After sticking to one aspect of AM for almost 3 years and doing quite well revenue wise (SEO) I've really decided to branch out and learn new things - essentially trying to be a "Bruce Lee" of AM and not stick to one style. Not just for fun, but I want to diversify my earnings so the $ is all coming from different places - it makes me feel a lot safer in case something goes wrong one day and handicap earnings from one venture (unexpected things happen).
Anyway, in my path to AM Bruce Leeism I've found that the big forums have their upsides and downsides.
DigitalPoint
Upside: Active Marketplace
Downside: Everything else
WarriorForum
Upside: The place to go for learning/getting help on copywriting, long sales pages, membership sites, list building, and info product creation.
Downside: Don't know much about anything else. Marketplace charges $20 to make a thread and $$ to bump!? (BULLSHIT!)
WickedFire
Upside: The place to go for learning all aspects of PPC and some pretty good SEO methods nobody else is using. Boobs.
Downside: Topics are pretty much limited to affiliating, not much about building a list, marketing info products, etc.. (
with the exception of posts here and there like these) .
IMO Warriorforum has its place, you just have to use it the right way. If you get sidetracked by all the dumbasses, like any other forum, you'll just be wasting time.
Instead letting the my-forums-better-than-your-forum superiority complex blind you, you could really be milking the cow.
Case in point:
I've already begun the infiltration process over there. Quietly. Patiently. That place is a goldmine.
I've been selling info products for a couple of years now. Never in the IM niche. Now's my time to pounce.
I'd bet $10,000 that no one could "out" me over there, but I know I'll make more money in a week (hell, a day) after I'm fully established with credibility than I would if I actually won the bet (which I would).
Carpe diem!
Respect. You probably make a killing.
"And here's the fantastic part about step 2. You don't even need to succeed! Going through the process and failing has value, too!
Upon being asked about the 99 failures he'd had when perfecting the light bulb, Thomas Edison said that he'd made no failures. He'd simply discovered 99 ways to make a light bulb that definitely did not work.
That's profound for you and me."
Dumbass got the Edison quote wrong, it was more like 10,000+ failures.