Warrior Forum goes Paid …again


Warrior Forum goes paid ..again!

The above banner is what awaits the members of the popular Internet Marketing forum when they log-in to the Warrior Forum site.

According to Admin Allen, the move was necessary to cut down on Spam blogs and mediocre Special offers.

Why this change has been made:

The forum is getting overrun with “less than acceptable” people who have discovered how easy it is to make money with Warrior Special Offers and that they can get a site indexed within minutes by posting a junk blog on the forum.

I deleted 7 blogs last night that were made by people with zero posts to their name. These are not serious members, these are spammers.

It’s been my experience that people who pay for something respect it more and are at least willing to read the rules.

I know this will not stop all the problems but it will drastically cut down on them.

Thank you for understanding..

Allen

Members will still have access to the forums for Free, however to participate in the following, you will need to pay a one-time fee of $35.

* Post Warrior Special Offers

* Get Instant Access To The War Room

* Be Able To Create Their Own Warrior Forum Blog

* Be Able To Create Their Own Warrior Forum Social Group

* Will Have No Restrictions On Private Messages And Will Be Able to Store Up To 400 Messages

Please Note: If you are currently a War Room Member there is no need for you to do anything. You already have full access to everything.

I have been a Member off and on of Warrior Forum since 2004.  The forum can be a gold-mine of information and at times a hotbed of controversy.

Social Media News – September 10, 2009


Why having your sites hacked can be a good thing…


Why having your sites hacked can be a good thing…

karenscream1No I didn’t enjoy spending my entire holiday weekend trying to repair the damage to this blog and two other niche blogs.  And no, I’m not happy about losing content or the affiliate income that was stolen from these blogs.

But I did learn some valuable lessons:

  1. Even though upgrading to latest version of Wordpress can at times be risky (not as risky as a Windows update however), it’s wise.
  2. Using a complex theme may look good, but is it really worth the extra time and effort … in my case… NOPE.
  3. As my friend Vince says “You’ve got too many crappy blogs”.   Just trying to upgrade 150+ blogs is way too time-consuming.  Time to trim the stable.
  4. I spend way too much time having fun online and not enough time on things that actually make me money.  This blog in particular was full of major time-wasters.
  5. I need to simplify everything..
  6. I can’t do it all…
  7. It’s time to pick a niche, pick a style, pick a way of doing business and stick to it.
  8. As much as I’m not a techie kind of girl, I need to learn more about the techie side so that I can at least communicate with technical support.
  9. Always backup, Check your money links often and change your passwords monthly.
  10. There is a lesson in every trial.

Now that I’ve learned these lessons, it’s time to put them into action.

  1. As you can see, I’ve already simplified the theme of this blog.
  2. I’m putting a number of blogs up for sale on Flippa.com
  3. I’ve set a goal of creating $100 a day in “money buttons”  (I’ll write a separate post on this soon)
  4. I’m adding automated backups on all the blogs I’m keeping.
  5. The next few months I will be focusing my creative energy on creating products.
  6. Less time on Twitter, more time on Camtasia.
  7. Trimming down the noise and clutter…  Cleaning out my Google reader, canceling email subscriptions and limiting my Mentors.  Too many voices pulling me in too many different directions just leaves me in pieces.
  8. But, first things first … and that means taking the time to actually forgive the Hacker, let go of the hostile feelings and then move on….

Time to get busy…  Blessings all