The Grumpy Affiliate Webmaster

I frequent a few webmaster forums (like www.pokeraffiliatelistings.com), and it never ceases to amaze me how lazy/dumb some affiliates are when they post in public places.  There aren’t many places online where you can make good impressions on people, so you need to be on your best behaviour at all times.

Sure, there are some times when perfect spelling and grammar can fly out the window…like when you’re chatting on MSN with someone you know well and are comfortable writing stuff like, “i have to poop, be back in 10.”  But remember, if you’re posting in a place where your business contacts frequent, you need to start putting some thoughts and effort into your words.

Don’t post 3 word replies like, “yup I agree,” or, “haha.”  Yes there are some places where these kinds of replies are acceptable, but affiliate webmaster forums are not the place for posts like these.  You don’t need to run up your post count to impress other webmasters - you need to post intelligent and helpful comments.

Why Don’t You Ever Use Capital Letters, Are You Inept?  I think it’s extremely lazy to treat forum posts as if they’re MSN chat windows.  It’s akin to wearing some shitty clothes that you picked up off the floor to work….you’ll simply make a better impression on the people around you if you find something respectable to wear.  If you are too lazy to take the time to put captial letters on the words that deserve them, I’ll be inclined to think that you don’t take yourself or your business seriously and you probably won’t be around for the long run….therefore I won’t bother replying to your posts.  I’ll save my time and help for someone who shows me that they care.

All you need to do is try to spell your words properly (sure we all make misstakess), use decent sentence structure, and capitalize some letters.  Is it that tough?  I sure don’t think so.

Just try to invision the impression that you’re giving off to your potential business partners.  You just look weak and lazy, and it’s such an easy fix.