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Isn't it funny that people who complain about traffic never have a signature in their profile

by niffybranco
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I just find it quite funny that some people are on one of the largest internet marketing communities they complain about all sorts , this is dead , that doesn't work e.t.c yet they got less than 10 posts and no signature. If you try your best to provide good content on here or if you are a newbie ask engaging questions that you need answers to and make sure you have a signature linking back to your website, you will definitely start getting some highly targeted traffic just from this forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author Amitywill
    Originally Posted by niffybranco View Post

    I just find it quite funny that some people are on one of the largest internet marketing communities they complain about all sorts , this is dead , that doesn't work e.t.c yet they got less than 10 posts and no signature. If you try your best to provide good content on here or if you are a newbie ask engaging questions that you need answers to and make sure you have a signature linking back to your website, you will definitely start getting some highly targeted traffic just from this forum.
    Not everybody wants to make money selling to other internet
    marketers. There are thousands of niches out there.

    Some of us are just here to learn, hang out with other IMers
    and pass on a bit of our own IM wisdom.

    If everybody did what you said and only joined this forum
    so they could sell in their signature link then it would be a
    pretty crappy forum.

    And as it stands I believe this forum is getting bombarded
    with about a thousand new users a day that just want to
    create an account and write spam posts just to show off
    their sig link.

    If you're selling something good in you sig then good on you
    however most people are just selling crap which is why I
    rarely click on sig links myself.

    Will
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    • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
      Originally Posted by Amitywill View Post

      Not everybody wants to make money selling to other internet
      marketers. There are thousands of niches out there.

      Some of us are just here to learn, hang out with other IMers
      and pass on a bit of our own IM wisdom.

      If everybody did what you said and only joined this forum
      so they could sell in their signature link then it would be a
      pretty crappy forum.

      And as it stands I believe this forum is getting bombarded
      with about a thousand new users a day that just want to
      create an account and write spam posts just to show off
      their sig link.

      If you're selling something good in you sig then good on you
      however most people are just selling crap which is why I
      rarely click on sig links myself.

      Will
      Erm if you checkout my signature you will find i am not selling anything everything on my website is free so before you start blasting me get your facts right nowhere did i say anyone should spam the forum i specifically said users should make sure they provide quality content.
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      • Profile picture of the author Amitywill
        Originally Posted by niffybranco View Post

        Erm if you checkout my signature you will find i am not selling anything everything on my website is free so before you start blasting me get your facts right nowhere did i say anyone should spam the forum i specifically said users should make sure they provide qualite content.
        I never said anything about your website or your sig link. And I'm
        sorry if you got the impression that I was "blasting" you.

        I was merely commenting on people only joining to sell in their sig
        link.

        And I said that if you've got something good in your sig link then
        good on you, but a lot of people don't. And yes quality posts should
        be a given but again as we've all seen this forum gets a hundred posts
        a day from people saying. "good post".

        Will
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
    What's even "funnier" is when people come and complain about not being able to drive traffic, then ask for the best and cheapest way to drive traffic, and in their sig, it reads: "Drive tons of traffic to your website for free using social media... click here now!"
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    • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
      Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

      What's even "funnier" is when people come and complain about not being able to drive traffic, then ask for the best and cheapest way to drive traffic, and in their sig, it reads: "Drive tons of traffic to your website for free using social media... click here now!"
      So true how can you teach others how to get traffic when you can't
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    • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
      Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

      What's even "funnier" is when people come and complain about not being able to drive traffic, then ask for the best and cheapest way to drive traffic, and in their sig, it reads: "Drive tons of traffic to your website for free using social media... click here now!"
      That cracks me up all the time
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  • Profile picture of the author Mukul Verma
    Mike I see this way too often. Why do people sell something they dont do or get in Internet Marketing. Often people approach me to joint venture and I ask, so you teach make money online, tell me about the money you made outside teaching. It is a conversation killer. I understand if you start making money then goto teach like John Reese, but if you only make money from teaching others to make money, it is what gives this industry a bad name.

    I dont fall into these people Altough

    Cheers,
    Mukul
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      • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
        Originally Posted by januar1986 View Post

        Nice opinion. there are million people selling to the other about how to make money online. Even they sell something that having no benefits to the others. I don't like a business like that. Many people lied by say, "I am a successful person. Want to learn from me?" This is a bad business. If someone really success with their effort, I think they will not struggling to find student to be teached. They will do their business and get the money. I was amused to see people selling the boasting words.
        I disagree with you as i have bought quite a few books that tought me how to make money online and i used those methods and now i have a business that brings in money everyday.
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      • Profile picture of the author theemperor
        Originally Posted by januar1986 View Post

        Nice opinion. there are million people selling to the other about how to make money online. Even they sell something that having no benefits to the others. I don't like a business like that. Many people lied by say, "I am a successful person. Want to learn from me?" This is a bad business. If someone really success with their effort, I think they will not struggling to find student to be teached. They will do their business and get the money. I was amused to see people selling the boasting words.
        I disagree too ... once you are successful you may want to 'give something back'. Once someone makes the amount of money they need for the lifestyle they want, they will probably get more 'happyness' from helping others (even for a fee) than cranking out more money.
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  • Profile picture of the author mlord10
    The fact of the matter is that a signature link can be a nice source of additional traffic, but you must provide quality content within your posts, and also when someone clicks on your signature link.

