Reply With QuoteWow, it's amazing to see how the forum has grown!
This refreshes me hope for my online shop which is open 1 month now and not getting many visits after so much hard work.
I guess it just takes time.
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- You have to be a registered forum member in order to blog and post comments on other's blogs.
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- Each forum member's profile page now has a Blog section which displays total number of blog entries as well as a link to find all blog entries.
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Wow, it's amazing to see how the forum has grown!
This refreshes me hope for my online shop which is open 1 month now and not getting many visits after so much hard work.
I guess it just takes time.
Wow I didnt realise the Forum Veterans were so exclusive!
MG did you post about your website here?
Show your website on your profile page.
To do so ^ would reveal one's true identity, yes?
Depends on how you set it up.
I'm really nervous/excited/anxious to have you guys see my stuff.
To say that I value your opinions would be an understatement.
I have all these designs and artwork that I have been sorting through and adapting for printing on stuff. The first bit is up, there is much more to do.
One storefront is artwork based on animals, nature, locations, etc. and the other is the political shop with saucy progressive t-shirts etc.
I still have some things to add and organize since I'm painfully learning HTML on my own.
I would like to somehow let you guys see when it is ready.
Zippy, do you mean I can have a link on my profile? Maybe that would help me get some feedback since it feels like hardly anyone has seen it yet.
Also, I have been thinking about blogging. Would I be allowed to refer to my project there?
You could put the URL as your custom title, then it would be discretely everywhere you post!
Edward has made it known that he does not want addys in the forum. It's best to post this information on your profile page.
User CPOriginally Posted by MidtownGuy
Edit Profile
Home Page URL. Put the address in the dialogue box.
When someone clicks on your ID, the drop-down menu will show a link "Visit MidtownGuy's homepage"
Edward of Jasonik will answer that.Also, I have been thinking about blogging. Would I be allowed to refer to my project there?
Midtown Guy
Everyone has been very nice and tolerant of me having a thread for my book -- which I tried to tie to events such as reviews or readings ..
Maybe you could start a thread for your new site and we could come visit it from time to time?
ali r.
{downtown broker}
MidtownGuy - You know that my identity was revealed for the TLOZ memorial. All positives came from it. The only other suggestion is to send the links to folks you trust here. You want opinions from people you trust.
I did it with my firm's website. I got great feedback on the design and functionality, and no one has disclosed where I work publicly on the forum.
I also didn't have a choice Punz, the Department of State requires that as a licensed real estate agent, when I have opinions I put my name on them
Legally, every single thing I post on the Internet is supposed to have my full name, my brokerage's full name, my land line phone number, and my mailing address --I am not kidding -- truly technically I should put all that stuff down for Jersey too, although my license there is pretty dormant --
But that would create a signature block 12 lines long, and it would look too much like an ad.
So my compromise is that I do try to make myself identifiable as an agent and findable not just so people can hire me from here (though they do, bless y'all) but also so that if someone disagrees with what I say they can call me out for it.
ali r.
{downtown broker}
^That's why we love Ali. She's an honest broker with integrity - and she'll give advice when she has an answer.
Personally, I appreciate it and I do hope it brings her some more clients thru WNY.
So If I wanted to talk about setting up my shop on a blog would that be allowed? Is it a commercial message to post a link to the shop so people could see what I'm talking about? Jasonik's post in the blog section says no commercial messages.
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