To start with you need to join a handful of good home business forums. You can do this by Google searching the words "home business forums" and then checking out a few of the results.

What you are looking for are forums that are busy on a regular basis. You can tell this by looking at the number of members and the number of posts for the various threads.

To make money in a home business forum you need to first join a few of them. You can quickly register and set up a profile and be ready to go in a matter of minutes.

One of the first things you can do is just use the forum for your personal training. Many home business forums are frequented by very experienced Internet marketers.

Just by reading some of the comments you can pick up tips that you do not pay for. You can also see the type of questions that are being asked by existing members which will help you get ready to post questions of your own.

Once you feel comfortable you can join in the discussion by replying to questions that are being asked. By posting comments you begin to develop a reputation and brand yourself within the form itself.

Another way that money is made in discussion forums is in the signature file. Think of this as a small classified ad where you get to put a little bit of information about yourself and your product or company.

If you are not sure how to set this up look at some existing signature files from some of the more experienced members. You can quickly design your own sig file based on what catches your eye.

The signature file is where you will drive traffic to your website. You do this by hyperlinking keyword phrases to your website address, or by just posting your website address in your signature file.

The key thing to remember in home business forums is not to blatantly spam your business by posting sales type of posts. If you take the time to participate in the discussion with relevant information people will appreciate that and check out the website that you have when they are ready.