If I am a visitor on a forum, I hate to read and see any advertsing. But when I am a seller, I have to let most of people know our products , that's conflict I think. I believe everyone who do online marketing working hard to promote their products everywhere, so what will you do if a forum do not allow adverting signature link ? How do you let your target customers know your products ? I am confusing here
Hmmmm... it's hard, but you can always write the site, don't you? You can always make a note at the end of your post...
If you really want to get your message across to site members.. you can buy banner advertising from forum owners or google allows you to place ads on specific sites via adwords.
If you have an IM related product, I think your best bet is to share valuable information and have a link to your site in your signature. If people think you know what you're talking about and could help them, they'll not only go to your site, but probably have a very high conversion rate. If a forum isn't allowing Sig links, just move on to the next forum. There are so many options out there, one forum shouldn't be an issue
NO YOU CAN'T and you should NOT!!! This is a big mistakes a lot of newbies make. If the forum does not give room for a signature link it means that they are a NoFollow forum and that they do not want people to be using them to submit links to. This is done in order to avoid SPAMMERS. If a forum does not allow for signature then simply say NEXT. True, banner advertising or Text Ads. Adwords can be a bit expensive if you do not really know how to use it properly. EXACTLY... Properly participating in a forum will definitely let your reputation and expertise grow. You will appear to be an expert in whatever the matter in discussion and people will begin to trust you.
DP offers many options to advertise your product without coming off as spammy. The best method is to use your signature. Next, participate in forum discussions and earn enough quality posts to be able to post in the buy/sell/trade section. Another feature I just started using is DP also lets you add you latest blog under your name and also you can have an avatar that promotes your product. Also, DP is dofollow so your signature count as backlinks.
Some niche forums don't allow signatures in forums because of spamming (namely weight loss type forums) and in that case I wouldn't waste your time with them. Unless of course you can learn from the participants. If they DO allow a sig, just don't SELL things in it, provide a link with curiosity that leads to a little content and starts the selling process. As with any forum though, it's important to become part of the community first.
I am very new to DP so I can't have a signature yet or post in the buy/sell/trade section. I have spent the last year just learning how to do all the basic stuff and buying some products along the way. My intention is to build up trust and confidence by giving away some of the best products I have giveaway rights for and asking people to look at some of the other products I have in exchange for their honest opinion! I know not everybody likes PLR stuff, but the way I figure is if it's free and USEFUL people will be pleased to have it and look forward to seeing more products. I don't want to be spammy, I genuinely want to build up a website full of good stuff. Obviously as I add more products to my site not all of them will be free but hopefully they will be good ones that people want to buy.
I was wondering how many forums have you ever been regustered? Actually,in order to promote , I have joined many different forums, nearly 130 now. But only DP and other a few forum are my favorite. Learning, promoting and talking. What about you? Are you similar with me on the forum marketing? What is your main method? Hope experienced person can share the information here.