That made me laugh..! Sounds like you had a blast as well.

But I do agree about answering questions early – I know from my own reading of threads on forums that once I’ve read past 10 or so posts I’m highly unlikely to come across new information.

The law of diminishing returns definitely applies to reading forum threads!

So yes – answer early and answer well..!

Cheers,

Martin.

The second thing is to make a post on a controversial subject. On my cycling site for example I went into one massive forum that I use and made a post in defence of cyclists who refuse to wear helmets.

This was great. I was swammped with posts from “tolerant” liberals foaming at the mouth. It was like standing at the crease and being bowled full tossers straight to the head. I loved it. Some of them I blocked others I hit for six.

I used to sit with my feet on my desk, beer in hand, going through all the posts that were threatning me with hell and dammnation. I’ve never laughed so much for ages.

The debate went on for weeks and I had lots of people in my camp. The result was I got tons of visitors and loads of sign ups to my newsletter.

A word of warning though. Don’t make controversial posts if you haven’t skin like a rino. if you’re easily upset then stay away from controversy. On the other hand, if you don’t give a toss it’s a great way to get traffic to your site.

Cheers

Paul
.-= Paul’s last blog post: Safe Cycling Tips =-.

Cheers,

Martin.

Glad it was helpful,

Cheers,

Martin.