5 Reasons Why Forum Are Better Than Blog
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Would you like to know how you can be more productive and learn more online? Reading this post will help you see why it would be better to spend time on forums than reading blogs.
When I first began blogging, I sure read a lot of blog and commented on a lot on many blog. I read that commenting on blog was a good way to bring traffic and build your blog but I realize it was ultimately wasting my time. I really did waste lots of hours into reading blog posts that really did not help me much.
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.
- Create threads that link to your blog post. This is a very nice way to get lots of traffic. If you have a very valuable post that does not contain ads - then create a thread on it that send people to your blog post. View a thread that I started here that still is getting lots of view to this day.
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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Thomas Sinfield said:
I have to agree, but I still prefer blogs because they usually have more indepth posts, not just short questions and answers.
November 8th, 2007 at 4:28 am -
Wayne Liew said:
I joined two of the “Best forums” that you have listed and I am more active in DP rather than Warrior because I am just starting to learn what is IM all about.
I guess you are right with this post. If I really go deep in analysing my blog stats, I can find that DP is actually my biggest referral after removing all the linkbaiting success which I did to big blogs.
Although forum is claimed as an outdated Web 1.3 product, I still find it really interesting and useful.
November 8th, 2007 at 7:39 am -
esofthub said:
Usually, I’m not a big fan of comments being used as a strategy to drive traffic. I do it sparingly.
Also, it seem that search engines index forum content much faster.
November 8th, 2007 at 7:41 am -
Caroline Middlebrook said:
Sean you’ve mentioned the benefits of an attractive signature yet on the link you gave us, there is no signature on it. Is this a new account or?
November 8th, 2007 at 12:06 pm -
WarriorBlog said:
Caroline,
When I first signed up at DP, I didn’t use a signature because I didn’t want it to look like I was there to spam since I participate a lot in it, creating and replying a lot to thread.
As I got more posts, I added a signature. When I wrote the post above, I wasn’t there long enough, so I didn’t feel the need to add a sig just yet.
Unfortunately, when I change my sig, it doesn’t apply to all of my post and doesn’t change all the post I made.
So yeah, I don’t think its a good idea to add a sig until you become a little more known and contributed.
November 8th, 2007 at 4:17 pm -
david said:
Forum sounds like a great place! Thanks for narrowing down the top forums!
November 9th, 2007 at 12:40 am -
Caroline Middlebrook said:
Ahh I see, that makes sense
November 9th, 2007 at 9:27 am -
Mark Dykeman said:
Hi Sean, this is my first visit to Warrior Blog.
Forums… I’ve never considered the use of forums before. I think it must make an excellent companion to a website and it will certainly encourage reader interaction. This post also gave me an idea on how I can use a forum for one of my own projects, so thanks!
November 11th, 2007 at 1:55 am -
Tay - Make Money Blogging said:
This is a great article and I’m including it in this weekend’s roundup on my own blog. You prove some good points, and while I like both forums and blogs, I do think blogs are better. One of your points is that forums allow you to make money, but I think I make a whole lot more blogging than with forums. But still, good article!
November 11th, 2007 at 8:02 am -
Adebola said:
Sean,
Wonderful post. I have to agree with you that forums are the BEST free source of traffic.
There is this website I had turned to someone and she failed to make use of it. I took ownership last week and set up a blog. All I have been doing now is forum marketing and the blog is averaging about 200 visits a day. The particular post I started, has been viewed close to 3000 times and my Adsense earning has increased.
Looking to add a PLR Product I got to it and an Opt in form as well.
Keep up your great work Sean.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:27 am -
Adebola said:
oops! Sorry it is not close to 3000 now, it is close to 3100
November 20th, 2007 at 10:39 am -
Admin Sean said:
Adebola: That’s awesome! Same result over here but not as much as you! around 100-150 each day
November 20th, 2007 at 11:28 am -
Tofeffogy said:
Sweet blog. I never know what I am going to come across next. I think you should do more posting as you have some pretty intelligent stuff to say.
I’ll be watching you .
June 4th, 2009 at 5:12 am
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