Promoting Affiliate Showcase in the Forums First... remember that spam is a big no-no!  Spam is as distasteful on a forum as it is in your email inbox.  We don't allow spam marketing of any kind. Any complaints will result in immediate removal from the program. Spamming the forums isn't marketing! Promoting a service like Affiliate Showcase in a marketing related forum can be very effective, but doing it wrong will get you "flamed" and probably banned from the forum.  That doesn't help your efforts at all. So how do you advertise in  forum in a way that is acceptable?   Forum Marketing Techniques You can use these techniques to market your product successfully in a forum while adding quality input to the communities. 1: First Choose a Forum There are a lot of Internet Marketing forums out there, here are some of the most popular forums related to Internet Marketing: http://ablake.net/forum  http://clickbanksuccessforum.com/forum http://forums.digitalpoint.com http://forums.seochat.com http://forums.seroundtable.com http://howtocorp.com/forum http://im4newbies.com/forum http://warriorforum.com/forum   2: Your Forum Signature Most forums allow you to have a signature in your profile, much like a signature on an email.  This is prime advertising space, shown at the end of every post you make. Add your affiliate link to your signature.  You'll be surprised how many people click on your ad. Here are a few example signatures that may be effective.   Your best affiliate programs are listed at http://AffiliateShowcase.com along with the secret to affiliate success.   -- Affiliate Showcase -- Want a Free Affiliate Program Directory?   -- Are You a Successful Affiliate Yet? - Get Started Here --   A simple signature like this can deliver a lot of very highly targeted traffic to your site. The more posts you make in a forum, the more exposure your signature will get and the more people will visit your site.    3: Add Value to the Community The key to being a successful Forum Marketer is to provide value and give back to the community.  The more quality posts you make, the more people will trust you.  The more people trust you, the more they want to know about you, and that will take them directly to your forum signature. Use some of what you learn at Affiliate Showcase and give back to forum communities.     4: Offer Something of Value - for FREE On your Affiliate Showcase site, we constantly offer training courses and/or free bonus reports that you can leverage to get people to sign up to your branded Affiliate Showcase mailing list.  In your forum signature, you may want to tell people about a "Free" guide that they can download if they join your email list.  Your sig will link to a simple squeeze page that you have created and will talk about the free guide. You don't need an auto responder to implement this technique, because we brand each opt-in with YOUR Affiliate Showcase ID.   We supply the bonuses, special reports, write the newsletter, and distribute it all to your opt-ins.   5: Advanced Forum Tips Put your name at the top of your 'sig' file. By showing yourself as a real person, not hiding behind a made up "screen name", you will gain trust much more quickly. Start slowly.  Before making your first post in any forum, spend an hour or two just perusing what has already been said, and by whom.  These people will be the audience for everything you say on a forum, so the more you know about them the easier it will be to engage in the "conversation".  Be polite, friendly, and helpful where you can.  You don't have to become one of the "experts" - just a trusted colleague. Upgrade to Executive membership at Affiliate Showcase and take advantage of the "Custom Domain" feature. Using your own domain name in the links in your sig file will help YOU get better search engine ranking to your Affiliate Showcase site.  Search Engine traffic is free and reduces the amount of other promotional effort you need to do.