can you get traffic using forum signature ?

Should probably use more than keywords... Be creative....create a "call to action"

Some, but some of it may be "curious traffic", not "serious traffic".

You can but i don't think that traffic will convert as good as the traffic you would get from google search or other kind of traffic.

yes, you can defintely get traffic. Though, do you mean inserting keywords so it can be used as backlinks?

Traffic to your wso? Sure you can

Heck yea! that is a great way to get traffic you just have to be creative to get people to click on it! Ask a question or say something funny. People are nosey and everyone loves a good laugh.

A sig is a solid way to get traffic. It always was and it always will be

Yeah .. surely creativity helps to get some traffic ... but it also depends of relevancy of post ... If you post your IM product in weight loss niche .. then its just waste traffic ..

I know signature is a way to get traffic because I click on signature links in WF all the time. It is just so tempting to when the person who is posting sounds like they know what they're talking about.

You can get traffic through people reading your posts on forum, especially if it is informative and well-written. If your question is about organic traffic then also yes the keywords in your signature can rank well in google, depending upon the competition of course. You wrote about only using forum signatures and I think it is also helpful to have additional types of links including articles, press releases etc to help with the organic ranking.

Debbie

There is a probability but it depends on the contribution you did, if you can make a nice discussion maybe people get interested to click on your signature.

Depends on how you're interacting in the forums. If you're spamming, then no, if you're an active, contributing member, then a BIG YES!

For example, in all the photography forums I'm active in, my sig on each post gets me a lot of referral visits to my site, it has been doing that even in forums I no longer visit. My forum-based referrals account for 30% of my visits.

I only post once <10x a year in big sites like photography-on-the.net, for example, but I've been receiving traffic from that site for over 2 years now. I'd love to post more but the demographics and 'crowd' isn't that engaging in that forum (it's too big) so I prefer posting on smaller, local (Asian) sites.

Even in Darren Rowse's Digital Photography School forum, I just joined that site last month, made one post and I've already received about 50 referrals from his site on a single post.

In fact, the Philippine-based photography forum I moderate throws me over 2K visits a month... and that's a relatively low-traffic site (forum-wise).

Just make sure your posts are relevant, meaningful, and not spammy. It takes a while to build the cred and exposure, but they do work tremendously well if you're an active member of a forum. If you're just there spamming, mods will boot you out pretty much instantly.

Dzierba: You can sign up to URL shorterners like su.pr, bit.ly etc. that offers URL tracking. That way, you can track your sig link click stats.

Yes, it is possible just focus on your topic, try to post according to the topic of you site. Be active and enjoy instant but low traffic, thanks

It's possible, and some people do well at it. You have to be a valuable participant. If all you do is say you agree with others and things like that, you probably won't get much traffic.

It's also important to test your signature. You don't have to leave it the same all the time, and if you participate regularly, you may want to change it up so people notice it more often.

I don't remember having any success from that when it came to business.

However, when I did it in a personal email and I was emailing teenage girls at that time for personal dating - and when I put "Learn how to be so popular and make your friends sooooo jealous!!!" - yeah, it grabbed extreme attention

Forum signatures definitely work but there are tons of other more effective ways to drive traffic to your offers.

Bill,

You are DEFINITELY in the right place. Good luck!

You can get decent traffic from a forum signature, but I wouldn't rely on it as your only source of traffic. If you're active, I imagine you can pull a few hundred uniques a month.

Forumites may get interested of clicking in some of your signatures if they get attracted or intrigue with your contribution.

if you are part of a forum about red shoes

and you have a website about red shoes and you reply to alot of post's related to red shoes with a link to your website ...about red shoes

then yes you can get generic traffic

its actually a great way to get some free traffic ..

however if you have a site about black shoes

and you try to get them to check out your site about.. zoo animals

tough luck

hope this helps ~

Not very serious traffic. You may get around 0.2% CTR.

With a signature link in a forum you can get 2 types of traffic:
- direct < people click on your signature if you:
a. post good info
b. have a call to action in your signature
- organic < if the forum is a high PR forum, one that's in the good lights of the Search Engines (like WF is) than you will also get some serp improvement by posting a signature link (heck, that's basicaly what forum profile links are after all)

If your question is in regards of a scenario like "some dude does a google search, finds the forum and clicks on your link"... well... it's posible... Not sure if you know, but that used to be a way to attract visits a while back: search for "keyword" in forums, and post. It doesn't matter if it's an old post or whatever, if it comes up in Google's first page you can get some trafic from it.

