Signature campaigns - the truth

[Amph]

in the past some signature, went backrupt, because they were investing too much in advertisement

i don't know about their profit, but they are far from risk for sure, i bet they have a nice margin to cover their ass, in the sense that they can actually pay more users, but they decide to no do so

[tiggytomb]

I would say it does work, myself I have clicked through a few out of curiosity to see what they are all about.  It creates awareness for sure.

[Kprawn]

For some of them it is about building a household brand... When you see something often enough and long enough, you start to remember that as the default go to brand.

I often forget the smaller websites, but the signatures I see on a daily basis, help to imprint the idea that they are the default and the bigger companies in that field.

You also have to remember, once these people have paid out some rewards to you for your time and effort, you will always go back to them for their services, when you have to

pick a service from different options. That my friend is brand loyalty.  ...It might not pay off immediately but it could help in the future, when you need their services.

[danherbias07]

I would say it does work, myself I have clicked through a few out of curiosity to see what they are all about.  It creates awareness for sure.

The same happened to me. People gets curious. I think that is their purpose. More people holding their signature more will try to click it. Even if it is a low percentage that someone will click it that is still a win to them.

[jacktheking]

I'm sure it work from my experience wearing a signature tag with referral link. However, it only work best on newbie. Newbie dont know that it is a signature campaign and they will click on it. As a senior member, I rarely click on link in signature. The last time I click was... Probably a few months back. :/.

[doublemore]

I have no idea, but i see it a lot, so its about time to ask - Does this signature campaigns really works ? ? ?

Merchants, operators and publishers - come on this thread and let us all know if and how much exposure, search engine power, traffic or anything else you get from these campaigns.

Thanks

Seems like they are a tried and tested method by now, nobody forces anyone to put up a sig campaign and there is no lasting contract.  The free market would show them to die out if they weren't working.

[SerenaL]

I would say that they work. I probably would not even know about bit-x, magical dice and others if I didn't see the signature posted everywhere.

[iv4n]

It work's. I'm in campaign for the first time, they pay me daily much more then i can make on faucets. I found out about some places from signatures that people have under their comments(mostly about gambling and dices cause im inte I hope it will be like that in future a

[Kprawn]

I have no idea, but i see it a lot, so its about time to ask - Does this signature campaigns really works ? ? ?

Merchants, operators and publishers - come on this thread and let us all know if and how much exposure, search engine power, traffic or anything else you get from these campaigns.

Thanks

Seems like they are a tried and tested method by now, nobody forces anyone to put up a sig campaign and there is no lasting contract.  The free market would show them to die out if they weren't working.

It depends on the business .... If it's Bitcoin only, there are no better place to advertise than a platform where everything is based on the thing that you want to promote. I

would not go to a flower forum, if I want to promote a Bitcoin business. The hidden advantage is... all previous posts of a user on this forum, is linked to his or her current

signature. So if someone search about something else, they might end up seeing that signature being used.

Most Bitcoin businesses will only grow, if they target their advertising towards a platform with the most active Bitcoin users. Bitcointalk still have that advantage as seen with

these type of statistics --> http://www.similarweb.com/website/bitcointalk.org   

[wayayo]

Works good as it is place of bit coin market and with the good going traffic the mostly works signature campaign.

[OrientA]

Signature campaign is good advertisement. I started to know many sites because of the members' signature. It is very effective. When there are more users, it will be even more effective.

[gentlemand]

I often wonder the same thing. Perhaps much depends on when the coins they're paying out were sourced. It's possible some of these operations paid peanuts for a war chest back in the day and now they're calling in the benefits. Some campaigns must be paying out very significant sums every week or month. As everyone else has said, if they didn't feel they were worth it, they wouldn't exist.

[Anmol_Verma]

Of course the signature compaign works simply because this is the most popular bitcoin related forum and recieves many hits daily of which many are unique visits too and people do click on signature compaign when the interest them.
Anyways no one will be offering signature compaign if it doesn't benefit them.

[enhu]

It must be working though, they wouldn't be campaigns going on if it weren't.  But this kind of campaign just do work here in bitcointalk as players of the gambling sites are somehow just the people who also participate in the signature campaign.

[OROBTC]

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bitmixer.io had something to say on a nearby thread that I found rather interesting and pertinent:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=425135.msg12838081#msg12838081

Their experience seems to be that there is no real difference in ad effectiveness whether it is a Full Member, Senior Member or Hero Member carrying their ad!

Again, my limited experience with ads is that it is a numbers game.  And the longer and consistent the advertiser stays in the game, the more likely success will come.  Which parallels what many here in this thread are writing.

[ANdr0id]

Mass exposure of your brand is always a good thing to have especially if it is suited towards a targeted audience, that being BTC here right now. There are only bitcoiners here so of course there are only services and products advertised dealing in just that. It is a perfect match between the two parties involved I'd say.
Now what if a big corporation wanted to buy up this forum? They would only allow their brand to be visible and not allow any of their competitor's advertising real estate on this board.

[mr.coinstrader]

There will be no signature campaigns today if those are not successfull.

Common sense.

[OROBTC]

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I just thought of another little wrinkle about bitcointalk and signature campaigns.  There are at least two other Bitcoin forums (just the ones I know about, maybe there are more) allowing people to comment to their heart's content.  

But, bitcointalk is the only one that has a signature campaign option (program)!  At least that I know of.

This makes bitcointalk more attractive to signature campaign participants as they earn a little bit of income.  Being able to explore an interesting technology like Bitcoin (by asking questions and exploring BTC in its different threads), and get paid some is a powerful incentive for many of us.

[PolarPoint]

Signature campaign is a type of advertising and we know advertising works. Is it cost effective? Depends. I think it lets people know about the site and attracts a lot of traffic. To convert traffic into business depends on the product itself. BitcoinTalk is the largest bitcoin community in the world, it is the best springboard for new bitcoin startups. Businesses will not achieve better exposure anywhere else.

[dothebeats]

It works because I'm also curious as to where these colorful signatures lead me to. I'm mostly attracted by gambling signatures and check out if there are freerolls (I don't deposit money lol). Also, it seems to be working as some of them are still in service and still continues the campaign, too.