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Issue Number 106
In this issue:
Welcome
Featured Article: Forum Netiquette Do's and Don'ts
Subscriber Comments
Featured Article: How To Promote A New Forum

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Welcome to all, old and new! :~)

Wow, I feel so good these days! Since getting back online just a few short months ago things have been going in leaps and bounds for me. I created a new ebook, started a new blog, started a new forum, set up an affiliate program for my ebook, got a few affiliates and made a few sales.

Just lately I had some of my affiliates making sales too and was really excited about that. Last Friday I even made my first ever payment to affiliates! I feel GREAT!

Unfortunately, I'm still unwell, hence the sporadic NJAE issues. Hopefully you'll forgive me. I've been referred for keyhole surgery too, to see if they can figure out what's wrong with my belly as all the tests so far have shown a huge big nothing LOL.

Anyway, that's more than enough about me this time, lets get down to this weeks issue :D

We have everything this time; Articles, freebie download, poll and interview! Gosh, I have been busy, eh? Heck we even have subscriber feedback this week! When you're finished reading, don't forget to drop by our forum to see if anything grabs your interest. We have close to 100 members there now and a lot of them have taken advantage of the special offers and deals that are available only to NJAE subscribers and forum members.

Again, don't forget to say Hi to Brandon and ask him some ecommerce or ebay related questions if you have any. He's getting a bit bored with not having any questions to answer ;)

If you haven't taken advantage of Patricia Byrnes exclusive offer, you are missing out on some absolutely great reading. I'd suggest you really take the time to download and read her book. I'm sure a lot of readers totally recognize themselves in it. Get her book for free here: Journey of World Domination. Contrary to what pictures the name might conjure up in your mind, the book is actually about internet marketing ;)

If you haven't checked out my blogs yet, you can find them here:
Internet Marketing Basics (NJAE blog)
Kids And Coping With ADHD
Real Life Parenting

(If you have blogs on topics related in any way to mine, let me know and we can exchange links on them)

May you be happy and prosperous in everything you do!

Until Next Time...
Anna-Marie Stewart

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Forum Netiquette Do's and Don'ts
Copyright By Anna-Marie Stewart

Forums can be a useful tool if you’re doing business online. You can learn a lot by reading the content and actively taking part in the discussions. Reading a forum's archives can be a great way to get a basic knowledge about a topic, and it can also give you pointers about the changes in trends and opinions through time.

It is always very important to read the terms and conditions of each particular forum for a basic guideline as to what is acceptable. It’s also a good idea to read archived posts in order to see the guidelines in action. If you don’t, you could end up doing something wrong, like spamming the forum, and that could seriously hurt both your name and your business.

Taking an active part in forums can help you gain recognition in topics you show some knowledge of, and may even result in some great business leads and contacts. Read through posts, and answer any questions you are able to in a polite, friendly and helpful manner. It’s a brilliant way to get your name and services known, but you have to be aware that different forums have different rules in regards to self-promotion.

Some won’t allow any hint of self-promotion, some are specifically aimed at self-promotion, and a lot of them fall somewhere in between, allowing either signature files or URL's to an off-the-page member profile. The in-between ones are the best ones to use for marketing yourself, especially as the ones aimed at promoting usually end up more like "spam boards" than anything else.

See if you can choose forums that allow a sig file, which is basically a short block of text about you and/or your services which can be automatically attached to the end of every post you make. No matter what you do, never EVER post a reply to a 'legitimate' topic with nothing but spam in the body of your post. This will annoy forum members who are seeking valid answers, and kill your credibility as an online marketer almost instantly.

"Netiquette" is a must-have if you’re planning to use forums. What is netiquette, you ask? Basically the same as offline etiquette. It is essential to have a good understanding of acceptable ways to communicate with other forum members. That’s why it’s so important to do a LOT of reading in the forums before you start posting messages yourself.

This is where good moderators come into play. They check the forums for inappropriate posts and spam, they keep the boards clean, and make sure everybody plays by the rules. Forums without moderators tend to turn into ghost-towns, with nothing but spam bots visiting them. A nice clean board needs good moderators to keep it that way.

In the worst-case scenario, if you break the rules in a forum, by maybe spamming, or using inappropriate language or behaviour, either the administrators or moderators may well end up banning you from that particular forum. If that happens, they will most likely delete each and every post you’ve made, whether it’s good or bad.

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Subscriber Comments, Keep Em Coming :)
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Hi Anna

Just wanted to say how much I am enjoying your website, associated products and forum.

You have obviously been very busy upgrading the look and feel of the frontend which is FAB!!

And Dennis... hey thank you so much for the Freebie :)

Hope to catch up with some of you VERY SOON.

Happiness and Light
John
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Ahh feedback, I'm loving it :) Thanks John, for the kind
comments. I'm so glad you're enjoying the whole site. also, thanks
for letting me know I did the right thing in re-vamping it all ;)

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How To Promote A New Forum
Copyright By Anna-Marie Stewart

Forums can be very good at generating traffic to your main site. You get focused content written for you and if it's your own forum you can run offers etc to your "list" of members. Of course, you need to get visitors to your forum, just as you need to get visitors to any other site you have. So how do you promote a forum to gain members?

Do a search on google for free advertising forums. A lot of them have places where you can announce your new forum. Do another search on google for 'forum submit url' or 'announce forum' that should also bring up places where you can tell people about your forum.

Add your forum to your sigfile in all your outgoing mails. Also in your sigfile in other forums.

Here are a few places you can check out for submitting your forum:

http://www.forumregistry.com/registry/submit.php
http://www.gandalfdir.com/
http://www.ipbdirectory.com/
http://www.forumwebdirectory.com/
http://www.forumpromotion.co.uk/

Populating your forum with posts will help it get picked up in the search engines, and give it some way of drawing people in...

Just google "paid forum post" or "forum posting service" and a bunch of companies should come up.

There are some reviews on various paid posting services here: http://www.paidpostingreviews.com/

Just a few ideas that I've just started using myself for my own new forum. It does work, I've had 98 members join mine in 2 months. Not a huge growth, but better than a kick in the teeth.

I also found this the other night. It seems to be chock-full of info on creating and managing forums, and deserves looking into: http://www.theadminzone.com/index.php

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