Hope it makes sense,
Alex

Absolutely if you provide posts that contribute to your specific niche that is in your signature. I have found myself clicking a signature out of curiosity after reading what a particular member had posted.

let me test the signature first

The answer to your question is YES.

Of course on forums such as this one most people will want to read all the free information on the forum first. However, when you write something of real value, or something which creates curiosity, then a certain proportion of people will click the link in your sig to find out more about you.

I average about $250/week from my sig link in this forum alone. Why? Well firstly some of the posts I have written have been really well received and thus give me lots of continuous exposure, and secondly because the people who click the link are super targeted and seriously focused on learning more about me.

Strangely I wrote a post on this forum when I first started about why not using you sig properly was a sin, but I got shot down. I can only guess that people either do not value the sig link or that they have never experienced success with it.

But if your posts have good content which shows your knowledge then people will click through to your site and buy your products - I know that first hand.

The trick is to be creative and constantly test with different signature styles and see which drove the most traffic.
Posting in forums relevant to your niche can really help drive traffic from signature

its couldnt hurt

For sites where the type of traffic isn't overly relevant a clever call to action incorporating a couple of keywords is good. But for other sites where I want targeted traffic (or even just back links) I just use relevant keywords.

Of course you can get traffic from using forum signature with your keywords however not all can give you traffic that you needed.

LOL at the sig... I didn't click, but hovering over it already made me chuckle hehe. Catchy!

I think more than referral traffic, it creates good SEO value if you are in a popular forum

The traffic you are getting from your sig is as good as you behive on the forum. If you help others, have a good posts that give them something meaning full.

Traffic is ready available if you have sense in your comments and
the your signature links are attractive

At least there are some people who are interested and try to click to see what's in my signature.

Really.

Yes you can definitely get traffic and backlinks but try not spamming

Cheers,

~Gary

I have tried it, tested it through google analytics and it definitely works...

Posting purely keyword-driven signatures could get you banned from some forums, or it could just lead to not being able to have the signature privilege at all. And, yes, that includes the Warrior Forum.

So, while you may see some benefit from it, be very careful that you don't cross the line and lose the ability to post your sig in various forums.

All the best,
Michael

Traffic is good, but traffic looking for you to present a resolution to a need is even better. Relevant traffic. I do not want people loking for organic gardening tips visiting my site, as it a waste of their time and mine.

It definitely get traffic from forum signature and it doesn't hurt at all to get it

Absolutely...

I believe much of the traffic will be the "inquiring minds wanna know" like other marketer's, but I have both purchased certain items, and sold items through a sig link.

Think I need to change mine...there's some HOT new items with some "Everyone needs this NOW mojo" - just remember to link to your site NOT direct to an affiliate offer...

I got spanked with a minor infraction for making that newbie mistake! (seems a long time ago now...)

if you have some reputation,of course you can

It's possible to get traffic and even some sales from forum traffic, but it's not as targeted as say search engine traffic where people are actually typing in stuff they are looking for. It's good to get links from a variety of sources, so making use of forums is still a good idea.

Joey

If you are posting on a forum that is highly relevant to the topic of your website and offer, then you can get good traffic that is quite targeted and can convert.

If you make yourself an authority on that forum, and it's busy, and your offer is good then it could be a good source of income.

I get minimal traffic from here, but it is not the only way to get people to come to your site. This should be a mere part of an overall strategy. I get traffic by responding to Craigslist ads, writing optimized blog posts, Google +, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

You have to have a variety of ways to drive traffic to a central location where you can either create an ongoing, profitable relationship with your audience, or sell them something.

ELMO

I think you will get the traffic by adding signature.
But i recommended below things in your post.
- quality content
- useful and satisfied answer
- no spam please

Yeah, you can get traffic using forum signature

Best way to get traffic from forums, using signature links is..

To use a QUESTION, PROMISE, CALL TO ACTION structure

Gave good info or content that benefit others

Yes, The signature can increase your traffic. On the other hand the Do-follow link increase your site rank & traffic at the same time. It is one of the good way to increase site traffic & page rank.

Of course signatures work, I get most of my customers on Fiverr from here actually.

I get about 10 subscribers per day COMBINED between this forum and a few others that I write on. Not a lot, but adds up over the course of a month.

I've done it. I've also added to my mail list.