New Sta.rtup.biz Anti Spam Rules

So you're ready to start interacting with the other members of sup.biz?

Before you begin doing so you first need to read all the rules we share here on this post. Failure to abide by them can and will result in you being banned from the network. We exercise extreme diligence in the policing of the network so please don't try try us on this.

Free Members

1) No posting of any links whatsoever on the comment walls of the other members or on any post or thread you create on the forum. This also includes sharing links back to your profile, forum threads and blog posts too.

In the past our network had been deluged by spammers and we put this policy in place to nip it in the bud once and for all. So adhering to these rules will make everyone's experience here a more rewarding one to say the least.

Free Sta.rtup.biz Advertising Club Members

Because we do not want to totally eradicate the posting of internal links here at Sta.rtup.biz we have instituted the Free Sta.rtup.biz Advertising Club.

Members of the Free Sta.rtup.biz Advertising Club are allowed to post links to their profile, forum threads and blog posts when they communicate with other members. These internal links may be placed: 1) anywhere on the welcome messages they post on new members pages, 2) as signature links on the posts they make on any of the forums.

Diamond Membership

1) Diamond members are allowed to post one outside link to their website in their signature file.
2) Diamond member are also allowed to post one outside link in the body of the message they post on the comment walls of the other members.
3) Diamond members are also allowed to post a link to their website on their signature file on posts they make on the forum.

For additional tips on how to grow your business here on Sup.biz you can check out the following forum post : Social Networking Customer Acquisition 101

If you have any questions whatsoever just post them below!

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Permalink Reply by Margaret Mary O'Neill on October 22, 2009 at 6:38am: I understand your brilliance but all I saw was that you can do as you please as long as you pay.

That is straight forward enough and fair I just do not see how you tired to cloak it in proper marketing etiquette ??

Though it does have A Country Club mentality to it. Pay the club dues eat here often and you may do business on the course or courts while you are here.

Cool an internet country club.

One day you will be able to charge 100.000 a year for membership to your club.

God speed,

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Permalink Reply by Matt LaClear on October 22, 2009 at 6:48am: Hi Margaret...I can see how at first glance you would feel this way. But what you don't see is the fact that our upgraded members will now be trained quite extensively on how to market themselves properly in a web 2.0 environment such as this one. So very soon spam of all sort will be eliminated from the network. We're here to protect you from unscrupulous spammers as well as scammers. Now we're even protecting you from untrained marketers!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Margaret Mary O'Neill on October 22, 2009 at 7:48am: I am glad you had a chance to spit that out to me because it needed to be heard in general.

You are doing a great job.

It is the way of the world. High price neighborhoods or events do have a way of keeping the riff raff out.

You are supplying a great service. Though I know you are smiling that you have created an online country club. Now that is pretty dam cool.

You are right even brick and mortar networking clubs should have a 5 star rating system. You are not allowed to refer business in the group until you have earned 5 stars. It is good for the group and protects the integrity of the members.

Have a great day Matt.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cathy Hanck on October 22, 2009 at 12:25pm: Is an outside link your other email address?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt LaClear on October 22, 2009 at 12:54pm: Hi Cathy...an outside link is any link that leads to another page outside of sta.rtup.biz.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jubilee Jones on October 22, 2009 at 4:06pm: Wow so can pay to add a link in our comments? That still doesn't stop spam it just stops people from clicking on a link and leaving the site. But charging to be able to do this (along with the other benefits of this site) so is genius!!! I am starting my own Ning site so I am starting to take notes! Thank you much!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt LaClear on October 23, 2009 at 9:20am: Not sure what point you wanted to demonstrate by posting your video on this thread twice. But I deleted both posts as a result. By the way the overall response to the changes we have made have been applauded by the majority of the members because they now view sup.biz as a spam free one.

Also if you want to share your video with others I suggest doing so via your blog. That's what it's there for.

Then start interacting with others on the network and they will come visit your profile and your blog as a result.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt LaClear on October 23, 2009 at 2:19pm: I find it very interesting that I just had to ban a member for posting spam on this thread. Making money online is easy when you're collected to a network of individuals. You just need to go about doing it the right way. Posting links to indiscriminately is not the way to do that.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Martha Tucker on October 23, 2009 at 8:14pm: As I said earlier, Matt, we really need guidance on posting, and I never thought
about that before. Now if you don't take the time to read the advice and "try"
to follow, then it's the member's fault. I wonder how many of us would break the
rules if we really knew them?
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Permalink Reply by Matt LaClear on October 23, 2009 at 8:26pm: He was banned for violating our anti spamming policy as detailed by this post. Furthermore I warned him that if he continued doing do so I would be forced to ban him. He persisted and I banned him. Simple as that.

If you have any other questions please let me know.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bonnie on October 24, 2009 at 12:03am: Thanks, Matt. I appreciate all of your insights.

Bonnie Mahaffey
Polished Professional Image. Visit online; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ellen McDonald on October 26, 2009 at 12:14pm: Thank you Matt,

I made a mistake and post a reply here that I should not have... I apologize!
I'll get it sooner or later :)

Thank you,
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