Estimating Risk Of E-Gold Investments (HYIP-Autosurfs and Others)

Today I will show you some important factors that must be considered when estimating e-gold investment risk. You must realize, that proper estimation of risk is 90 per cent of success.

1. Admin's personal data. If an admin of program is an honest person he/she should not hide his personal data. It can be checked through any 'whois' service. If a domain is registered for some incorrect data, it should let you know that something is wrong. If the information seems to be correct, try calling the admin (its cheap with voip) and check if he/she is responsive etc. However, it happens that people use privacy protecting services, I do myself. It is very popular method of protecting privacy. Personally, I do not give up programs that use privacy protection.

2. Legal script. Those programs that are based on some sort of php script, must be run on legal copy. Most of HYIP scripts are made by GoldCoders and autosurf scripts are made by Neversay. It is very important that the site runs on a legal copy, its much safer and means that admin spent some money on building a program.

3. Graphics and language. High quality graphics is not cheap, it means that admin has money and is willing to spend it for the programs performance. You should also check the language of the page. Most sites are run in English, so that will be easier for you. Make sure that Terms of Service and every other texts are written in correct English, that there are no mistakes.

4. Contact. Admin should be responsive and supportive. Check the time for response by mailing him with some questions. Its good to ask about his investing strategies etc. You will now does he/she know what is doing and check his/her will to assist you.

5. Advertisement and popularity. When HYIP and autosurfs are concerned (e-gold investments in general), advertisement becomes one of the most important factors of program's and your success. Remember, the more new users (due to heavy advertising) the more likely you are to profit. Most of the admins are also present at the major forums and are willing to assist anyone there as well.

6. Admin. It might happen that someone present at a forum for a long time, decides to start his own e-gold investment program. Check his/her previous posts, try to learn something about that person. People, who are supportive for other members, are more likely to commit for the program's members. They will also be credited with much trust, what will result in cash flowing to the program, you should be there.

7. ROI. Return on Investment. The lower ROI the most stable the program is likely to be. However, programs with to low ROI are not going to interest a lot of investors. Nevertheless, such a programs will gain much attention after a longer time, especially if admin is very supportive. I would recommend putting your money in programs with low ROI. I will show you how to count ROI soon.

8. Age. The younger the program, the more likely it is to stay online for at least one full cycle. It can be your cycle if you manage to get in on time. I recommend joining young programs with high ROI, by young programs I mean those e-gold investments that are aged one or two days. It is likely that you will not loose your money and you should even make some profit. Especially with some referrals in your downline. However, with e-gold investments with low ROI, this is the opposite way. Older programs have a confirmed position and stability, thus people are willing to deposit their money, especially bigger money in such programs.

9. Minimal deposit. The programs with low minimum $1-$10 are most likely the ponzi scheme based programs. If admin is willing to invest the money, he/she should not be distracted with some small amounts of e-gold and should focus on investing what members have already deposited. Real e-gold investments start from about $100, but it shall not be considered a rule.

I hope that these rules for estimating the risk of your e-gold investment will be useful for you and will help you earn some money.

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High Yield Investment Programs (HYIPs)

The number of High Yield Investment Programs (commonly referred to as HYIPs) have exploded with the advent of the internet. Typically, a high yield investment program is a investment opportunity that is run over the internet, and promises staggering returns of 1 or 2% per day or more. This translates into an annual uncompounded return of 365% to 730%, a figure that is unlikely to be possible by any legitimate investment program. I believe the vast majority of high yield investment programs are scams, and before you consider putting money in a high yield investment programs, you should do your due diligence and consider these points:

• It is commonly believed that most high yield investment programs are Ponzi schemes, where the "interest" paid to existing members actually comes from money deposited by new members. As long as the program continues attracting new members, the HYIP will be able to pay its existing members, however, at a certain point, there will not be enough new members to pay off existing members, and the system will implode financially. Anyone who has money invested at this point will likely lose their entire investment.
• Most high yield investment programs are very short-lived, and do not last more than 6 to 18 months.
• Most high yield investment programs are located overseas, and do not disclose details about their location or management, and provide little contact information.
• Some people believe that it is possible to make money from high yield investment programs by investing only in new HYIPs and pulling out their money early. This is at best a huge gamble and a very risky tactic.
• There are numerous HYIP monitoring sites that track which high yield investment programs are paying, and which are not. These sites should not be completely trusted because it's possible for HYIPs to pay the accounts run by these sites so they can continue to appear to be "paying" programs.

