Hi scottt,

I will add some of my own experience: I've found this forum in April and I've noticed that not much of activity was going... Even though the forum is here for quite some time and has over 1000 members, most of them are inactive ones. Why? Because, as Mike said, most of them just come here with 'me me me' attitude to make a JV deal, make money and then forget about the members. That's not right in my opinion...

Now, to answer your questions, I did find a lot of good information on this forum - especially the part where Mike made some rants on members with that 'me me me' attitude. Mike's post made me realize even more that in order to receive and gain anything good from the community, you have to contribute to it first. You might say - I'm a new member in this whole JV world and don't have knowledge to contribute... But I think everyone can start participating more in forum activity and helping other members. Moreover, this forum has a lot of great content on everything in JV - I found a lot of useful advice, tips, etc.

Now the most valuable part of participating in this forum for me was this (to answer your questions):
* Any forum contacts turned into JV promotions? or * Any of these turned into $$$?

Not yet, but that's because I didn't launch my own product yet. I'm sure that when I launch my own product other forum members will help me and I will find at least few good JV partners.

What motivates me the best here is that after I made some small contribution to the forum and helped some members, Mike posted his appreciation for this activity in his JV newsletter and blog (thanks, Mike! ). Actually this surprised me a lot, but also I was inspired to participate here more. Moreover, I have noticed that contacts with great people could be built here just by participating and contributing and I'm sure the great community will be built on this.

So, Scott, I suggest you to stay here and get your feet wet, participate in forum discussions. This way, I can guarantee you, that you will make great contacts and future deals with the members.

Have a nice day,
Egidijus