We all know that promoting our business and website via a business forum is a great way to get traffic, leads and sales. But sometimes it’s a little difficult to know what you can and can’t do on a given forum, and you might miss out on some promotion because you’re not sure of the rules.

To make it easier for you, here are 5 ways you can promote your website using Scottish Business Blogs & Forums:

1. Join our forum and use your signature – it’s free to join, and the signature facility means that every post you make, and every comment you submit, can have a link to your site. It’s a great way to get backlinks, as well as traffic from forum readers and members.

There are so many subjects in our forums, from Marketing to Personal Development, and even a Water Cooler section, so you should find plenty to submit and respond to. The more you take part, the more you’re promoted – it’s win-win for everyone!

2. Post a press release – for forum members, we have a Press release section. What’s happening in your business right now that could be seen as news? New member of staff? A new project? A fantastic new client? Use our press release section to tell the world about it; you never know,it cold be picked up by a journalist too!

3. Sell your wares in our Marketplace. We allow all our members to submit an offer once a month in our Marketplace section. Whether it’s a buy one get one free, a money off, or a time limited offer, make sure the rest of the forum members know about it by posting in the Marketplace. We also promote these offers on Twitter, to give you added exposure!

4. Buy advertising on both sites. OK, so this one costs, but it does give you maximum exposure. We offer 2 different types of banner advertising, and email advertising to 2500 members – and it’s not s expensive as you may think. See our advertising page for more details.

5. Write a guest post. We’re always looking for experts to write for our website and blog. Scottish Business Blog works best when it has a range of posts from various industries and spokespeople – and we can’t be experts in everything! We want to hear from people and businesses who are experts in their field and want to share this with the wider SME community. Submitting articles and resources and collaborating with SBB is a great way of reaching prospective clients and partners and is a great way of showcasing your expertise. So get in touch with your ideas now!

So there you have it – 5 great ways to promote your website with us, and 4 of them are FREE! What are you waiting for? Start using our sites to spread the word now!