Are YOU a New Warrior?

Do you not have his email from paypal or other processor?

Shouldn't need to PM. In fact most of us who run WSO's despise PM's because you have to wait minutes between each reply. Some mornings I have several PM replies open just waiting for the counter to reset.

Hope that helps

I found out about this the hard way! I tried to post a bunch quick so I could get access also. I wasn't trying to buildup my posts so I can sell things. I simply wanted to be able to participate in some threads where I didn't have access yet. Anyways, all my posts were wiped out and I had to start from square one. Very frustrating!

"Senior Warriors also post 1 line replies"
They do, but no one can accuse them of posting one line replies so that they gain access to PM's. I read this forum because it is interesting and like a lot of people gain value and insight from it. Whilst there are room for one line replies in general they are not helpful. However a helpful sentence from a senior warrior can have more insight than a paragraph of waffle!!!!!!!!!!

This is true and it can be confusing to people who haven't been here long - but if you click on the Warrior's name and choose "see more posts by _____" most often you will see that not ALL of their posts are one-liners. That's a lot different than someone who just joined quickly throwing up a bunch of "great post thanks" so they can . . . what? Run a WSO, PM other Warriors - the problem is that their intentions are unknown, so most of us will assume the worst and report them.

I do make an effort to see if someone is being sneaky, first I'll go look at their other posts and the date they joined the forum, etc. If I see a bunch of what I would consider to be "junk" posts that seem to be for the purpose of quickly building up their count, I'll report them. If I see that the person is just new and inexperienced and is simply asking a lot of one-line questions, then I might give them a little more slack - but it's a judgment call every time because you just don't know for sure.

I think the majority of people here are honest and want to be welcoming to new people, but you do learn to spot behavior trends over time.

For anyone new who is quickly trying to build up your post count for honest reasons, understand that we may not always realize what your intentions are, that's all. It's not that we're trying to be heavy handed for no reason - there are just a lot of devious people joining every day and they do make it harder on everyone!

P.S. Good post, Mike!

Wendy

With absolutely no ulterior motives or reasons.

Hey Tommy... I also mentioned "intelligent posts"

LOL

Mike Hill

PS. Yeah I know only 10 words if you include my name.

Let me add some thoughts to this subject in addition to what Mike already
said.

A lot of new members think that they have nothing to contribute. This
is not true.

Here are some tips for contributing to the forum in order to get your 30
posts and do it legitimately.

1. Ask questions. Certainly, as a new member, and maybe even new to
IM, you must have some questions about certain topics like product creation, advertising, and so on. Ask an intelligent question. You don't need to know
the answer to it. Let the more knowledgeable members do that.

2. Ask for clarification on some of the answers you get. Certainly you're
not going to fully understand every answer you get. This is a chance to
have that answer further explained so that you and other members can
get more out of it.

3. Read other threads of questions that other members are asking that
you might also be interested in. There are bound to be answers there
that you don't fully understand that you can ask for clarification on.

4. Start a thread telling a little something about yourself and what
you've done so far in your marketing efforts. After filling in the details of
what you've done, ask if there is something you could have done differently
or better.

5. As you begin to learn things and try them out for yourself, come back
to the forum and report your findings. Other members can certainly learn
from your experience...good or bad.

30 posts comes out to 2 posts a day for 15 days or about 2 weeks.

Certainly you can think of 2 intelligent posts a day, though some might
say I've yet to have one intelligent post in over 2 1/2 years.

Point is, it's really not that hard to get to your 30 post count and do it in
a way that actually adds value to the forum.

Your in good hands now that you found the Warrior Forum

There are a lot of giving people here in this forum that will go out of their way to help just about anybody. My advice would be, after you get the help please follow the advice if it makes business sense to you personally.

There are a lot of people who ask for help but then never follow up on the advice given. In most cases the advice given could have been part of a coaching program selling for hundreds of dollars a month. I kid you not...

Mike Hill

PS. Keep going, read some threads in this forum or use the search function to narrow down exactly what you're looking for and as Steve pointed out ask questions and then follow the advice. (Not saying that you wouldn't personally, just a reminder for everyone)

That's not what I'm saying at all...

What I am referring to is responding with intelligent posts and not one-liners reiterating what someone else said (i.e. copy and paste someone else's reply.)

Other posts that have no value and are only there to increase post count are posts like:

"I agree with that"
"me too"
"wonderful post"
"same here"

I think you get the point...

Although there is no specific word count there is however such a thing as intelligence and from the examples above those are not too intelligent.

Mike Hill