[Newbie Question] So, What Does Credibility Here Have to Do with Making Money Anyways?

Credibility is established by making posts that add value
to the forum discussion.

It's also useful if you can demonstrate your expertise in
a particular subject area.

A high post count is no guarantee of quality.

Making multiple useless posts will only decrease your
credibility even though it increases your post count.

Think quality - not quantity.

My advice would be to only make posts when you feel
that you've got something useful to add to the overall
discussion.

Consider using your real name as a username too as
it's easier to trust and believe in an apparently real
person than a random handle.

Dedicated to mutual success,

Shaun

Credibility and reputation on this forum are only important if you plan on making money in the MMO niche and using this forum as one of the ways to do so. Otherwise I would focus on whatever niche you work instead of spending all your time on here. If you don't sell to the MMO niche, then it's probably best to do more reading and less posting on here.

with the advent of Facebook, Google+, MySpace and anything else that has your personal "stamp" placed upon it -Reputation Is Huge -

The truth is, the web is becoming a much smaller place. Because of these websites, as far as reputation goes.

Your opinion counts and it counts 10 times more when it's connected to you personally.

As far as answering post as quickly as you can, sure, do it... If that's your style -

Lots of people use that and it works for them very well.

But

If your style is different than that, then just do what you would normally do when you talk to friends.

If you have expertise in some area of marketing than talk from the teacher point of view.

I found this forum to be super friendly, totally helpful and I learn new things here every day.

So welcome to the forum.

Art

No.

It takes a long time to learn all the nuances of IM and be able to give proper answers to many questions.

When you start out and think you've learned everything it can seem like you should just run around posting, but it's only later that you realise your answers were flawed.

If you're trying to build credibility then do it by intelligent, relevant posting.

Post count means much less than post quality.

It's not about doing it fast, it's about doing it well.

Some people, like myself or Steven Wagenheim, already had extensive knowledge and experience when we got here. While I'm new to the internet marketing game, I'm not new to the internet (been here over 30 years) or to marketing (about 15 years), and I've been running my own business since 1986 with varying degrees of success. Clearly, I've got a boatload of useful information about these things.

What you want to do is display the breadth, depth, and quality of your experience and knowledge. It doesn't matter whether you're brand new at this, or have been doing it for years - credibility isn't about being an expert so much as people knowing who you are and what you're about.

Start there. Introduce yourself by helping people who have questions. If you don't know the answer to a question, look it up; over half of the stuff people ask here can be copied and pasted into any search engine, and the answer is on the first page of results (if not the first result).

Meanwhile, you're building your own knowledge and experience. This practice will, in short order, make you an expert on pretty much exactly what people in here ask most often. It shouldn't be hard to figure out how to turn that into money.

There's nothing wrong with being a newbie, so long as you accept and admit that you're a newbie. And you can easily be a newbie at one thing while being an expert at another.

It's the quality in your posts that matters. The value that you bring to discussions, not so much just your presence but your knowledge. At the end, credibility could equal profitability...

I never saw it this way because I’m not an internet marketer; I’m merely a business owner who comes here to learn. I help someone if I can, but I'm not here to promote my business since it is not related to internet marketing. However, there is also a commercial purpose for my visits. I want to attract traffic if possible. (Why not?)

So, I try to be helpful with the knowledge I have, even though I'm not a guru and I don’t like marketing. I have studied it, and I know many things about this matter because it is necessary, but the truth is that internet marketing is far from being my favorite topic.

However, I like this forum and I prefer to come here instead of visiting forums about my niche because I have many restrictions and rules there. Forums about mental health have numerous rules, and many complications.

So, I try to be helpful here and always say the truth as it is. This is my style, anyway. Sometimes I see that my sites receive many visitors from the Warrior forum when I check their statistics, so yes, I do care about the credibility I present to my readers when I come here.

I believe that if you will always be honest and if you’ll really help everyone at this forum you will surely have a good image, and many people will care about learning more about you.

You can add quality posts quickly. I only click on the topics I know something about. I don't answer just to be answering. I ask for help on these forums so if I can give some aid to others, then great. As far as credibility, you can have 5,000 posts and be full of sh*t. I don't think you should look too much into it.

I'll accept someone I don't know is credible very quickly if they have testimonials from people I do know.