New Members...You're Being Given Bad Advice

A couple of days ago, a new member came here and immediately started to
post ads to every part of this forum. He made about 25 posts before he was
booted from this place.

Before the eventual booting took place, several members, including myself,
told him about the error of his ways.

His reply?

"I'm sorry. I didn't know. I was told by somebody to come to the Warrior
Forum and post ads. I thought this was the place."

Folks, you're being given bad advice. Yes, I've seen the books and
memberships out there that tell people to come here and either spam the
hell out of the place or run a WSO...or both.

You're being fed a bill of goods that will ultimately get you booted from
this place permanently.

However, this thread is meant, not just as a warning as to what not to
do but as a helpful one to show you what to do.

A lot of people come here and when we tell them to contribute, they reply

"I don't know how" or "I have nothing to contribute"

You're wrong. You do.

I'm going to show you how you can contribute to this forum even if you
don't have one scrap of knowledge.

1. Read through the main discussion forum threads and see if you can
find any that offer some tips or advice in areas that you're interested in.
Read through them. There is a very good chance that there is going to
be something that you don't quite understand or would like some
clarification on. Don't just say, "Nice post" because they're going to get
you deleted as well.

Instead, ask an intelligent question in regard to the advice being given.
Most likely, if you have a question on that topic, others do as well but
just are too afraid to ask. Don't be. That's what the members are here
for...to help each other.

Every question you ask is contributing to the forum whether you think so
or not.

2. If you don't see any topics that you're interested in but have your
own questions about a certain topic, start your own thread and ask your
question.

However, do NOT make your questions so general that they can't be
answered.

For example:

"How Can I Make Money Online?"

This is too general. Nobody can possibly give you an answer that's going
to be of any real help.

Instead, narrow down your question to a specific area of earning online.
Maybe you have a question about how to do a review site for affiliate
products. The more detailed the question, the better the answer you're
going to get.

3. Another thing you can do, when you first get here, is start a thread
telling the members something about yourself. Tell us how you started
in IM or if you haven't started yet, what you've done previously or are
doing now. Talk about what you'd like to do. By allowing us to know
something about you, we are more likely to trust you, especially if you use
a real name. Yes, I know...some people have a problem with that as they
want their privacy. However, it is a fact that is hard to get around.

Members are more likely to trust other members if they use their real names.

4. Don't make any posts that are promotional in any way. You're allowed
a link in your signature, provided you keep your signature within the rules
of the forum. Please read this thread on signatures and other forum rules.

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ead-first.html

5. If you're thinking of running a WSO for any reason, wait until you've
been here a sufficient length of time that you've earned the trust of the
other members. Yes, trust must be earned and it's very easy to lose that
trust.

6. Finally, stop listening to the bad advice that you've been given when
being told to come here. These people have no respect for this
community and ultimately their advice will get you thrown out of here.

The person who was banned the other day truly realized that what he
did was wrong. Had he not been given such bad advice and instead
did the right thing, he might have become a productive member of this
forum. Now, we'll never know.

And that, IMO, is the saddest part of all.

Why?

Because the Warrior Forum has literally changed lives. Ask all the people
who have come here who have literally built reputations from this place.

There was an old thread that the owner of this forum started back in
the old forum that said "How This Forum Can Make You $50,000".

He wasn't kidding.

The Warrior Forum could have been a gold mine for this person.

But now we'll never know.

His life could have gone in a completely different direction than it has gone
in now.

But now we'll never know.

He could have been the next <fill in the successful marketer of your choice>

But now we'll never know.

Every decision we make has consequences. Some can last a lifetime.

Problem is...some of those lifetime consequences aren't all that good.

Ask somebody who committed armed robbery at age 18 and is now
spending 20 years in prison.

Maybe spamming the Warrior Forum isn't quite on that scale.

But then again, there is a big difference between making $50,000 because
of this forum and not making it.

OK? Got it?

What happens to you once you come here is up to you.