Comments on: Forum Signature Tip to Increase Clicks & Sales

By: Web Development Company

Web Development Company — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:59:52 +0000

Greate Post, Lynn. I like your tips for Forum signature to get backlinks. I will try in for my forum. Thanks for sharing this informative post.

By: A Simple Idea For More FREE Traffic From Forums

A Simple Idea For More FREE Traffic From Forums — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:44:50 +0000

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By: Manidip Chakraborty

Manidip Chakraborty — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:27:34 +0000

Lynn

This is the excellent tips I ever come to know.
i will definitely use that and also wait for results.
Thanks Lynn again.

Manidip

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7 Common Mistakes That Newbies Make — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:14:59 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:21:15 +0000

For the last couple of months I have started forum marketing by participating in discussions. I does work, although you should return regularly. I noticed when I did’nt return to a forum to post, my traffic from that source would slowly drop.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:50:53 +0000

Oh most definitely Check out Harvey’s Forum Marketing Supertips – it’s free, and a genius idea!

By: Mara B.

Mara B. — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:00:39 +0000

Great information. I do frequent forums from time to time, and have noticed other people’s signatures. They’ve mostly been witty sayings. It’s great to know that you can use them to help drive traffic to your site, and possibly make some money from them, too.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:44:33 +0000

> I dont think that we can encourage reader to sign up for our mailing list as well on that download page. Beacuse, many studies tells that most of the peoples rather reluctance to fill sign up form where too many items to be filled.

I dont necessarily agree. I do think that you need to test your campaigns to see what works best, track the results and tweak accordingly.

You can be very personable and offer a GREAT free download link with no strings attached, and then offer a second complimentary report or product if they would also like to join your free mailing list.

Its all in how you word it, how easy you make it, and the copy you use.

By: Chibueze

Chibueze — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:56:41 +0000

Hi,

I love this articles. Infact,it came at the right time as I am working on my marketing forum at the moment.

Thank you so much.

Okoji

By: Laurie Neumann

Laurie Neumann — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:32:34 +0000

Great answer, Lynn. Thanks for being so thorough.

By: Amri Wirabumi

Amri Wirabumi — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:36:12 +0000

Great tips, Lynn. but I dont think that we can encourage reader to sign up for our mailing list as well on that download page. Beacuse, many studies tells that most of the peoples rather reluctance to fill sign up form where too many items to be filled.

But I am agree that one of the goal of the most web site existance is to attract highly targeted and loyal readers to our list…

Thanks again for your Tips

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Quick 7 Point Checklist for Tuning & Tweaking An Aging Website — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:52:00 +0000

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By: BetterFasterNow! (Dave Navarro)

BetterFasterNow! (Dave Navarro) — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:36:34 +0000

Lynn,

Thanks for the tips.

- Dave

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:42:28 +0000

Great question!

You can set up a separate list for your download or special offer, and then follow-up with them to ask them if they enjoyed it and what they thought of it. This is a great way to begin building more of a one-on-one relationship with your forum mates.

You can then follow-up with them again (in an autoresponder sequence) and invite them to get even more great tips and resources on that topic through your main mailing list.

Keeping your list micro-targeted to the offer and their interest like this will help to build trust and turn them into loyal readers.

Its a much better strategy than say, flooding them with unrelated news and offers right away in exchange for them showing enough trust in you to hand over their email address…

A few weeks later you might offer them another free download or a free report that compliments your original offer.

An email along the lines of “Since you downloaded the XYZ report I thought you might be interested in the new XYZZ report as well. I havent made it available to my subscribers yet, so I would love your feedback on it. It will sell for $7 and has a 100% affiliate program. Here is the download link (link). Please dont share this as it is only going out to select forum friends. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it! Thanks ~”

Obviously you can encourage them to sign up for your mailing list as well on that download page. The goal is to attract highly targeted and loyal readers to your list – not force-feeding them ads & plugs.

This is a great way to get new testimonials, affiliates, and to increase your readership.

By: Laurie Neumann

Laurie Neumann — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:29:24 +0000

These are great tips, Lynn. I do have a question.

You said “You can also funnel those visitors into an autoresponder or mailing list when they request your free gift or exclusive report”

I have heard it is considered spam if you put someone on your newsletter list if they haven’t specifically asked for that. What are your thoughts?

Thanks.