Forum marketing through your signature links is a powerful way to build relationships and your list. It’s like leaving your business card but with out the wasted paper!

Getting it right starts with first knowing how to set it up and a basic principles that help you to “Get The Click”.

Get it wrong and even the biggest most colorful font will get little more that ‘reverse marketers’ spamming you to join their latest and greatest biz op.

(“How to” video link on the bottom of this article)

A big part of my monthly traffic comes from signature links that I have in a few carefully selected forums…  If you would like to experience a steady stream of targeted traffic I’ll show you how to create a killer forum signature.

Choosing The Perfect Forum to Join

Go to Google, or your favorite search engine, and type in: [insert YOUR industry/niche/angle] forum. No quotes necessary. For example: makeup forum, fat loss forum, exotic travel forum, men’s health forum, baby boomer forum, dog training forum or Internet marketing forum.

Choose one or two that you will participate in on a regular bases. 2-3 times a week for is a great start.

If it’s possible complete your entire profile including a picture of you with a big warm smile. YES, even if you don’t like to smile.

Locate where you can create a forum signature and follow these instructions so you don’t look like a desperate and dough-less dork in front of your peers, potential customers and business partners.

What Usually Gets The “Click-Ca-$hing”

What causes your potential prospect to click has to be a lot more subtle that saying, “Click My Link Below”. Let your actual posts in the forum do the heavy lifting for you.

In other words, say something meaningful, thoughtful, believable and valuable… even if your just asking a question. Be as bold as you can be without being fake and don’t make apologies for long posts. Say as much or as little as you need to say to make a complete thought.

A Few Tips So NOT To Repel Potential Prospects…

Don’t use more than 3 links. You come across like a pushy peddler . Just pick 1 to 3 links at a time that would be most helpful to your target audience. Remember, now you know how to do it, you can easily change up at any time and test which work best.

Making A Hyper Link to Your Blog, Website etc.

First, a word of advice: Do not, under any circumstances send anyone to your replicated or network marketing corporate site. It would be about as productive as not having a signature link at all… Real People HATE boring replicated sites and so should you if you are a professional.

That being said choose your links carefully then highlight your words with your mouse and hit the “URL ” button. A pop-up box will prompt you to enter the destination of “the click”.

For example this is mine: [url=http://www.getpaidtoprospectonline.com/mlmsuccesstraining.html ]www.GetPaidToProsectOnline.com [/url]