http://sig-link.com/blog The Forum Signature Pro Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:56:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm pleased to say that Sig-Link now has over 100 registered users. It's great to see so many people have signed up at this early stage to this new concept. It's still early days though and I hope to see many more users and auctions up over the coming months. So if ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2007/04/10/sig-link-cracks-100-users/ I've just signed up for the SEO Poker Tournament. It's Poker with a twist. Basically to buy in you have to put a quality link up for grabs. It's an awesome idea, Seoblack hat not only gets the well deserved linkbait. But also sprinkles his Full Tilt Poker affiliate link across ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2007/03/05/seo-blackhat-poker-tournament-are-you-all-in/ As I said I would do in my first post, I'm again testing the Signature Link Calculator by looking at previous Digital Point signature auctions. I'll start with the first one that successfully sold, and work my way back. I'll ignore those that haven't sold, and those that are sold at ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/21/signature-link-calculator-2nd-test/ In my last post I was raving about the DP avatar phenomenon, where every second poster has the Sift Sift Web Directory Logo as their avatar - (though now the Seven Seek Directory avatar looks like a strong competitor). So I thought I'd try to get the story from the ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/09/interview-with-the-avatar-master-stuart-from-site-sift/ If you've visited DP in the last couple of days you've probably noticed that every second person has the Site-Sift Christmas logo in their avatar. It's pretty complicated so correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I can tell, it all started with this thread where Stuart offered to ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/07/the-great-digital-point-avatar-phenomenon/ Ok. So I'm nearly ready to launch the site...but obviously its not very appealing with very few (currently 5) signatures listed. After putting close to $1000 so far into this project I'd like to get a fair amount of signatures listed before the real marketing starts...for cheap. So heres my offer - Put ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/06/my-dp-webmaster-offer/ This is a followup to the 8 steps post. This guy claims in DP to have increased his click through rate by over 1000% just by using simple (and obvious) copywriting techniques. Have a look at his well written sig in the above link. Anyway he explains the experiment in his ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/06/applying-copywriting-in-signatures/ 1. Target the right niche. If your signature has websites unrelated to the forum in it, your audience won't be interested. 2. Use contrasting colors. E.g. if the forum background is light blue, use colors that stand out against it. 3. Provide a call to auction. Use words like "apply now", "check ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/06/8-easy-steps-for-an-effective-traffic-driving-signature/ I've had a signature link calculator made to make it easier for everyone to price and buy signatures. Its often quite difficult to put a value on a signature. Some people will prefer a high total post count while some will prioritize posts per day. I feel both are very ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/05/the-signature-link-calculator/ This is the first post so I guess I should explain what Sig-link is all about. I'll start with the basics, as after explaining it at length to my friends and family, they generally replied "Ok I think I understand but could you tell me one more time what a ... http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/04/9/