Internet Marketing Forum Etiquette
Today I wanted to touch base on using proper etiquette when posting in online marketing forums.
You see a while back while doing a little reading on an extremely popular internet marketing forum, and while i was reading i noticed a topic about a good friend of mine in the online marketing community and decided to read it.
Now this was a good respectable topic for the forum, but about 5 or 6 posts into it it started to turn ugly. Some people in the forum decided to start bashing my friend about a comment he made about his up and coming workshop that he is hosting.
Normally I try not to spend too much time reading gossip in internet marketing forums, especially when a post becomes over 3 pages long, but i just had to see how far this was going to go .. It got pretty bad.
As I was reading i actually started to get sick to my stomach. The people in this forum usually take their marketing career very seriously, but had no idea that they were actually committing career suicide.
This forum actually has some of the biggest names in internet marketing popping by. I know that Google tech’s and even the president of Aweber are members of this forum.
So just think every post you make on a forum will be viewed by thousands of other online marketers, and you will be judged by the contents of your posts. If your posts portray a very unprofessional image that is going to affect your business.
People remember the names of people they do not like.
The next time you contact someone attempting to establish a business partnership like a joint venture, and they are not interested, it may very well be the result of a post that you made in your favorite forum.
So when posting in forums, stick to these 4 guide lines and you will become a respected member.