Effective Signature Advertising
Signature advertising is extremely useful. Why? It is free and also targets a specific group of audience. Example: If you run a gaming website, advertise with your signature on a gaming forum. This will target your advertisement to all gamers.
Advertising agents/businesses charge heavily on targeted advertisement when signature adverts do the job and is FREE! and also more effective as you have 100% control on the display of the ad.
Here are some tips for optimizing forum signatures (For Maximum effectiveness):
- Do not post more than 3 links. Anything more than that is certainly viewed as spam and most people will ignore your forum signature.
- Do not post something like: "http://www.meskos.net - Forum Development Blog". Instead, if possible, post your link with "anchor text". The word "MESKOS" should be the link enclosed by the < a href > or [URL] tags. HTML would benefit your link in SEO.
- Include more than just a link. Be more descriptive around your forum signature and links. For example, use something like "High Quality Forum Development Articles" (with link from the keyword 'Forum Development Articles'). Or something to entice the viewer to click through to your website, eg. "Submit an articles to our articles category and stand to win $100".
- Use at most 3 colors in your forum signature. It is a good idea to highlight the keyword/link with color such as blue or red. Leave the rest of the text in black.
I hope now you know how to effectively advertise with your signature.
Good Luck!
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