January 28th, 2008
3 Ways To Increase Your Forum Signature CTR
One of the first thing that many people do after registering a new forum is to create a forum signature so as to build links and create awareness of their sites. However, the more you want people to click on your signature, the harder it seems to gain traffic this way. I will be discussing three easy techniques that you can use to increase clicks to your sites via your forum signature today 
Relevant niche for your site
In case you miss out, you should be participating in forum that is related to your niche before promoting your website through your signature. This is obvious because people will not be interested in your manicure blog if you are in a mens health forum (ok, at least not as effective). So make sure you not only participate in forums that are related to your niche but also word them appropriately.
Your signature should in a action form rather than passive. For example, How I receive $3,000 check by blogging is active. Earn $3,000 by blogging is passive (who earns it? You, me or Bill Gates?). Be clear and relate it to readers that see your signature. Your signature should also contain call to action, the key ingredient that makes people click on your signature
Do not reply a thread, create one!
If you have been posting in forums regularly, you would have found out that a thread creator gets more attention than a thread replier. Put it simply, most members will open a thread and reply it straight without browsing the replies. If you want to have more people seeing your signature, try to create threads more than your reply. Unless your reply to a post is extremely helpful to most members in the forums, its impact will not be as great as a new thread.
Showcase your rewards!
Another technique is to post your achievements and inspire others. No, don’t get me wrong.. you are not going around slapping people’s face with your fat check but to share your experience and what you have gone through to reach your current state. Once you have shared your story, you will find tons of traffic clicking on your signature wanting to find out more about you 
You can even share testimonials you received along the way in the forums. Who knows that person maybe a member in that particular forum as well
Feel free to comment on other strategies that you find are useful in attracting clicks to your signature
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Comments
What a great read KC, I think i will be aregular visitor to your site. keep this sort of detailed info coming. Cheers Mark
Mark
February 2nd, 2008
Hi Mark, thanks for your comments
Do let me know if you want to read anything specific about forum marketing. I will try to cover that as well.
KC
February 3rd, 2008
Thanks for that KC, I am fairly new to building and running websites and I once ran a forum http://www.sportspoll.co.uk but found it very hard to keep on top of so let it go by the wearside. Please take a look as it is still live.
Mark
Mark
February 3rd, 2008
You would need a lot of work to maintain a forum unless you outsource the managing part. Your forum is pretty organized and I think what you need is to attract and encourage activities within your forum. Have you tried holding contests or referral incentives?
SEO seldom works for forums unless you have a high participation rate there.. Head over to AdminFusion.com and you will learn a lot about how to run a forum profitably before you know it
Hope it helps.
KC
February 4th, 2008
Hi everybody,
I’m new! What’s going on?
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March 11th, 2008
a great tips kc..
i hope i can learn something from your articles..
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