Forums are great places for promoting and marketing, forums create content by other people's post through discussions and the content get indexed by search engines that's how a site drives traffic through the content then it becomes easy process to monetize a website.

In forums members of same mindset and goals help other members since all members are active internet marketers and make discussions and share information with each other about techniques to improve their business.

But unless you have a website which has traffic then starting a forum will be easy. Forum postings are a way to make money online since there are many money making forums are available.

If you want to start a forum from scratch start with your friends by creating some posts. If forums are used properly one can earn good results otherwise the entire business is lost.

1. To make money from forums use forums as a technique that leads  client to your website. Start forums that are associated to your business or work so that you meet people who require the product or service which you offer to them. If people find their valuable service at forums with your contribution then they would definitely reach the business owner to buy the service. 

2. Through forums if owned you can post ads like Adsense, Affiliate ads and even direct advertisements. And if forums are not owned by you, just allow to add affiliate links to your profiles.

3. If you are a member of forums you can create backlinks to website or to a blog you can generate traffic which in turn make money by setting a profile forum signatures.

4. If people find your product or service in the forum benefited for them immediately they will be willing to pay for forum when you set up a place by using a subscription model which helps you to earn money online through forums.

 5. Those who run a forum should know the value of postings in forums through which they earn reputation and can get indexed easily.

For this you need to pay from your pocket to maintain site to cultivate a good fame of your business and when people likes you and follow you increases the page ranks. In this way you earn money from forums.

6. One can make money from forums by joining an affiliate network

which increases the chance of making profits by creating relevant promotion to your product in forums content for which you can make parternership with any reputable website which allows you and your partner to advertise your products, helps to make money from forums.

7. To make money forums simply make website’s forums into directories that are specialized in a particular place related to your product so that targeted traffic can be generated which brings profits.

8. With regular postings in forums even if you don’t have a site or any product to promote and not related to that forum you can make profits by renting signatures on that posts.