It is great to have positive things to say – this week seems to have had its share of positive experiences so I will share another one with you.

This one is about building a reputation and establishing oneself in a niche.

Joyce Penner, a member of the BetterNetworker forum created a name for self this week within the forum.

How did she create a name for herself?

Well she created a thread on the forum asking for some input as to why people be interested in her if she went around telling everyone about this great advice she had – got from XYZ guru.

She wanted to know why people wouldn’t just go and look up XYZ guru for themselves leaving her out of the loop.

Anyway, the thread attracted a few replies, some thoughtful and some witty (honestly, the same sentiments were expressed if you look behind the witt ).

Well that is as maybe. But then Joyce created a bit of a stir because she offered a free backlink to everyone that made the effort to comment. What Joyce Penner did was create the linked article detailing her blog thread. And in it she highlighted the people who had come to her party.

Now, I wonder if there will be any extra interest in commenting on her next thread?

The point being that she has now made a name for herself in the forum as someone who rewards the efforts of others.

It is a forum about “attraction marketing” but very few people there lead by example. Most just run off at the mouth telling you why you should be following them.

See the difference when someone actually practices what they preach! Well done Joyce.

Recently I had good pleasure of meeting someone over internet who turned out to be very genuine (a rare commodity these days) and a great help.

This person understands the principles of attraction marketing very well.

In the first instance they have created an extremely good plugin for WordPress Blogs. The plugin makes it very simple to secure your blog from hackers. A problem that I was needing to solve at the time. So immediately they are giving value to people upfront – no strings attached.

In the second instance they provide support for their software. Remember this software costs nothing to install and now they are charging nothing to advise you on how to make sure it is working properly on your system.

If you have spent much time online you will know that service of this kind is very rare indeed. I was so appreciative of the value I had received that I sent a virtual cup of coffee (or a beer depending your drink of choice) by way of saying thank you.

It would seem that either I am the only person who has ever had a problem (which given my track record with computers is not unlikely) or I am the only person who has ever thought to say thank you. Because my actions stood out enough that the man behind the product took the time to contact me and offer an extra bonus.

So here I am once again in the debt of Edward Alexander the man behind Bullet Proof Website Security

I highly recommend the product, the person behind the product, and the business model that Edward exemplifies. If you think you are generous I challenge you to try and out-give this man!

While you are on his site check out the Flash Design header – I already have my heart set one!