Grow Your Auction Business Step 1 - Email & Forum Signatures (a.k.a sig files)

Sep 1
21:59

2006

Michael Heindel

Michael Heindel

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Many email applications have an option that will allow you to save your email signature and automatically put it at the end of every email you send. What a time saver. I love reaping the rewards over and over again for a small amount of work done once.

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Adding a URL Signature (a URL is is a website address) to your business at the bottom of every email you send is a great way to get free advertising. 

Most forums allow you to post a URL in your signature,Grow Your Auction Business Step 1 - Email & Forum Signatures (a.k.a sig files) Articles but not in the post itself.  Read the rules and look around the forum before posting.

Many email applications have an option that will allow you to save your email signature and automatically put it at the end of every email you send.  What a time saver.  I love reaping the rewards over and over again for a small amount of work done once.

1.1 What Are You Promoting?

Decide what you want to promote in your signature file.  It could be your own website, your Ebay AboutMe page, your MySpace page, your BLOG, etc.  You may even decide to change your promotion as the seasons change.      I like to promote my BLOG on forums and in my email signature.  That way I can easily keep the content current.  A BLOG is also more personal then a website where you try to sell.      If you don't have a website to promote, read Step 2 at my website listed below in the Author Info.  There I will show you how to set-up your Ebay AboutMe page.           1.2 How Will You Get Them To Click?

Write 2 or 3 sentences that will convince viewers to click your link. But don't lie just to get the click.  Tell part of a story and get them to click the link to read the rest.      For Example: Three months ago I started selling baby clothing on Ebay.  Now I know why there are other products that sell better. Click Here read about my Ebay journey.      The above example would work as an email signature and a forum signature.  I would have the link point to my BLOG and link to my auctions from my BLOG.      Some may say that email sig files are dead.  I disagree.  In less then one hour you can set-up your email program to automatically append your signature to every email.  Set it up once and you are done.

Don't send out email just to promote your signature, that would be SPAM.  Don't post in forums just to promote your signature.  That is also SPAM.

Go about your business, but now take advantage of the empty space at the bottom of your emails and forum posts.

Visit forums and help people.  Your URL signature will be the bottom of every post and people will see that you know what you are talking about and help others.