Thanks Webdev, I really don't want to start having to take extreme measures but will do what I have to. What people don't realize is when you do spam on forums is you actually have a LESS chance of people viewing your link because people know it's spam and people start ignoring your posts 'cause you lose credibility. I've already gotten emails about certain individuals here.
But if you continually offer great info like you have been doing here, you build up credibility and people will actually visit your site and may even buy things you recommend because you've built up that credibility from your good posts.
I post on another affiliate forum and someone PM'd me and complimented me on my site and said they were going to buy a product through my affiliate link because my advice in the forums had helped them so much. I didn't even have the affiliate link in my sig. They visited my site and read about the product.
So forums are actually a GREAT way to promote your site if you continue to contribute to the conversations and offer good advice, but spamming and subtly inserting affiliate links is worthless. People just ignore them because it's obvious who is really trying to help and who is just posting to advertise their site.
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