Secret #1: For forum marketing to be successful, niche targeting is essential.
Secret #2: All of your forum traffic needs to have a HOME that can be archived.
Secret #3: Forum link-dropping efforts are doomed to fail.
Secret #4: The name of the game in forum marketing is credibility.
Secret #5: Leverage competition material to get credibility faster.
Secret #5: Being indispensable is the key to forum authority.
Secret #6: Create a LARGER-THAN-LIFE identity for yourself.
Secret #7: Only include the greatest stuff in your postings.
Secret #8: All of your postings must point to the same destination:
AUTHORITY
Secret #9: How to gain the trust of other forum moderators.
Secret #10: Use targeted forum posts to boost conversions.