What is the best way to find related forums in your industry?

[edward-may]

Hi Guys,

Just wondering what is the best way to find forums in your industry?

[edward-may]

Hey Don,

Thank you so much! I will definitely give these a go, I tried the google way, and only came up with a lot of forums that were dated back in 2010, seems tricky trying to find something for psychic readings unless I'm looking in all the wrong places. I'll check the backlink profiles of my competitors and see where they're at!

Thanks again

[donford]

HI Edward,

I'm not sure the "best way" but I can share 3 ways I know of.

Competitor Research
Check your competitors see if they actively participate or simply get links from domains which are forums. Usually a doing a search on their backlink profiles for "blog", "forum" will identify these quickly.

Search Engine Search
I sometimes find relative forums simply buying going to Google typing a broad keyword + forums. At this point I have to evaluate the forum to see if it worth trying to engage with.

Industry Engagement
If you are actively engaged daily in the industry talk you will pick up on what people are posting. For example following industry leader's Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram profiles will lead you directly to some post and the places they are referencing.

Once you have at least one location worth engaging with, you can also watch those places daily as many times people will re-post information from a similar site / forum. Take for example here.. we oft see info from SearchEngineLand.

Hope this helps,

Don