    I agree that people seem to be spamming the forums more frequently now, but after they do it a few times and either get called out for SPAM, or no one buys there stuff then they just move on.

    I am not too worried about the spammers. If you have good information that can benefit the community then I see no problem using forums to market your products or services.

    However, I don't thing that a signature is necessary for everyone, and as another poster stated many people are not even trying to make money in the internet marketing niche.

    It just really comes down to personal preference, and whether or not a signature link in this forum can drive targeted traffic to your website. Test for yourself and see.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mukul Verma
      Originally Posted by januar1986 View Post

      Nice opinion. there are million people selling to the other about how to make money online. Even they sell something that having no benefits to the others. I don't like a business like that. Many people lied by say, "I am a successful person. Want to learn from me?" This is a bad business. If someone really success with their effort, I think they will not struggling to find student to be teached. They will do their business and get the money. I was amused to see people selling the boasting words.
      Originally Posted by niffybranco View Post

      I disagree with you as i have bought quite a few books that tought me how to make money online and i used those methods and now i have a business that brings in money everyday.
      Originally Posted by januar1986 View Post

      Ok, It is subjective.
      What is being said is that you are not only making money by teaching.

      I went into doing a IM training in Toronto and webinar several months ago, however I made the choice to build my business instead of teaching, here is why:

      #1 - People want to buy pipedreams or magic pills. Making money does not happen without efforts. Here is my story, I worked a job for 4 years full time, part time built up business online and quit in 2007. Its the real online story, not the hollywood one.
      #2 - The clientelle I got was people who had done more training then I did, but less action. I am not giving any value, they have heard it, its not complicated, if just requires work.
      #3 - It is a hussle business I found
      #4 - I have the option; once you involve money in changes everything. I would rather help people here then in a formal structure setting.

      So I dont think he is saying that its bad. He is saying that there are too many people that ONLY make money selling making money and often stuff that has not worked for them personally.

      Cheers,
      Mukul
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  • Profile picture of the author BlazingSwitch
    I find that most forum trouble makers are not flying any sig, or they are not promoting themselves.

    I have read 13 years of their excuses why they do not fly a sig. But I would think if you are established, whether you need forum business or not, you would want people to know who you are and what you are about. It really is just good business, and networking.

    However, as most know, 90% simply are not business minded.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Jackson
    Originally Posted by niffybranco View Post

    I just find it quite funny that some people are on one of the largest internet marketing communities they complain about all sorts , this is dead , that doesn't work e.t.c yet they got less than 10 posts and no signature.
    I don't understand that either. If you're going to go through the trouble of registering, you might well try to get some traffic out of the deal. Oh, well...Que Sera, Sera!

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    • Profile picture of the author mcmahanusa
      I've observed that several warriors, very successful, do not have sigs. I don't myself, (I am not hinting that I am a raging success, because I'm not, at least online), but my purpose for being on this forum is to learn, and when I have something valuable to contribute, to offer it. I have adequate sources of traffic using other means.
      This is not to say that I will never add a signature, but the odds are slim.
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      • Profile picture of the author niffybranco
        Originally Posted by mcmahanusa View Post

        I've observed that several warriors, very successful, do not have sigs. I don't myself, (I am not hinting that I am a raging success, because I'm not, at least online), but my purpose for being on this forum is to learn, and when I have something valuable to contribute, to offer it. I have adequate sources of traffic using other means.
        This is not to say that I will never add a signature, but the odds are slim.
        The question was why don't people who complain about traffic use a signature file?

        Not why doesn't everybody use a signature file.

        I feel if you are looking for traffic then the first thing you should do is read up on traffic generation techniques and almost every book or forum post i have read talks about how a signature can get you traffic. So why moan and complain if you are not even taking the basic steps.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
      Originally Posted by David Jackson View Post

      I don't understand that either. If you're going to go through the trouble of registering, you might well try to get some traffic out of the deal. Oh, well...Que Sera, Sera!

      David Jackson
      I have been a member of this forum since 2000 (when it was the old style forum - they changed it in 2002). I have always run a sig file and found that MOST of the traffic I get from here are simply looky-loo's who are simply curious about what I offer. Very few become customers (unless I run a WSO), so the traffic to me has little value.

      I found it better as "link juice" for SEO.

      Either way, not only have I turned off my sig file, I also chose to shut off sig files all together - so I can not see anyone else's

      Some day, I'll turn it back on. But for now, it's less distracting.
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