How to Find Forum Posting Jobs

Ten years go, blogging was not a job. It was a hobby for most. Blogging jobs, however, have become practically mainstream. A close cousin to blogging jobs is forum posting jobs. This article discusses what forum posting jobs are, why they are likely to grow in popularity, why you should add them to your freelance writing repertoire and how to go about finding them.

Instructions

1. Find your target market. Decide if you are going to target web designers, Internet marketing firms or web design firms.

2. Research on online marketing, the effectiveness of social media in reaching new clients, and the rates for forum posting.

3. Sell your clients on the idea of using social media as an advertising outlet. Relay to them how effective it is in reaching new clients. To do this, list forum posting, blogging and social media interaction via sites like StumbleUpon and Propeller as cost-effective, easy ways to reach a broad base of clients.

4. Compose a list of forums that would be of interest to the target market. A good list should contain 10 to 20 top-ranked forums that get a lot of traffic. The best way to find them is to simply surf the web. Visit forums and ask the users which ones are best. Once you visit forums, you will also start to see the same names being listed over and over again.
   You'll get a feel fairly quick for which ones are popular.

5. Compose a query. Now that you know who you are going to target and you have some research in front of you, compose a simple, short query.

6. Create a prospect list. If you've decided to contact web design firms, go online and create a database of, for example, 100 web design firms. In your database, include all contact information you can find. Try to identify a person to whom you may send your email query. If you can't find a name, at least mention the company in your opening line.

7. Send out your email queries. Choose a set number to do each day. Depending on how busy you are, you might want to start slow.

Tips & Warnings

• Forum posting jobs are only going to grow in popularity. As a freelance writer, it can be a relatively lucrative service to add to your existing repertoire.

References

• Work at Home Forum
• Digital Point: Thread: Forum Posting Jobs