I’m sure you’ve seen it before, the brand new product emails being passed around the internet and creating a virtual feeding frenzy. With the end result being hundreds if not thousands of dollars in the lucky marketers pockets. If you’re anything like me you’ve probably wondered how you can get a piece of the viral marketing pie and generate that kind of excitement for your own website or products.  One of the best ways I’ve found is to get in contact with the sneezers who love to spread a good story or product to their family and friends through the use of forums.

Now, in order to be effective marketing on a forum requires a good degree of responsibility, commitment and respect. You can’t just barge into a new forum and begin hawking your products or services from your very first post. Doing so will only alienate you and your product and have the exact opposite of the desired effect you’re trying to achieve. To be successful in forums you don’t want to try selling to them at all, you’ll want to use some of your viral forum marketing skills.

What you want to do in any forum is take a personal interest in the forum topic, frame yourself as an expert in your field and became a trusted source of information. This usually means determining which forum will give you the best results for your time and visiting regularly. Some of the most effective forums for use with viral forum marketing will allow you to have a signature link at the bottom of every post you make. This ensures that all your helpful forum advice is rightfully rewarded.

One of your first priorities when it comes to viral forum marketing is to develop a good relationship with both members and the moderators. At first you’ll want to focus primarily on helping others and working to construct a positive reputation. Continue to abide by the rules of the forum and make sure you keep your eyes open for important joint venture partners who are in a non-competitive but related niche. These people have the leverage to get your word out in a hurry, impress them and you’ll move up quickly. Once you’ve become a trusted friend, business will naturally grow from this.

Some great forums to get involved with in the internet marketing niche that allow signature links are:

www.warriorforum.com
www.webmaster-talk.com
www.webmaster-forums.net
www.webmasterworld.com
www.v7n.com/forums/
www.geekvillage.com/forums/
www.akamarketing.com/webmaster-forums/
www.sitepoint.com/forums/
www.webdevforums.com
www.webmastershelp.com
www.seoguy.com/forum
www.WebHostingTalk.com
www.TalkFreelance.com
www.NamePros.com
www.DNforum.com
www.forums.digitalpoint.com