Unless you’re one of the rare few who is publishing purely for the artistic aspects of writing, then you want your articles to make money. We all do. Even if it’s just about reaching readers (ergo; i want to make money, but don’t want to admit my =basic literary prostitution) then the goal is the same… you want just as many people in cyberspace to click onto your article.
The secret to this, as anyone will tell you, is to promote your work, and the best way to do that is to spam. Anyone who uses the Triond forum (or any other, for that matter) has seen this.
Hey! I’m new to the forum, and would love some positive feedback! Please read my poem!
(url here)
And while this may garner a few hits, it as a rule is a waste of effort. There is a science to spamming; simply doing a drive by tends to be rather ineffective. Here are a few basic steps to ensure that if you drop a url, people will actually read it.
- First, do your research. This doesn’t have to be an overly time consuming act, although like anything else, you’ll get out of it what you put into it. As I have said in other pieces, there are forums and chats for everything under the sun. For example, if you’re writing a piece on Major League Baseball, Google ‘baseball forums’. Obviously the more you find, the more opportunities your article will have for attracting viewers.
- Set up a profile. Take the time to add a photo and fill in the little bits and pieces about who you are. Many will have a place where you can promote your home page. A profile offers you an appearance of legitimacy. Blank profiles, as a rule, do not attract viewers.
- Take the time to chat, even if it’s only briefly. Create at least some kind of presence in the forum. I have I around 2 dozen forums I use regularly, and I leave a window of a couple of hours each week to do what I call ‘forum surfing’… bouncing around, dropping into conversations, basically letting myself be seen.
- Add friends if it’s an option.
- Give your articles interesting titles. Something that will pique reader’s curiosity enough to click on them.
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Great Stuff
Interesting
Best Regards
I hope that a few of our newbies and sone not so newbies read this
Dear Mr Mnofetcetera,
Maybe I could hire you as my General Manager?
Yours Truly,
The One & Only
This is very useful. I think these tips will make it possible to promote without being marked as a money-hungry spammer.
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent advice, my friend. You hit the nail on the head.
Another great one… I love your advice and use it. Thanks
You certainly have interesting advice. Thank you.
This is a good way you can try to gain recognition although some places do have rules against spam and stuff which could get you banned but it you can get the hits, I don’t see why you can’t try it out? Good article.
Thank Mnof : ). Great advice : ))
Thanks for the info
Informative article
So far I’ve not had much luck, but it takes time. Thanks for the tips, Mnof!
Some really excellent advice!Thanks for sharing!!
So how do people on the forums find your articles? Just through your Triond profile address or are you spamming links to your articles in the forum? The reason I ask is that a lot of forums will ban you for linking to your stuff. I’ve been banned, and it’s disheartening when you feel like you’re doing it in a subtle, respectful way after you’ve built a presence.
Thanks for the tip.
Great information, thanks for the tip.
Very interesting. It would definitely attract a lot of viewers.
nice work!
Nice work. Thanks.
Inna
-A great piece of writing.
Monica.
So that’s where you go when you leave us.
Really informative indeed! Keep it up
Useful information. I have used ‘forum spamming’ but not made it into an art form, in the way you have! Must try it.
very useful read but I am still confused:-(
Good advice. But marketing is such a tough job.
Good job. You never stop coming up with interesting articles.
Good information, I have not made much from triond. I will understudy your tips and put them into practice. I am really seeking for an opportunity to get reliable income to meet my financial obligations. I was almost giving up on triond but you gave me some hope that one can actually make money from the internet