Forum marketing method for gaining traffic does not happen overnight. The best thing is to get yourself known in the community because that’s what a forum really is, a community with like minded people.

Take the time to build relationships in a forum, just like any other community where trust is built over time. If done properly, you can expect massive traffic from forums.

Think about helping others before helping yourself, most forums provide a signature file where you can leave a link or two about yourself or your products and services, if you take the time to be helpful around the forum and add to the overall value in the community, the members will more than likely want to know more about you and they will do this of their own choice. The signatures will leave tons of backlinks to your website witch means more traffic and more sales.  Remember that these links can’t really be affiliate links so make sure you have a domain name forwarding to your affiliate link.

Forget profits, focus on being a worthwhile member of the forum and profits will follow as a result of this as your credibility is established and your reputation is a good one.

The best and easiest way to develop this knowledge is to visit forums that offer valuable information on topics like affiliate marketing, search engine optimization, Pay per Click Advertising and freelancing.

Webmaster forums like Digital Point and Site Point teach you how to create, promote and monetize a website. Affiliate marketing forums like Wicked Fire will give you the lowdown on effective ways to maximize your affiliate commissions.

Me personally contribute heavily on digitalpoint as this is the number 1 site for internet marketing.

The webmaster websites I contribute are listed below.

- MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SIGNATURE WITH YOUR REFERAL LINK

Here is another great lists of forums and their alexa rankings in witch you can contribute on:

Find a couple good ones and stick to them.