Network Marketing Tip – Forum Marketing

Forums are a great place to get leads for your network marketing business. The reason forums are so good is that the quality of people that you meet on them tends to be very high. They are, for the most part, active entrepreneurs looking for solutions to their current challenges, furthering their education, and networking with other like-minded business builders. Try comparing that to the cross section of people on your list of friends and family members, and you will quickly realize that forums are a gold mine of potential leaders for your business. And a great network marketing tip is: one leader is worth a hundred friends or family members. But many people are a little confused at first about how to use forums for this purpose.

So here is my network marketing tip that should clear up the confusion about how to use forums for network marketing. Don’t market! The best way to use a forum for lead generation is to stop prospecting. Use the forum to further your education, and let the links in your signature file do all the work for you. 

When I first went onto a forum, I could not believe the wealth of information I gained about Internet marketing, SEO, personal development, MLM, and just about any business-building topic I could think of, in the first half an hour. There was one great network marketing tip after another. Forums are an incredible resource. The best way to develop leads on a forum is to simply use the forum for purpose that it was designed for. Answer questions on topics that you have knowledge about. Ask questions that you really need answers for, and realize that people understand that there is no one person who knows everything. Asking intelligent questions will often make people think that you must know quite a bit already.

The core of the network marketing tip in this article concerns the signature file that you can create on the forum in your personal profile. The signature file contains lines of text, and links, that you can create as a signature. It will appear under every post that you make. This is where your business can be advertised freely. Never sell, or promote your business or products anywhere else. Forums often have very strict rules about this and you could get a warning, and possibly have your account closed.

Posts that you make stay up for a long time. They can be thought of as real estate that you own, or fishing lines that you have set up. Months later people searching for information about topics that you have posted on will still see your post and signature links still there. And if the topic in your signature is something they are looking for, they will come to you for more info. This is the cornerstone concept of what I teach network marketers. Stop chasing away potential prospects with a sales pitch. Learn to get prospects, who are high quality, targeted prospects, to chase you. You can become the hunted, the person who’s advice is highly sought after.

And believe me, the majority of people on these forums are still looking for solutions and network marketing tips; that is why they are there. You just need to wait until there is a match between the problem a viewer has, and the solution that your business offers. I have spent about a half an hour several days a week, reading forum posts, and posting my own, and generated 5 or 6 leads from this. (I know this because the marketing system I use for network marketers utilizes a tracking code so that I can see where my leads come from).

My next network marketing tip about forums is to not post too many times in a row or you could be thought of as a spammer. Ask a couple questions, answer a couple questions, read the posts that others have made, and then come back another day.

One thing that really surprised me on forums was that I found solutions to problems that I didn’t even know I had, and I ended up buying someone else’s product or service. Oh no, they switched things around on me and I became their prospect! Not at all! What they had to offer made me a lot of money. Always keep an open mind to what other people are offering on forums. You could find the exact network marketing tip that you needed to take your business to the next level.

And my final network marketing tip is to make sure that your post is relevant, and helpful. You don’t want to just tell them that they had great information. Add to the discussion, or summarize what you learned from it.

So, without further ado, here are the top six forums that I recommend for network marketers:

1) Better Networker. This used to be called the Magnetic Sponsoring community. Better Networker was created by Mike Dillard, who is now a legend in the new-school approach to Internet Network Marketing. Better Networker has expanded and is now also one of the best social networking sites for our industry. It is a great place to start understanding forums and their benefits, and to network and build relationships.

2) Rich Dad Community Forum. This is a forum created by Robert Kiyosaki’s company. Since he has been such a strong proponent of network marketing, you will meet many like-minded people there.

3) Warrior Forum. This is one of the oldest, and better-known online forums. It has been around since the very early days of the Internet.

4) Conquer Your Niche Forum. This is a forum with an interesting twist. You will receive a certain amount of points for each post that you make, and the points go towards displaying an advertisement that you have the option to create within your profile. When the ad is displayed, hundreds of highly targeted members on the forum will see it. There is also an option to pay for more advertising if you choose.

5) Work at Home Moms Forum. With the necessity of dual income families the last couple decades, and the introduction of so many work-at-home businesses into the work force, Work At Home Moms has been quickly becoming a major trend in our society. One of the nice things about this forum is that you can easily find, and talk with people, in specific network marketing companies.

6) Home Based Business Forum. The title really says it all here. This is your absolute best target market when building a network marketing business.

I hope these tips have been helpful. Please go to my website: http://www.kevinthomasmarketing.com/?t=bn, or blog: http://www.kevinthomasblog.com, for more information about building your network marketing business quickly and easily using the power of the Internet.

Kevin Thomas Marketing