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Forum Secrets WorkShop Presented By IMN. What You Will Learn Today. How to set up your own forum. Forum Marketing and affiliate program. Forum Marketing and product creation. Forum Installation Services. What is a forum?. Benefits. Interactivity Establishing Your Expertise Credibility
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What You Will Learn Today • How to set up your own forum. • Forum Marketing and affiliate program. • Forum Marketing and product creation. • Forum Installation Services
Benefits • Interactivity • Establishing Your Expertise • Credibility • Social Community – Your Team • Repeat Traffic
Setting Up A New Forum • Identify Your Target Market - Your Passions - Personal Interest - Uniqueness (USP)
Setting Up A New Forum • Domain Registration Should be short. Easy to remember 2 to 3 words. Easy to Manage. ICANN registrar - www.dynadot.com $8.99 - www.007names.com $9.25
Setting Up A New Forum • Web Hosting -Consider storage capacity. -Cpanel with fantastico -24/7 Support Recommends -http://www.wwkiosk.com/ 70 Gigs hosting space Unlimited domains Web host manager Cpanel Account Massive Bandwidth 24/7 Customer Support.
Forum Softwares • VBulletin • PhpBB • Invision Power Board • Simple Machines Forum (SMF) Recommends • PhpBB • Simple Machines Forum
Forum Installation • Cpanel Fantastico • Keyword Rich Name • 4-5 Initial Categories • Rules and Regulations • Good Contents
Forum Promotion • Viral Marketing • Article Marketing • Forum Marketing – other forum • Press Release • Word of Mouth
Forum Marketing Checklist: • Pick a Niche Market. • Become part of them if you are not. • Discover their needs. • Provide it for them. • Promote using your signature file. • Start a new thread of quality article. • Repeat
More Tips • Make money buying or selling signature files. -http://forums.digitalpoint.com • List Building Using forum.