The Best Forums for Web Marketers

There are countless forums and discussion groups online that are devoted to internet marketing, affiliate marketing, web promotion, web design, etc. You'll find brilliant minds discussing every aspect of marketing and you can learn a lot from them. Here are the 3 forums I spend the most time reading:

Associate Programs - Geared mostly toward affiliate marketing, which is my main interest these days, Allan Gardyne's forum is perhaps the best for a web marketing beginner. The members and moderators are friendly and helpful and have an answer for just about any question you have.

The Warrior Forum - This is a fast paced forum with lots of members and discussions that can get a little beyond a beginner. But read them anyway and you'll soon start to put the pieces together.

SEOChat - A more technical forum that discusses SEO tactics and tips on improving your rank in the search engines.

Check these 3 forums out and read through some of the threads. There's a lot to absorb in them.

But don't spend too much time in them. Your best bet is to schedule a little time in them each day and stick to it. Don't forget you have to put what you learn into action. Otherwise you risk falling into the trap of 'paralysis by analysis.'

In addition to reading marketing and SEO topics, you should also keep up to date on whatever business or niche your web site serves. For example, if you own a site that deals with wine you should find forums that deal with wine and join them. Spend some time reading and posting messages with your url in your signature file and you can promote yourself as an expert on the subject, and hopefully bring in some customers while you're at it.

For help in finding forums or directories that are specific to your web site's topic, check out my earlier post on Finding Targeted Directories.