If you want to promote a product on/website on a forum you have to make sure that they allow links in signature and they are dofollow (if you want backlinks for your website).
Promoting an affiliate product:
- Make sure that they allow links in signature.
- Make sure that they allow affiliate links in signature. (just read the Terms&Conditions)
- Put your link in anchor text. <a href=”www.youraffiliatelink”>get your copy<a> etc (using url forwarding is better)
- Make some helpful posts.
Promoting your website for backlinks:
- Make sure that they allow links in signature and they are DoFollow (A good method for that is downloading the Firefox nodofollow addon, and checking out some existing members signatures with it – if they are dofollow then you are ready to go)
- Make some replies (don’t put your website url still!!!)
- After that wait 6-7 days or until the treads you posted die.
- Put your url in your signature.
- Congrats, you have just made few backlinks to your site.
(explanation)When the posts die, probably no one will be checking them anymore and that way no one can report you or a admin can see it.
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I’ve been stopping by your site a couple of times and have now decided to post on your blog. I just started to try forum posting but most forums do not allow links posting. Just got great tips above. Thanks!