Getting a forum posting service for your forums is a very big help at jumpstarting your forums. Aside from populating your forums with relevant and interesting posts, they also generate interest for your forums. Further, especially in the case of new forums, the initial posts would set the tone of your entire forum.

It is therefore very important that you are sure that you are getting a great forum posting service. Here are five tips on how to make sure you do.

1. Ask for a trial. plan.

Because of the fact that their client list should be confidential, it would be close to impossible to ask for a client list from a potential service provider. Most site owners would be insisting on confidentiality. But you can ask for a trial plan from the potential provider to see how they work and how competent they are.

2. Look at how long the forum posting service has been in existence.

A new forum posting service might be cost-effective, but you can not be sure that it will be a headache-free experience. A forum posting service that has at least two years of experience might be a safer bet.

• This would iron out any potential problems you might encounter.

• You do not have to worry about payment issues or refunds because the company would have had a system in place to take care of that.

• The forum posting service would also have enough writers on their team.

• Moreover, there a big chance that the forum posting service you deal with would have worked with another company from your industry in the past. This would give them great insights on how to write better posts for your forums.

3. Make sure they provide for "personality".

A good forum posting service usually uses different personalities to differentiate one user from another. Without distinct personalities, your users would "sound" alike, which makes it less convincing to the other users and readers. Therefore, your users would behave differently, talk differently, and even argue with each other.

4. Insist on proper usage of grammar, high quality of posts and other small details.

Even with different personalities, ensure that your forum posting service uses writers that can create grammatically correct, well-researched posts that have a friendly tone. Less than 5% of your total number of posts should be short. One word replies might be necessary from time to time. More than that, it just means that your forum posting service has a lazy writer.

5. Always insist on responsive customer service.

When a potential forum posting service does not answer your e-mails or take your calls, then it is time to scout for another company. A company that does not take immediate action to close a potential sale will be slacking in troubleshooting problems that may arise, and may even put your work on hold.

A good forum posting service is admittedly difficult to find. With a lot of companies that makes a whole lot of undelivered promises. So choose carefully and choose well.