How To Post At Forums - For Profit (Part 2)

 Example 4:

The question has been raised at a forum:

'What is your advice about cheap hosting and who would you recommend ?'.

Here is your response

I use this company, they are cheap and I've had no problems with them,
Fred
www.a101hosting.com/~2378

That's better in that you are (partly) answering the question. The main weakness is that your reply may seem to be biased in favour of a particular company which you happen to be clearly affiliated with.

But how do you think your reply compares with this next one ?

Example 5:

The winning post

There are 3 factors to take into account with cheap hosting: a, b,c etc

These are described in further detail at my site below along with reviews of companies offering cheap hosting,

George Goodposter

The Complete Guide to Cheap Hosting Companies
www.cheap-hosting-guide.com

Bingo !

The perfect reply.

An informative posting with no hype, no ads and no affiliate links.

George knows his stuff. He has a site all about cheap hosting - just look at the domain name - and he's offering sensible advice about what to look for.

And now George can go on to dominate this niche in the forums. Apart from waiting for the opportunity for the topic to arise and make a response he can proactively announce his site to the world.

How ?

Well, if you wanted to post news of a product of your own, or a product you are affiliated with, it would rightly be deemed an ad - and unacceptable.