My opinion is that most high yield investment programs are complex scams based on Ponzi schemes. This does not mean there are no legitimate high yield programs on the Internet, but if a program is paying a ridiculously high return, say 30 - 40% a month or more, then it is most likely typical HYIP and should be avoided.

If you are interested in alternative ways to generate a high-yield return on your money that does not involve HYIPs, you might consider the Legisi Return on Loan Program which I have used since 2005.

This review was written by Tom Oki, editor of a prominent business opportunity review site, where you can read a full article on high yield investment programs

HYIP - Professional Investments

HYIP is a dangerous business, that's why skilled investors try to develop a certain concept of protecting their investments. Undoubtedly, the given concept is not a panacea from all mistakes, but some principles are constant. Observance of these principles can essentially facilitate the task of investor - to earn, not to lose.

Type of the project. You should determine precisely type of hyip project in which you want to participate. Overwhelming quantity of hyips are the simple financial pyramids, giving the part of new investments to their elder investors. The program participating in real business is a rare case. Usually it is not so. In this case it is necessary to consider the following factors:

Payment rates. A plenty of non-professional investors appear to be deceived by hyip-projects promising high payments daily. As a rule, such programs promise 2% a day. It is well known among the professionals that such programs do not live no longer than week or two. Some of them guarantee 2% and less payments, and this can proceed too long period of time, up to one year. Those programs, which offer variable daily payments, usually are more honest, than projects which promise constant payments. Actually, if the program managers take participation in some trading, they cannot exactly know their possible profit in future.

Term of program life. Experience of professional investors shows, that possibility of strong profit from new project is higher than possibility to get the same from an old program. Cause of it is that the investments in a new hyip are usually bigger, than in the old project. Also you should be careful with hyip programs that say in their rules, that "Last success of traders not a guarantee of the future successes" Most likely, such program start to close.

Program status. Private programs with a limited number of participants are much safer in comparison to public analogues. But very often such private status is false. For example, the program cannot be private if news about it is located at a forum. In this case, you, most likely, deal with scammer trying to steal some money or to involve you as the investor in his "private" project. Similarly, you should not trust to any mail with the same information from unknown persons.

Internal accounts. Some projects have internal accounts with regular daily payments on it. It has possibility to make request to get payout when investor want. Other projects assume payments directly on E-gold or IntGold. Of course, the second variant is more reliable, because in this case you can observe a real picture of payments on your account.

Minimum and maximum. Often hyip projects offer too low invest minimum - about one dollar or even less. You should clearly understand that no real business project can work with such an insignificant sum. Even expenses on the accounting are higher, than investments of the whole army of similar "investors". That's why fairly working program cannot accept the investment below than fifty dollars. A maximum should be limited not too big amount of money. It should be no more than one hundred dollars per one project.

You should have a mistrust in every hyip project, while you're not convinced yet in the opposite. You always should be guided by common sense. You should realize clearly your acts and all possible consequences.

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Some Advice For HYIP Beginners

This article describes hyip - investment programs. It is intended for those who are the beginners in such business. I think, a beginner can gather some rules and advice that can help not to lose but earn some money by participating in such projects.
First of all, you should decide: whether this method of earning money appeals to you? First of all, answer the following questions, and then make your own decision.
I do not advise you to start participating in this business if the following character traits are inherent to you:

1. You are afraid to risk your money. It is necessary to note, that absolutely reliable hyip projects do not exist. Any commercial or state bank offers low profitability of an investment with high reliability. On the contrary, hyip offers high liquidity, but often many of them have a short term of existence.

2. You should realize that hyip projects cannot make a profit from anything. You should deposit necessarily some minimum of money to receive profit. It is well-known, that it is impossible to receive something from anything. If you do not have necessary minimum (as a rule, it's over 100-1000$) you should earn and deposit them first.

