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Lurking On Forums, Good or Bad?

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Another busy day for me and I just thought that before I go to bed I would share my views on lurking on forums and on whether it is good or not.

The Good

Well first and foremost forums tend to be ‘informative’ since it’s like a sharing place where experienced people and complete newbies alike share their own piece of things. Early last year I really spent a reasonable chunk of time hanging out with people on forums. Not only because I get to learn new things but also I get to know other people and eventually make friends with them. Forums are also a good research tool although not all the info there are up-to date.

The Bad

Most experienced marketers would tell you that spending too much time on forums is wasting your time. It can be true to a point, let me explain. While we can really find good infos on forums, most people never really get to implement them. Because people are more likely in forums to find the ‘perfect solution’, the problem stems up when they don’t find that ‘perfect’ one. They end up staying in forums then for the whole day (or almost). The truth is you really got to implement and test stuffs that you’ve read and learned and this what internet marketing is all about.

Another reason why staying in forums is bad is because it can be a good entertainment. Webmaster forums like dp have general chats and entertainment section wherein you can discuss other variety of stuffs. Make no mistake of it, communicating and enjoying yourself is not bad, what makes it bad is that when it takes a lot of your productivity.

How about you, do you spend a lot of time in forums? do you think your wasting your time in it or you’re gaining something?

To Live And Die With DP

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Digital PointYesterday I was playing a little in Digital Point Forums. I am trying to surf all places there and I can really see how much the site is getting traffic. As you can see DP forum has about 100-150,000 uniques a day. That is just simply wild! Well with the forum, I can see a lot of people just lurking around there and spending a lot of time there and hey they’re making a lot of money.

I can say i testify on it. I believe that DP has enormous money making opportunities there. Back summer April and May I spend a lot of time to it, Advertising and Link Sales in particular. What you need there is to be really quick and a bit luck. You always have to be the first or second. About 30% of people there are looking to buy and hire something. Many people are looking for things to be done in a timely manner and those guys usually go to digital point. Aside from doing it directly, you also eliminate the middle man and both will surely benefit from it. So just take a look at those people who are good with doing logos and images. You see every minute there’s almost a new client asking for a logo. And I believe for these experts they can craft great logos in less than 5 minutes or so. You can also establish a great long term relationship with some people there.

The downside only though, is that since you do it directly, sometimes you run and chase people for payments. You also have to fight scammers there and those who are just out there to make a quick buck and leave. That’s why looking for an itrader always makes sense. Overall it’s really good to spend time there. So what say you? You may probably want to enter making money online, but too lazy to do affiliate marketing. Besides blogging won’t make you rich. Maybe trying to live and die with Digital Point is the next best thing!