Reasons Why Forum Are Better Than Blog
Here are 5 reasons you should be participating more in forums instead of blogs:
1. Forums Bring More Traffic.
It is true that forums do bring more traffic because my traffic stats shows. Creating a good signature and posting good content frequently on forums can bring you at least 2000 unique visitors per months.
Here is how you can get more traffic from forums:
- Have an attractive signature. Create a signature that say something very beneficial linking to your blog or site.
- Be the early bird. Be the first to reply to threads that you know a lot about. Giving intelligent reply to thread will get some clicks.
- Create helpful thread. If people like what they read, then they usually will want more from you.
2. Forums Are More Beneficial
Forums are a lot more beneficial and will help you so much more. Many forums are a goldmine to me and if you read blogs…then you realize that many of those blogs do not help you much for the time you spend reading them — except Problogger. Spending time on forums will give you more benefits than spending time reading a blog and here are several reasons why:
- Forums have a wide variety of contributors. Many popular forums have members that are making big money online. Their post and knowledge can help you a lot in making money online.
- Forums allow discussion. There is not a lot of discussions on blogs. Why would be beneficial to have discussions? Discussion spark new ideas and create more knowledge.
- Forums allow anyone to participate. You are allow to ask anything or to say anything as long as it abide by the rules. The respond that you get is in real time and from people who can help you.
- Forums allow advertisement. Almost all forums nowadays allow you to have a signature — which is like a form of advertisement. I’m sure you can get decent traffic if you use your signature right.
3. Forums Are More Popular
There are a lot more blogs that exist than forums and this is good. There are only several big name forums out there on Internet Marketing but so many for blogs.
This mean that only a few forums are heavily populated since so many people hear of them. Many of these popular forums have so many members that are really making the money and can help you. Forums are much more populated than blogs and have much more readers.
4. Forums Allow You To Make Money
Many forums allow you to give away free materials or sell your service and goods. You will notice many forums have a section that they allow their member to give away free stuff or even sell their stuff. You can make a lot of money doing this because forums usually sell materials for a lot less and are very valuable.
I have bought a lot of digital products from Warrior Forum and I’m please with most of the investment I made. You could just use this to your advantage by giving away free eBook that have links to your site.
5. The Best Forums Ever
Here are some forums that you will find very helpful and addictive once you stop by them:
- Digital Point Forum: Absolutely the best ever if you want to make money online.
- Warrior Forum: I love the WSO section on this forum…it is where I buy many valuable and cheap product.
- Sitepoint: Another very popular and helpful forum.
Those three are the only forums I have bookmarked and visit. Feel free to recommend me to any other one that you feel is also great.
Conclusion
I really recommend you start reading and participating in those 3 forums if you have not. You will learn a lot and meet people that will help you make more money online.
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Finding Blog Topics That Will Bring You Traffic
Two simple things you can do to find blog topics that will get you more comment and traffic:
1. Read forums in your niche. I read many forums a day and take note of what is being talked about and discussed frequently. This is the best way to come up with ideas on what to write in my opinion. Here is how you can use forums effectively for find blog topic:
Visit a few forums in your niche and browse through the general section. You want to take note of what is being viewed and replied to the most. Many forums will let you know how many time a thread is viewed and how many reply it receive. Once you find a couple of those threads and read it - you can use those threads to create a post in which you put in your opinion.
2. Read blogs in your niche. I have about 100 blogs that I bookmarked and visit daily because I do not use readers. Reading other’s blog and taking observation will give you a lot of ideas on what readers are looking for. Here is something you can do to find out if readers will enjoy a certain topic:
Take note of the amount of respond from the post you read. If you observe that a certain post get more respond than other then you can compare why. If you have a habit of doing this like me then you know that certain type of post gets more respond.
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