Joining Forums and Web 2.0

The Elizabethan poet John Donne (1572-1631) said: "No Man is an Island, complete of himself....". People in the 21st century agree with him and not liking the anonymous nature of the internet are Joining Forums and other Web 2.0 sites.

Joining Forums is another good way to build your list. And also give yourself a chance to really Brand Yourself. As with articles submitted to directories you are not allowed to advertise in Forums, but you are allowed to set up a signature file with links to your web sites and blogs. But anything that looks like an affilate link is not allowed.

Often Forums are part and parcel of membership sites, which are themselves becoming popular with more and more people joining them.

Forums were the earliest of such sites as My Tube, My Space, Direct Matches, etc. And news ones are being added to the list.

Here are the Forums I have joined and which you might like to consider joining. Most of them are free to join, but some are not and with some you can join for free but upgrade.

Conquer Your Niche is, unlike most other Forums, exclusively a Forum and is not connected to a web site providing goods and services.

You can join for free, but can upgrade for a one time free, unlike other Forums, who charge a monthly fee.

Most Forums are connected with regular web site and concentrate on a particular niche market. This one, on the other hand, caters for all niches and tells you how to Conquer Your Particular Niche, whatever that is.

Some Forums have very few subscribers, but this one has thousands of people who you can contact and build a relationship with, asking questions and answering them thereby Branding Yourself. Click here to Join for Free

Dream Team Money is unique in that unlike all other Forums it was set up to make money by Building a Team to help the others in it Make Money.

It is free to join and remains free. They supply all the tools you need to succeed.

You can build your List Fast.

To join click on the Banner below.



Money Making Forum

Another Forum I have joined is that of Alex Jeffreys Easy Profit Auctions. This is allied to his Easy Profit Auction web site, which you have to join first and then you can join the Forum.

His site tells you how to build your list using EBay. He says that Jim Cockrum book ‘The Silent Sales Machine - Hiding on eBay’ made him realise the error of his ways with only dealing in physical goods on EBay and not using it to build his list and that he researched it and the site was the result of this. It takes the form of interviews with various well known marketers. Those who have signed up are told about them and are able to access the account to hear the recording if they cannot attend the live call. To Learn All About It Click Here.

Forums could be said to be in the vanguard of Web 2.0. We now look at some of the newer ones, starting with:

My Space.

Just as with Forums you are not allowed to advertise. It has been set up for people with the same interests to get together and exchange views, build friendships, etc. You join say something about yourself, what you are interested and what your web site is about and others read it and get in touch with you via the email address you gave.

Direct Matches

This operates much as the above does. There are 4 levels Free, Customer, Manager and Executive.

Squidoo

This is still very much in its infancy. It is the brain child of Seth Goodwin, who wrote: Everyone is an Expert. In it he explains how came to set it up. This was read by Bob The Teacher who, after getting his lense (which is what you put on the web is called) reviewed and who is frequently near to top of the list, decided to set up a web site called

Squidoo Secrets

To tell others how to achieve the same. He has included the above mentioned by Seth Goodwin as well as other. He also gives away audios he has done with Paulie Sabol and many other bonuses, including videos on how to set things up. You can join for free. To find out what he as to offer you click here.

Unlike Forums and MySpace and Direct Matches, Squidoo encourages their members to advertise. They not only encourage it, but provide many tools for you to do so. Among which is a link to:

You Tube

You may have heard of this as it is open to everyone and is built around videos. People take them and put them on it.

This is just an introduction to this topic more will be said in later posts.