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Day 9 - Promote Your Blog by Finding a Forum to Participate In

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  1. After a bit of searching, I found a few forums. Now for the time to devote to them.

    Thank you for the survey Darren, from it I found a better search phrase to describe my topic.

    I am sorely tempted to reply already to a person's request for info in an area that I have had experience in. Maybe I can be a mostly lurker. XD

    Posted 9 months ago #
    • What forums have you found to participate in?

    Found two, one appears to be dead and full of spam. But one seems good and I have memberships on a couple others I can begin visiting regularly.

    • How have you found forums in your niche?

    Just enter "writing forums" in a Google search.

    • What techniques are you using to build your profile in the forums you're visiting?

    It's really too soon to tell. The problem with writing forums is that it all gets to be about people wanting you to critique their work, and then being defensive about your critiques. But I will try harder to play nice with others.

    Write More. Write Fast. Write Now.

    Posted 4 months ago #
  2. Day 9 is all about building your blog by participating in forums.

    • What forums have you found to participate in?

    I have participated in a few Edutopia group forums that I joined.

    • How have you found forums in your niche?

    I followed Edutopia closely, and was happy to see they started doing forum groups.

    • What techniques are you using to build your profile in the forums you're visiting?

    Instead of me bouncing all over into different educational forums, I rather stick to something reputable, build up my profile, and do it well.

    *******


    www.leahmacvie.com (Education, Inspiration, and Technology)

    Posted 4 months ago #
  3. What forums have you found to participate in? I started participating in a forum called Absolute Write

    How have you found forums in your niche? By recommendation actually

    What techniques are you using to build your profile in the forums you're visiting? I have my signiture and I also participate in the thread about blogging and 'have you updated your blog today'

    Knowledge Lost >> An Endless Pursuit for Knowledge

    Posted 4 months ago #
  4. What forums have you found to participate in?

    In addition to a few forums I participate in and I also have joined several LinkedIn Groups.  I found that the members of LinkedIn are a bit more responsive.  After I write a post I place the url for the post in the “News” section of the group.  I also answer questions in the group that pertain to my niche “mental strength”

     

    How have you found forums in your niche?

    A simple search works as well as LinkedIn and Facebook groups.  Many of them are connected to forums

     

    What techniques are you using to build your profile in the forums you're visiting?

    Answering questions and repurposing my blog posts and posting them in the forums.  

    Posted 4 months ago #
  5. What forums have you found to participate in?  I like to use Yahoo! Answers.  Sure, it isn't exactly a forum in my "niche", but it does have a lot of questions from a lot of people.  Using the categories section, I can go straigt to the questions about video games and start answering, leaving links to blog posts when relevant.

    How have you found forums in your niche?  I go to my favorite technology websites and look for an attached forum.  You would be surprised how many sites have discreet forums hidden in the bowels of a post.

    What techniques are you using to build your profile in the forums you're visiting?  I deliver honest and thorough answers to those in need.  The best way to stand out from the crowd is to deliver content of a higher quality than everyone else.

    Posted 2 months ago #
  6. Hey, Darren, not funny! lol

    This "day 9" exercise will take longer than one day to complete if we want a sustainable approach to using forums as a blog building technique (according to the advice in the links you provided). But a great exercise nevertheless. I'm looking forward participating in the forums I found.

    • What forums have you found to participate in? Divine.ca, RealBuzz.com and GardenGirlTV
    • How have you found forums in your niche? Good old Google
    • What techniques are you using to build your profile in the forums you're visiting? Lurking first to get a good lay of the land, then my plan is to be as helpful as possible but subtle.

    Steph Miller (a.k.a. Head Health Nutter)
    Live Lighter
    Natural, Healthy Living blog

    Posted 2 months ago #
  7. What forums have you found to participate in?

    My favourite forum to participate in is MyREINSpace.com which is a forum hosted by the Real Estate Investment Network which several members use.

    For this task I also looked for a couple new forums and found:

    How have you found forums in your niche?

    I already used the MyREINSpace forum before starting my blog just because I am very interested in the topic and find it to be a helpful local resource. I found the other forums based on my knowledge of local investor groups and the help of Google.

    What techniques are you using to build your profile in the forums you're visiting?

    I setup my avatar and signatures on each and used a feedburner graphic to show my most recent blog headlines. Whenever I post I try to answer questions or help other users in some way. I enjoy providing advice to help other people get started investing in real estate or deal with problems I've encountered before so this comes natural to me.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #

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