Well, it’s been a while since I’ve had a good old fashioned rant so I figured, why not? This article has to do with forum etiquette and this one thing really burns my cookies. Doing this is a sure way to get me to ignore you for the rest of your miserable existence. If you want to find out how NOT to get on my ignore list, you might want to read this article.

Today, I went to the Warrior Forum to see what was going on and was greeted by a PM message. They pop up automatically. Well, this one was from a member who had just joined, had something like 22 posts, and was contacting me to ask me if I’d review his product. No, “how are you, I really think you’re a great guy” or anything like that. Just, “Would you review my product?” I don’t know the guy from Adam and he wants me to take time out of MY busy day to review HIS product. Guess what I did? You got it. I closed up the PM and went my merry way.

And I’m not the only one getting these. In fact, a thread was started on this very thing just this morning. Seems these people are contacting a bunch of us to try to get their product reviewed. So, I’m not even special. I’m just one of the herd who you’re trying to get something from. Yeah, that’s going to go over real big with me. And what gets me is that if you don’t respond, or say no, you get some kind of nasty response back. The entitlement attitude of these people just boggles my mind.

Okay, so you want to know how to approach me for reviews? Get to know me first. Do something nice for me. Make me feel like I’m special. After all, you ARE asking me to give up MY time to do something that in no way is going to benefit me one little bit. Where is my incentive to review YOUR product? If you can’t think of one, then most likely, unless you’re a 7 figure a year marketer, your request is going to be ignored. I only have so many hours in my day and don’t have time for people who can’t even take the time to get to know me personally.

Think I’m a jerk? No problem. Wait until YOU get 10 PMs a day for product reviews and can’t get YOUR work done and see how YOU like it. Ah, it’s different when the shoe is on the other foot, isn’t it. Like I said, the entitlement attitude that people have just drives me nuts. Well, let me tell you. People with that attitude usually don’t get anywhere. Oh, there are exceptions to every rule. But in this case, they are few and far between.

So, if you want another marketer to do something for you, especially through a forum, get to know the person first. Do something for the person…FIRST.

You might actually stand a chance of getting somewhere if you do.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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