Tips on how to successfully promote your book in online forums
Online forums offer a huge opportunity for writers and poets to share their work, expertise, and advice with others as well as engage with readers and authors. Many online communities are dedicated to specific subjects where people go to seek information, share their experiences, opinions, and offer advice. These forums allow people to build community, engage and learn from each other on issues that are important to them.
By being active in a forum, you are positioning yourself as an expert and are allowing for your content and book to be discovered by people who are actively seeking information (or even books) on the topics related to your book.
Here are our tips on how to use forum marketing to generate awareness and buzz for your book:
1. FIND THE RIGHT FORUM. The key to forum marketing is finding the right community in your niche. You want to narrow your list to a handful of forums and then commit to being active on a few. Here are some tips on how to narrow your search:
· Look for forums that have at least 1,000 members and 10,000 posts
· Make sure the forum gets at least ten to fifteen new posts on a daily basis
· Ignore forums that are overrun by spam
· Avoid forums hosted by your direct competitors
· Avoid forums hosted by your direct competitors
Here are a few suggestions for you to check out:
· Canadian Forums and Canadian Content: for news and politics
. Maple Leaf Web: For all things Canadian
. Reddit: Find a subreddit for your genre or subject related to your book
. Reddit: Find a subreddit for your genre or subject related to your book
