can combine their services into one. For example, if you find that this particular writer often produce great content and deliver before deadline, this writer may be the one that you are looking for. If you have been submitting articles to the directories, you may also have some good article submitters in mind.
Repackage the services and make it yours.
Now that you have the two service providers working for you. You should decide your price next. Imagine if it takes $5 to write an article and $5 to submit, you can easily make a 100% profit by pricing your service at $20.
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well this is part one of "my 2 cents" i hope everyone found it useful and i hope people will post replys to add their forum marketing expertise.
______________________________
my blog - online income 4 beginners (http://onlinei4b.blogspot.com/2008/04/forum-money.html)
they will be as brief and to the point as possible. i hope this helps lots of people and i hope it will bring out others to post about their experiences and knowledges
______________________________
first of my 2 cents
Forum Marketing
since the 4hour work week forum is not a selling nor a marketplace forum...some of the stuff i write about might not be applicable here.
but there are many forums that it can be used for and should be used for to bring out the maximum gains for you muse.
i will list a number of forums later.
---------------------------
I - Fundamentals:
building creditability within the forum.
Earning good trust from the forum members,
and possibly your potential customers, needs time and consistency.
The safest way is to start off by providing useful information in the topics that you are proficient in.
Things to avoid in forums
1. Create duplicate forum accounts.
2. Post duplicate threads.
3. Bumping threads. When you keep posting in your own threads saying 'Offer still on.', 'Bump.' etc.
4. Spamming.
5. Thread hijacking, when you post off topic stuff in someone else's thread.
6. Posting of affiliate links in threads.
II - Monetize Your Profile
Forum Signatures
Forum signatures are text that you create so that it will show at the bottom of your post. members put their web sites' links in their signatures. some forums allow signatures to be fully indexable by the bots and create backlinks.
signatures can also attract traffic to your sites.
a signature can achieve the best promotion results if:
1. You have posted great content or helpful stuff for most people.
2. Your signature has captured the attention of the members.
3. You are a well-known member of the forum.
a signature will receive more clicks if they are relevant in the topics participated.
Selling Signature Space
Using DigitalPoint forum as an example, a senior member (of post count
more than 10,000) can easily earn $400 per month by selling signatures.
how it works.
its just like selling text links. people will pay you to put their links on your signature. usually the space gets auctioned.
The usual market rate is
$1 for every 100 posts a member has, meaning $0.01/post.
Forum Avatars
this is a picture that is associated with your profile or posts. this space is rented out as well. although, the market for renting out avatars are not the great.
III - How to outsource a great service and generate massive income
The first step is to find two reliable service provider in a forum that you can combine their services into one. For example, if you find that this particular writer often produce great content and deliver before deadline, this writer may be the one that you are looking for. If you have been submitting articles to the directories, you may also have some good article submitters in mind.
Repackage the services and make it yours.
Now that you have the two service providers working for you. You should decide your price next. Imagine if it takes $5 to write an article and $5 to submit, you can easily make a 100% profit by pricing your service at $20.
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well this is part one of "my 2 cents" i hope everyone found it useful and i hope people will post replys to add their forum marketing expertise.
______________________________
my blog - online income 4 beginners (http://onlinei4b.blogspot.com/2008/04/forum-money.html)