Usually there is a separate area set aside for introductions, get to know the other posters. Remember a lot of these people have known each other for a while, they may even be doing business behind the scenes. If you have any knowledge to contribute, provide it.
Help people with things you know about.
The community wants to see you contribute for a while before you get bold, they need to get to know you.
Do not provide a sales pitch in your first post, you will get flaming posts and anger the community, it will be seen as spam.
It is just like building any relationship, easy at first until you get to know each other.
Forums are powerful things, do not abuse that power.
And do not ruin your reputation.
A lot of people get into a trap of buying eBook after eBook and course after course looking for the magic formula to success.
It stems from laziness.
People think this online stuff should be easy, so they search in vain for the easy formula.
Until they realize the formula is never easy and that they already know how to be a success online.
There is no magic formula.
After you have decided what path is best, then commit to it and do not be distracted because you see everyone else running to the New Big Thing.
Everyone is going to be selling you something, all of them will convince you it is the next best thing.
Do not get bogged down by purchasing every new thing that comes along, this will never stop.
Everything involves creating a relationship with the person reading your stuff.
Building relationships is what it is all about.
Writing is art.
You will lose a lot of money if you do not learn how to communicate effectively on a level your audience appreciates and can relate to.
Writing articles has many benefits.
There are several things you can do with the articles.
You use the articles on your website, it provides great content for your website which also pleases the Search Engines.
You can also submit the articles to various article sites.
Submitting articles can bring a little traffic from the various article sites.
It could help boost your PageRank with Google.
This is done by providing a link back to your website in your signature.
It can also establish your expertise in a certain area.
The more people see your articles the better.
It can contribute to your reputation online.
There are probably more benefits, but as you can see it is a great idea to write articles.
It is amazing really, the longer you hang out online the more you realize how small the internet community is.
Sure, there are millions of people online, but there are tight communities people hang in.
That is a good thing.
That is part of doing business online, building relationships.
It is amazing.
If you have not already done so, find a good forum to hang around.
There are forums for everything.
You will start to get to know the people.
Beyond relationships you can learn endless things, things drawing from experience.
It is better than a textbook, it is interactive.
If you ask there is usually someone waiting with an answer.
You can search databases of threads that could contain untold information.
Experience the power of forums, explore, and grow.
All the little secrets are revealed.
It is time to make your mark.
It is very important to understand.
Just do it.
AdWords can be discouraging.
You never know what is going to convert.
