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Forum marketing still remains one of the best ways to get free traffic. Forum marketing should be essential in your free marketing strategy.

Here are some tips you can use to ensure your Forum marketing is effective.

1. What niche are you in? There are thousands of niches, with thousand of forums related to that niche. Make sure you list all the niches that your particular product or service can be in, and join all the related forums.

2. Do not spam. Nothing is worst then to been as a spammer. Contribute your knowledge and help others in the forum.

3. Have a good resource box or signature. This is where you market and get visitors. Have a compelling resource box, offer something to your prospects, such as a Free Download, or something else.

4. Have a comprehensive Forum Marketing strategy. As in get onto the forums everything with the sole intention of marketing. This means posting. Do not spam, yet contribute where you can.

Some forums are more active than others. You would want to be on the active forums more than the inactive ones.

5. Bookmark all forums and sub-forums. A forum is the central place where messages are listed. Sometimes you see forum pages, that just links to sub-forums. You shouldn't bookmark this. Often big forum sites, have multiple sub-forums discussing different topics. You should bookmark to these sub-forums.

6. Monitor forums for conversation about your particular niche or product. If you are operating on a micro-niche. You can monitor these forums for specific key terms relating to your product or service. This way you only respond to related posts.