Comments on: Forums: The Forgotten Social Media

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:32:22 +0000

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By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:58:54 +0000

Thanks Bryan. Nice article too. I agree with all the mistakes you mention as well as the solutions you offered.

By: Bryan Haines

Bryan Haines — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:35:28 +0000

Great piece! This is really one of the best ways for companies / individuals to build their online reputation – and find new customers.

I recently wrote a piece detailing common mistakes when using forum marketing. This might be of interested to your readers: http://onlinebusiness.about.com/od/gettingtrafficmarketing/tp/Common-Forum-Marketing-Mistakes.htm

Thanks for the great content. Keep it coming…

By: Increase Website Traffic

Increase Website Traffic — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:03:07 +0000

Very nice information. Thanks for this.

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plat-n.com | all about information — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:40:30 +0000

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By: Dave Rainmakerweb

Dave Rainmakerweb — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:36:45 +0000

We have been using forums on behalf of our clients for 5 years now. We do brand marketing, product marketing and market research via forums, and great great ROI. Over the years we have developed tools and processes that allow us to generate buzz and gain strategic information for our clients. On of the most important aspects of this, is that the content we generate on the forums directly effects the SEM and SEO efforts of our clients in addition the marketing benefit.

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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:58:16 +0000

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By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:40:05 +0000

Thanks Greg. I think for the less savvy among us forums are a much easier concept to grasp as well. We might get social media 2.0 because we live in that world, but I’m not sure my grandmother would fully adopt the idea of voting up posts or networking through an app she downloads.

Nice article. I agree with your points, though I think most people will be best handling the forum posting themselves or in-house if a larger company. I’m not sure how much I’d trust hiring someone to do forum posting.

By: Greg @ About.com Online Business

Greg @ About.com Online Business — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:01:15 +0000

Excellent article Steven! I completely agree that forums (“Web 1.0 social media”) has been largely forgotten by the online media. But they’re still the biggest online communities for many niches, and a powerful marketing channel for anyone who does business online.

I recently wrote a getting started guide to forum marketing that’s makes for a great followup to this article. Once people are convinced they need to hit up forums, they can follow my 12 keys to successful forum marketing.

http://onlinebusiness.about.com/od/gettingtrafficmarketing/tp/forum-marketing.htm

Cheers!
Greg