So what is a Forum? A Forum is an online community and discussion forum for Internet users. Forums are stomping grounds for millions of prospects. Forums are stomping grounds for millions of prospects. A Forum is a place to share ideas, find answers, make friends and develop partnerships. A Forum is an organic, always growing, support resource for your entire Internet marketing business. In addition to all of this, Forums are great places to promote free business services like we offer in our Veretekk Portals OK, that's enough talking about it. The only way to benefit from Forums is to experience it for yourself. So let's get started...

I encourage you to get involved in discussions as much as possible. Spend time in there every day just browsing, reading through topics and responding to posts as desired. My goal is for you to generate as many prospects as possible to show a franchise online business to or whatever home business you are promoting.

Therefore, every step I reveal will be geared toward the fulfillment of that goal. The thing to remember now is that you are in the up-start marketing stage of your business right now. To build your prospect list online and make money, you need to spread the word about your free veretekk traffic portals to as many people as possible. That's it. Beyond participating in forums and learning from others, you can also contribute positively and constructively in them forum while posting a sig file link that points back to your site.

What is a sig file? A sig file is a link to your website placed at the end of each of your forum posts.

What's a forum post? A forum post is when you respond to a discussion in progress (also known as a thread) by typing a response and submitting it.

Most forums contain thousands of discussions in progress. When you post to a discussion in a forum, your response will be included as part of the discussion. At the end of your response, your sig file ad will appear so that everyone who reads that thread has the opportunity to see your ad (signature file). Sig file ads in forums are generally immortal. In other words, they can remain active and help produce prospects for you forever. Even when a discussion (thread) is no longer being actively posted to, it can remain in the forum archives forever. These archives are often indexed by Google and other search engines so discussions you've participated in are often found by people using the search engines.

The more you post in online forums, the more inbound links you'll get to your Veretekk Traffic Portals. The more inbound links you get, the more visitors you'll attract. The more visitors you attract, the more prospects you'll add to your list. The more prospects you add to your list, the more times people will see your business presentation. The more people you have watching your business presentation, the more people you will sponsor into your business. The more people you sponsor into your business, the more money you will make. It's really is that simple.

Remember, generating prospects online with your Veretekk Traffic Portals is a simple matter of getting links distributed all over the Internet that point back to your website. That's it!

Here's a powerful way to get started:

Some the best out there is the work at home Message Boards. Click here to visit the site and create a new forum account now by clicking on the "Register" link at the top of the page. Then follow the simple instructions provided to get your account setup. Midway through the registration process, you'll see a field for your "Signature". There is a 200 character limit. To setup your signature here, I recommend that you promote your Veretekk traffic portal.

Once you've entered your traffic portal link and name (your want people to know who you are!) in the "Signature" field, complete your registration with forum. When you click the "Register" button to complete your registration, you'll be asked to check your email and confirm your registration. Follow the instructions given and your new forum account will be set up within a few minutes. Congratulations! Your forum account has been created.

Now we need to talk about forum posting... Before you start participating in any forum online, let's discuss what participation actually means. In a nutshell, it means contribution. Within many work at home forums, there are "millions" of discussions in progress right now.

A discussion starts when someone makes an original post. Then, people start responding to that post to create a dialogue. One person might respond to the original post, another person might respond to the person who responded and someone else might respond to that person's post. A forum discussion is a great way to see many different sides of an issue because everyone gets to share their information and respond completely to a topic without being interrupted.

You should also understand that many people reply to a discussion more than once. In fact, some people stay tuned to a discussion and post replies whenever appropriate. Forum discussions can go on for days... sometimes weeks.

It's very important to realize that your post itself should NOT be an advertisement. You are participating in the forum to add value to the discussion itself. Then, like leaving your business card for people to pick up, your signature file ad will be available for everyone who is reading the discussion to click if they want to. If you post ads within the body of your post itself, your post will probably get deleted by a moderator and other forum members will not take you or the site in your signature file seriously.

The main thing to realize is to "be yourself" and contribute naturally to forum discussions.

Right now, there are THOUSANDS of work at home forum discussions in progress on nearly every subject imaginable. You can find tons of places within the forum to make sincere, meaningful posts. Just hunt around throughout the forum until you find discussions that you can relate to. Then replies to them. In fact, I encourage you to make at least 5 new posts today in a forum.

Don't force yourself to post just for the sake of posting and getting your signature file seen. If you really don't have anything meaningful to contribute to the discussion in progress, just read it and learn from other forum members. You have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. It's always best to listen first... then speak.

• Put some original thought into your posts.
• Be yourself.
• If someone is asking a question, do some research, find the answer and post a helpful response.
• If it's an opinion post, share your point of view and elaborate on it.

