Be Honest - Are you just posting to get exposure for the WSO in your signature?

The thread is gone now, so I can't see exactly what you did. From the note that Mark left (and he has proven himself trustworthy in my eyes at least) though you went into the Copywriting forum to advertise your copywriting service. There are paid sections for that .

"What goes" around here is actually pretty simple. You earn the right to have that signature link at the bottom of all of your posts. How do you earn it? By posting something useful and on topic, not something that serves the sole purpose of putting eyes on your offer.

It's easy to figure out if your post meets that standard. Take the signature away when reading it and ask yourself "is this still useful to the forum at large?" If you answered yes, then you have earned the right to have the signature for that post.

You report the signature if it goes against signature file rules. Go read them. Other than that, you can report individual posts that seem to only serve the purpose of advertising the signature, or posts that blatantly say "check out my sig (yes, people are that dumb).

Er, perhaps discussing IM? This is a discussion forum first and foremost after all.

I'm new here and I certainly would like to sell products of my own, and I'm hoping this forum can help me do that, but I also want to learn all I can from people who have been doing this a lot longer than I have.

The signatures are allowed. Self promotion and dropping links in the posts to your sites are not allowed. What kind of discussion forum do you think this would be if everyone just posted all the links they wanted to and self promoted as much as they wanted to?

Well, it would be nothing but spam. Meaningful discussions would cease due to all the spam noise. If you want to self promote, launch a WSO, or Classified, or Warriors for Hire, or whatever. This forum gives you ample opportunities to pay for advertising, but it does not allow you to use the disucssion forums for that purpose.

Me Too!

In fact, click the link in my sig right now for a great WSO that will solve your problems, make you wealthy, and cure your asthma!!

I'm only replying to this thread for sig exposure.

Yes, that certainly does happen at times, unfortunately...

Ummmmm, isn't that what you're doing in your signature file? :rolleyes:

Well, if that's the only reason you're here, then don't expect to make friends and influence people...

Other reasons to be here include sharing information and knowledge, helping others with their questions and concerns, getting advice from people with more experience in certain areas, building relationships...

Now that's too funny.

PS: Buy my wso.

I'm new to this forum. I want to learn things about IM and this seems to be a forum that has a wealth of information. At the same time, why not advertise in your sig - only makes sense.

Hi,

Some people just like to be seen.

So the blinds got stuck "accidentally" before it can cover the whole window.

Warrior forum is the biggest Internet Marketing Forum. If you are promoting your website or services through your signature its fine, just need to add value to your posts and pack them with helpful information.

My posts are a carefully laid plot to make Trekkies of you all.

I want as many people as possible to see my sig.

*insert evil cackle here*

Hi,

Oh no. It's Finbarr Saunders again.

Fnarr! Fnarr!

Cyberdog1 you were given an infraction by me for blatantly advertising your Warrior For Hire thread for article writing of all things in the Copywriting Forum.

The Copywriting Forum is for the discussion of copywriting not article or content writing.

Your thread wasn't posed as a question to get a conversation going between members of this sub-forum - your thread was absolutely blatant self promotion.

In other words a spammed advertisement only.

Basically you stated just this in your thread, "Hey guys check out my new Warrior for Hire thread for article writing and what's more... I can now create articles for you in Chinese too."

That was it. Nothing more. No question posed. You wasn't looking for a critique. You certainly wasn't looking to start a discussion about some aspect of copywriting.

It was just a blatant self promotional thread which has subsequently been removed from the forum.

I suggest to you Cyberdog1 that you become more fully conversant with the rules concerning blatant self promotion and in future, please do post in the correct forum.

The Copywriting Forum as stated is not for the discussion of article writing or content writing or to be used to create threads for the sole intention of pointing other Warrior members to your promotions elsewhere on the forum.

An infraction btw serves as a warning only. There's no need to take it quite so badly, especially when you brought this on yourself.


Mark Andrews

I KNOW I KNOW "Andrew Stark" from somewhere and I'm sure it was ALL GOOD, whatever it was. I'm also pretty sure he's a professional marketer too so we can either learn from him or watch out! I'm going with BOTH!!

Then why do I PAY for my banner to be there?

If someone wants to find out more about me, they can click on my name or start snooping in my social links to the left.

The sig file is most certainly for me to sell my wares.

Having said that, I don't think about my sig file when I'm posting, even when it is smart assed snarky comments. Unless of course the comments are on a thread about sig files. :p

If people think they can only post one or two words, such as "great post" or "interesting post" as I've seen in the past then they don't understand how this forum works. Sure we use signature files to support our business and that is fine, but yes we should take the time to try to help people or make useful comments.

Ah, memories.

Plenty don't even have signatures, so I don't see how this is a common goal for everyone.

Disagree with this too. Plenty of people come here first and foremost because they enjoy the conversation. That people think that signature files are the driving force behind this place is mind boggling. They are an added benefit, a bonus.

Some would leave, yes. I would wager though that the vast majority (if not all) of the Warriors who come here and regularly contribute would stay though, for the reasons stated above.

Hi Caprica,

Do you mean that they should literally put the actual service they are offering in their sig file, rather than a banner linking to a page which advertises the service? Do you have the BB code handy to do this? :p

aww, I want to expose my sig too!

come on, click my sig...I triple-double dare ya!

Hi Mark,

I was trying to be useful here for years without a sig file. It turns out that I never knew quite what I was missing out on!

Twice in one thread!

Okay, now I'm just posting to remove that horrible, elongated ellipses.

:p

l-o-o-k-m-y-sig

Verrrrryyy clever .

I like to help people and contribue when I can. The sig is a great by product of that.

Joe, That's not going to create problems for anyone, unless they're just abusing the reporting system in an attempt to bash someone unjustly. And it has to be pretty consistent and aggressive even then.

It's REALLY hard to get in trouble for reporting posts. Seriously. I can't remember the last time it happened. We would much rather people report something mistakenly than leave a problem unreported.


Paul