OMG -Signatures DO work for promoting my website.Proof inside

I checked my traffic stats for my link directory www.linkdumptube.com and i found out that the traffic exchanges don't really do that much. Most of my traffic comes from the 40+ forums i've joined and have a signature on. Look at my traffic stats for the last 18days for proof of how many people visit my site:

http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=trafficstatsez2.gif

It averages out to be 102.78 visitors per day

I am still joining forums as we speak and using my signature to advertise my link directory.

my advice would be to do what i'm doing because it works.

 

cool, where do you find the right forums to post on?

 

: ) I am happy that you figured this out. Don't forget to do the same in any social networking site out there. Write comments and always add your signature link to them.

 

but is it targeted traffic? its only good if they are buying what youre selling.

 

I run a forum...so I do this as well...

though I try to put my link wherever I can get it...forums, blogs, sites, directories...anything that's decent...

I haven't been doing it for long though...lol (i just started bothering to monetize truthfully)...

I also love forums...(i've been 'foruming' since i was 11)...so as you all will find out soon...i love to post and could talk all day...so it's a fun thing for me ...much funner than submitting to directories

p.s...i know funner isn't a word...but i don't care what webster says

 

This works the best if you post in forum topics that are most related to your site's topic... the more useful and informative your posts are -> the higher/more quality visiters you will recieve!

 

Ya Signature links in forums works for promoting a site but you forgot to mention they also help to get Indexed in Google quickly

 

40+ forums?? Man, you must be forum maniac

Congrats mate!

 

Yes, forum signature do bring traffic ... I also use this technique to bring traffic to my site, but joining 40+ forums is a lot of works ...



Good luck.

 

thats a lot of forums. care to share the list of forums?

 

How many posts do you have on average in each forum? Just a few then leave, or...?

 

I post about between 1-3 posts in each forum. It's great because the forums i chose always had at least 100 people online at a time,and on average there was probably 300 people online at a time. All the forums i joined didn't require me to post a specific number of posts before i can have a signature.

Um i will make a list of the forums over the next week cuz i aint got time this week. But i found all of them through google.And the forums were OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Here is why:

I posted on fansite forums for actors,musicians,models

I posted on web hosting forum sites and web design forums

And alot more. All you have to do is think out of the ordinary.

Here is an example.I joined Car forums(i know a bit about cars) and i posted answers to people questions and also made a topic of my own to do this cars. I used my linkdumptube.com signature.

See what I mean,don't just use your signature in computer related sites,you have to go to other forums that have nothing to do with computers.
If you do this,you will see there is wayyyyyy more than 40forums. There is probably another 50-100 forums i could still join. It takes a bit of time to join and post but it's worth it.

 

That's why I always say: Never understimate sigs! Being an active member in communities is the one thing that both novice and pros follow.

 

A lot of people know it works! Heck people rent out there own signature links for $10.00 a month per 1,000 posts!!! Some people pay $15.00 per 1,000 posts!!!

 

In that case, your sig worth about $110/month

But that depends on which forum of course.

 

Signature always goot in terms of Links Popularlity. the more you got the more visitor will come to your site. I wonder how can you have time to join in 40+ forums

 

Sigs are good but not THAT good, because if people go to your site from webmaster forums like this one, it is unlikely that they will click on the ads.

Personally, I rarely do. Come to think of it, before i knew what this whole adsense thing was, i always considered these ads some sort of spam/fake things.lol

 

UPDATE:

Here is my new updated traffic stats:

http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=seozk1.gif

Now im averaging 109.2 per day.Wohooo

Yes not all hits turn into cash. I have sold a handful of paid links which people are happy with.

SO i think if you get 100's of hits per day,you will probably make maybe 5-10 sales per month which for me isn't alot of money because I only charge US$3 for a regular link. But i guess if you have another business that sells things for $50-$100 then it'll be good for u.

So i hope when i start to get 1000's of hits per day(which judging my forum advertising,should be in about a month) i'll probably make about a dozen sales per month etc etc.

How can i convince more businesses to buy links on my directory? I mean they are only US$3 and it will increase their website sales. Can't people afford US$3? Should i make it cheaper like $2 for a regular link or not?

 

First off, your directory is not original. It provides webmasters with nothing unique. It's using a free script and default template. Your directory won't increase traffic or PageRank...you have 0 PageRank.

Why should webmasters buy a link from your directory? Your traffic is very low. My MySpace gets more unique visitors/day.

Consider on working on SEO for your site.

 

Just remember to keep active in those forums, about 2-5 posts a day, and traffic will expand as you become a more trusted member. Plus it would provide your link with more places to show up.

Good work!