Yes it works. Do a research. Ask them what they like from your ezine and what not. What they would like to read e.t.c. Even if you get 4-5 responses you will have a good idea what to offer in future.

6) Use Joint ventures.

This is cutting edge tool of ezine growing. You could use ad swaps or article swaps or many other business deals with other ezine owners and internet marketers. The sky is limit.

7) Track

Extremely important. You have to track your reader’s behavior. How many times they click on your links, how many times your newsletter is opened. What they read and click a particular link and what they read and they don’t. There are many cheap tracking services on net.

8) Use command lines.

Do not underestimate this factor. Research has proved that people follow command lines such as, click here, order now, download now e.t.c. You have to lead your readers and not assuming that they know where to go.

9) Spam check.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! You could have your ezine dead in water if you don’t do this. With so many advanced spam filters out there your ezine could be in 25.000 junk mail boxes. You may be proud of your 25.000 subscribers but you will NEVER have serious profits from your ezine if you don’t spam check your messages. When you purchase an auto responder service, always ask for a spam check feature. And if they don’t have one buy a spam check software.

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All of these titles give you a clue as to what message is about. If it's too generic, then people may not be intrigued enough to read message.

But once someone opens your message, you still have work to do if you're going to get them click on your ad.

Most importantly, only put an ad in your signature. Don't make your whole message an ad. That will be frowned upon.

So if ad is only in your signature, then you're once again in a position where you need a title that will get people to click. The same rules that apply to title of your post apply to signature.

But let's get back to a point I mentioned above. You need to make sure that people that see your ad are right people. The kind of people that buy whatever you're advertising. The way to do this is to advertise something that is relevant to topic of your message.

For example, when I respond to a question about web hosting, I include an ad for my web host guide.

At very least, make sure that whatever you're advertising is something that people on forum are likely to be interested in. A lot of people make mistake of advertising something completely off topic.

If you're posting a message to one of two forums I mentioned above, then you know people there are generally interested in internet and ways to make some cash.

So if you include an ad for an online pharmacy or health supplements, you're targeting wrong audience. There *might* be some people there who are interested in those things. But there are probably a lot *more* people there who are interested in things like list building and getting traffic to their web sites.

You're more likely to get clicks if you target ad to audience.

Just common sense advice. But sometimes common sense gets lost when we think too much.

If you'd like more tips on posting to forums, then Harvey Segal has a great ebook you can download (no charge) at http://www.supertips.com/forums

P.S. Forums can be a great place to learn, and they only cost you your time.