Earners Blog Web Forum Survival Guide

Web Forums are a great place to learn from other Webmasters, buy & sell products & services. They are also a great place to waste a load of time.

Here’s the list of Forums I read & why I read them:

Wickedfire

This is a great forum for out of the box thinking on Affiliate Marketing & Traffic Generation. I spend most of my time here in the Affiliate Marketing section. This forum in particular doesn’t like Newbies posting stupid questions, so take your time to absorb as much as possible before asking questions. Don’t bother asking about Page Rank or trying to flog your latest Ebook because you’ll get flamed quicker than a roast dinner.

Digital Point

Digital Point is a tad more on the serious side. However it has fallen foul of a massive influx of Overseas Webmasters trying to make their own fortune from Adsense & Affiliate Programs. Webmasters here generally care more about Page Rank than conversion rates. For that reason I recommend not spending too much time getting caught up in any of the Sections other than Affiliate Marketing (there’s occassionally some good stuff in there). I spend most of my time here in the Buy & Sell Section, there’s some real gold to be found (outsourcing etc). One Webmasters trash is another’s treasure

Ewealth

I mostly cruise over to Ewealth to read up on their Clickbank Forum. Not too much to say other than that, there’s quite a few Clickbank power affiliates over there so plenty to learn (if you still use Clickbank ;))

Webmaster World

I’m a big fan of this forum. Why? Well there’s definitely much less rubish to wade through here. If I notice something up with Google Search, Adwords or Adsense then chances are there will be a thread in one of the relevant sections with some good concise information. These guys are much more worried about rankings than Page Rank, unsolicited advertising is very tightly controlled & you can also see the hottest topics on the homepage if you’re pushed for time.

A Best Web

Probably one of the most active Affiliate Marketing forums on the net. If you need more specific information about a specific network or program then they might have a dedicated forum here for it. I spend most time here in the Commission Junction, Linkshare & Shareasale sections.

More Niche Forum

I enjoy reading this forum as these guys are pushing products that most Affiliates won’t normally associate themselves with (i.e. Diet Pills, Penis Enlargement etc). It’s refreshing to see the techniques these guys are using (build, build, build ;)).

Blue Hat SEO Squirt Forum

This is Eli & Rob’s Blue Hat SEO forum for Squirt Members. Again, lots of thinking outside the box aswell as case studies on what works & what doesn’t. Unfortunately you need to sign up to Squirt to access this one, Registrations are currently closed but keep checking back for some openings.

Simplified SEC Forum

This is the forum associated with the Simplified SEC cloaking software. Again this requires a subscription to the software to gain access but there’s some real nuggets of gold in here from Blackhats & people pushing real volume at Affiliate Marketing. The members here also document their earnings from when they started, some include tips & tricks & other useful nuggets of information about Affiliate Marketing & Search Engines.

Syndk8

Syndk8 is another pure Blackhat SEO forum, this one is free to join. This forum can take a while to get used to, it’s very easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of information presented. Again, I use this forum to gauge what sort of techniques are currently working for Blackhat’s & people bordering on the Grey. I can try to come up with ideas that allow me to rework these techniques but also make them LAST, rather than getting banned after 3 weeks.

So hopefully now you should be getting all the information & food for thought that you need. Remember, don’t spend all day on forums. Try to spend only 30-60 minutes digesting information & the rest of the day working on building & promoting. Soon you’ll start to be able to draw your own conclusions about what’s working & what isn’t, rather than relying on other people’s.