When you join a forum it is about a specific topic and each forum have a set of rules you have to abide by - that would be your first guideline. Let the conversation in the forum lead you and take part in it like you would take part in our Forum. If you are in the right forum the opportunity to talk about your business will represent itself. When it does you better make sure that you know what you want to say and it must make the maximum impact with the least amount of words - in other words - do not bore the people and get the message across and grab their attention.
Spamming would be if you start dominating the conversations and start posting and sending advertisements without a request or permission from the forum. To get the forum members to ask you for more information or give you permission to discuss it there you first have to get to know the forum members, they have to get to know you and you have to build a relationship of trust and respect with the forum members. The more they like you and respect and trust you the better your chances are of getting your message across. Patience is what you need if you want to pursue this channel of marketing.
To get your message across about your business is like with everything else - whatever you do - keep it in moderation. We need to eat to stay alive - too much and you get fat, too little and you look like a skeleton - in moderation you are in good shape and healthy.
The same goes for your marketing campaign - use common sense and do not be over eager, that way you will not fall in that trap of spamming. Something tells me that somebody sensible enough to ask the question or think about it will not have a lack of common sense.
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When you join a forum it is about a specific topic and each forum have a set of rules you have to abide by - that would be your first guideline. Let the conversation in the forum lead you and take part in it like you would take part in our Forum. If you are in the right forum the opportunity to talk about your business will represent itself. When it does you better make sure that you know what you want to say and it must make the maximum impact with the least amount of words - in other words - ...more
