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Thanks to a suggestion from Josh Budde, I have downloaded the latest version of bbPress and I am now using the WordPress Integration along with this platform and have it actively running now as my Forum Platform for The NMP Network.

Click on Forums in the navigation bar at the top of the page to see our new Forums site and if you have a login registered already, it will work at the forums, if not, you can easily register and you will automatically be registered on the blog at the same time!

Let me know what you think about the new setup!

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No matter what type of blog that you have, one of the best places that you can advertise your blog is to join a blogger forum. After all, everyone who posts there has a blog and that’s the main subject.

It’s a great place to meet other bloggers and to advertise your blog.

There are quite a few blogger forums that you can sign up for on the Internet. One is known as Bloggeries, where you can show off your blog, get your blog reviewed or review other blogs, and find lots of tools that you can use for your own blog.

Another good place to go is to Blog Forum. Blog Forum, like Bloggeries, has spots for you to market and show off your blog,
Blogger forums are a great place to advertise because everyone in them are of the same mind and want to make certain that their blogs get noticed and read.

If you use your blog to advertise something that you are selling, or you want to get a lot of traffic to your blog in order to make money, you want to go someplace where it can get exposure.

When you advertise on a blog forum, you know that you are placing your advertisement in a place where blogging is something that people enjoy.

Just remember when you are posting to a forum to read the rules and abide by them. That way you’ll get your blog noticed and you will know that you are doing the right thing.

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Something that has become increasingly popular since the Internet has grown are the email groups that are available through Yahoo, MSN, and other venues.

They are a great way to meet other people who have a common interest, and are very similar to the communities that are available through blogging sites.

There is plenty of diverse subjects and there are communities for just about any subject.

These groups can be a great place for people who have a blog about the subject and want to share it with other people.

Most of the time when you join a group, you are encouraged to take a moment and to introduce yourself. This is a great opportunity to tell people about your blog, but make certain that you don’t overdo it.

Just like with any of the other places you will advertise your blog, you want to make people want to go to your blog. If you are too overbearing, you will turn people off.

If your blog covers different subjects, you can advertise it on the other groups that cover those subjects as well.

Make certain that your post to the groups is interesting and that you let people know what it is that your blog is about. There’s nothing worse than getting taken to a blog under false pretenses.

When people visit your blog, make certain that you thank them for visiting and respond to comments that they leave.

If they know that you appreciate the time that they took, they are more likely to come back again.

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Coming up on Friday, August 29th, 2008, we will have Patrick O’Keefe, author of “Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards” as our special guest on Podcaster Training.

After our interview with Patrick, we will have a Q&A session for the viewers and listeners. Be sure to join us live and you can even call into the show live and ask your questions personally!

Want to know more about Patrick’s book? Visit his web site at http://www.managingonlineforums.com/

Podcaster Training airs live at 8:00pm EST at http://www.newmediapro.tv

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