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Old 04-26-2008, 09:18 AM
frugalwench frugalwench is offline
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Originally Posted by Rob_TID View Post
Amit really lost me as a reader with this post. Sure, some of them are pretty self explanatory, but insulting an entire forum of people (many of whom make plenty as affiliates) and then instigating a flame war with them is highly unprofessional for someone who wants to be a leader in the industry and who wants to develop a public profile.
You know, I can understand his point to a degree. There are people who spend all their time on the forums then complain they aren't making any money, when that time could be better spent optimizing their site.

And you know what, sometimes people ARE stealing your affiliate links, but I wouldn't go on a forum and complain, I'd do what most good affiliates have done and warn people about how to mask your links.

He obviously has a gripe with somebody somewhere, but tough love isn't such a bad thing.

I come here to complain sometimes, but I always admit my laziness, mistakes, etc. and it motivates me to get encouragement here that others have done the same, and still turned out to be successful affiliate marketers.

Forums are a great resource, but some people are addicted to them, when they need to be out working their site.
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