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Guest Post for SmartBlog on Social Media: “4 Simple Rules for Generating Traffic from Forums”

April 30, 2009

I wrote a guest post for SmartBlog on Social Media that was published on Monday. It’s called “4 Simple Rules for Generating Traffic from Forums.” That title is pretty descriptive – it’s a simple, straightforward guide for those who want to participate on forums in an effort to drive traffic to their own site. The four steps are:

1. Observe first, act second.

2. Fill out your profile, especially your signature.

3. Want to be there.

4. Don’t mention your website.

The article goes into more detail. If this is something that you are interested in, I hope that you find it useful.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at 9:46 am and is filed under Business and My Work. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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2 Responses to “Guest Post for SmartBlog on Social Media: “4 Simple Rules for Generating Traffic from Forums””

  1. April 30th, 2009 at 9:46 am iFroggy says:

    New blog post: Guest Post for SmartBlog on Social Media: “4 Simple Rules for Generating Traffic from Forums” http://tinyurl.com/db44v8

    This comment was originally posted on Twitter

  2. April 30th, 2009 at 9:57 am RichardLopez says:

    RT @iFroggy: Guest Post for SmartBlog on Social Media: “4 Simple Rules for Generating Traffic from Forums” http://tinyurl.com/db44v8

    This comment was originally posted on Twitter

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