Never post with the single-minded attention of getting your signature file ad seen. Post consistently with the purpose of adding value to the forum. In fact, when you contribute to the forum, people will start appreciating you and some will naturally visit your site in your sig file. By the way, posting to forums is simple. First of all, if you are reading a discussion in progress, just click the "Post Reply" button. Alternatively, if you wish to start your own post, look for the "New Topic" button and click it. In each case a post editor will appear before you.

Just type your post into the field provided and when you are happy with your reply, click on the "Submit" button. Or, if you want to see what your reply will look like first, you can click the "Preview" button. After you submit your reply, your post will appear immediately (along with your sig file) in the forum for all to see.

When you've completed today's assignment, you'll have 5 more links in one of the most heavily visited websites in the world pointing back to your website. Yes, forums are consistently among the top most visited sites in the world. That's serious traffic! It's hard to find a better place to get links pointing to your site than than in forums.

In fact, I challenge you to make at least 5 posts per day in a forum for the next 25 days. Then you'll have 125 free links pointing back to your site! If you do this right and be consistent, this could be the only advertising you ever need to do! No joke.

NOW GET TO WORK!

Dozens of prospects could be just 1 post away. Once you find a discussion you want to contribute to, just follow these simple steps:

1. Click on the title of the discussion or topic.
2. Once the topic opens, read it. If you find one that you want to respond to, click on the "Post Reply" button near the top or the bottom of the discussion:
3. A new page will open up with a post editor that will allow you to say exactly what you want to say. You can even add bold, italics, smiley faces, etc. to your reply. Just type your reply into the box provided.
4. After typing your reply, you can click the "Preview" button to see what it will look like when posted.
5. When you're happy with your reply, click the "Submit Reply" button and your reply will be posted immediately.
6. Now, wash, rinse, repeat this process... at least 5 times today and every day for the next 30 days!!!

Remember to listen more than you speak. Don't feel obligated to post just for the sake of posting. Post when you have something meaningful to add to the discussion in progress. Do this and you'll be on the path to success!

Remember, it's not about advertising. It's mainly about discussion and contribution. As you contribute in a natural way to the forum discussions in progress, your sig file will work for you automatically. In fact, the more valuable your posts are to other people in the discussion, the more effective your signature file ads will become!

Don't ever go to any other forum on the Internet with the intention of just advertising your business. That's the wrong attitude to have and it won't get you anywhere! Instead, go into the forum with the singular purpose of adding real value and simply let your sig file ads show up naturally. This will pay you "BIG" dividends

Think about it...

You have everything you need on this page to build a thriving Internet business simply by getting online and talking with other people in the forums. Don't let this information slip through your fingers without making a plan and committing to take action. How much time will you invest in yourself to participate in forum discussions each and every day? 30 minutes?, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours?... 8 hours?! The more you contribute, the faster your income will grow. The choice is yours.Do you want more forums to get involved in? After all, differentiation is the key.

What I mean by that is that it will serve you to be different from other Veretekkies who only follow the tip to get involved in the work at home forums... Fact is, there are thousands of forums to get involved with on the Internet that can help YOU learn a lot about people and the Internet as well as promote your site for freee.

One thing to keep in mind is that all forums have different rules about using signature files. Remember how I said to listen more than you speak and don't just post "me too" type posts to get your signature file seen? When this happens, forum moderators tend to get upset (I can understand why!...) and block members from posting. The main lesson to learn from this is not to abuse forums in this way so we can all continue to benefit from this powerful free marketing technique.

One way to find other forums you can start contributing to would be to do a Google search (or whatever search engine you prefer) for forums related to issues that relate to your target market. Most importantly, create accounts with those forums you find and have an interest with, setup sig files and start contributing on a regular basis to the forums you like best! There are forums just about everything.

Here's a forum for New Mom's... Newmomsforum.com

Here's a forum about weight loss and fitness... weight-loss-fitness.com

Here's a forum for people 50+...50Plus.com

Here's a forum for Artists... WetCanvas.com

Here's a forum for pet lovers... Petlovers.com

Here's a forum for gardners... Helpfulgardner.com

There are forum sites for every interest... Get involved with forums, get involved with forums, get involved with forums, GET INVOLVED WITH FORUMS.

In case I haven't made the message clear enough yet. I'm telling you that you should get involved with forums and always have a sig file intact that links back to your stuff. This is a marketing strategy that can bring you a never-ending stream of free traffic and prospects interested in the freee stuff we offer in the Veretekk traffic portals and training on marketing we do in Veretekk.