3. Are you very emotional? Are you nervous? In this case, hyip business is not for you. Moreover, if you are capable to unforeseen rash acts, is very dangerous to participate in hyip projects. In the first case you'll suffer from sleeplessness, in the second - an opportunity to lose quickly all the money.

4. You like to blame others for your mistakes.
If, once a failure occurs, you blame everyone (be it an administrator, a friend, a boss, the government, God, weather, coincidence etc) except yourself, you should stay away from HYIP. Keep in mind that YOU are the only one being responsible for the decisions you are making, and the entire fault in case of a failure is yours. If you have lost money in HYIP ? you are the only one who is to blame for your unpredictability and greed, having taken over your common sense. Remember that no one was pulling you on a lace and you have voluntarily given your money to a scammer.

5. I strongly advise you not to participate in hyip projects, if cheating is inherent in your character. There are too many dishonest persons in this business besides you.

HYIP ? is for you, if:

1. HYIP is the best way of earning money for you, if the realized risk - congenital feature of your character. You should understand, that risk is a noble business. You should be ready to risk anywhere and anywhen to subdue top or to lose all. You?ve got a well-developed intuition and common sense.

2. For a successful promotion in hyip business you should have a good intuition and skill of precise analysis. Your experience and intuition should be a basis of your decisions. Your experience and opinion should have priority over the opinion of hyip forums participants etc. You and only you make a decision whether participate or not participate in this or that project.

3. You should be capable of taking experience from the latest mistakes.

Hyip is not intended for those who recedes after the first defeat. Hyip - a choice of strong people, able to make conclusions from their mistakes.

HYIP : first steps.

This part of the article is an array of advices for those people, who meet the requirements stated above and decide to take part in hyip business.
How to begin. You should take some knowledge before participation in hyip. You can get this knowledge by reading news on different forums, opinions of well-known people and professionals of this business. It is well-known, that's learning from mistakes of others is better than from your own. You should start only after your own close research of hyip business world.

Starting capital. A lot of hyip programs have too small start invest capital about $1-5. You should clearly understand that such a small sum of money can?t be the foundation of real business. You?d better buy a beer for yourself than participate in hyip business with such money. You should start your learning with at least $100, expanding this amount till $1000, if you want to succeed. And you should remember that amount of your investments and possible loosing of them should not be fatally dangerous for you.

A variety of investments. Do not invest all of your money in any unique invest-project. You should have contributions in at least ten various projects, you'll have an opportunity to succeed. You should clearly understand, that always there is a high risk of half of these funds to be closed.

You should ensure the safety of your accounts if do not want to be plundered by hackers of various kinds, swindlers, etc. Do not forget to update anti-virus software and firewall programs on your machine. Only you can protect yourself from a robbery by hackers.

Life expectancy of hyip projects.
Any investment program chosen by you should be preliminary researched by you. You should estimate the time of its existence and starting your work on the project. You should know, that any of such investment projects has a certain term of life. The overwhelming majority of projects are financial pyramids, also known as ponzies. They pay you from the deposits of new investors for a period of time while new investments are larger than the total amount of payouts. If you try to participate in an old program, you will face a huge risk of getting in the bottom of such financial pyramid.

Stages of development. Any program has a certain life of expectancy. This life can be divided into some periods conditionally:

1. The opening of the program. This is the most successful time for investment. The program receives big investments, investors receive their interest and demand withdrawal quite seldom. Bankruptcy at this stage can be caused by admin's insincerity. He can decide and disappear with the money instead of continuing the work of the project. Such state of events can be determined by researching statistics of the program. Such project is a bankrupt if in statistics the huge quantity of investments in the beginning of the work of the project is specified. Also the project can become incapacitated, because a huge amount of money was spent on advertising campaign and website design.

2. The period of stability. It is the period of the most fruitful existence of the project, when the program develops, deposits grow, and the small quantity of withdrawals of money is made.

3. The end of existence. This stage comes, when the amount of inquiries about withdrawal reaches the sizes of the common capital of the project. Admin closes the project, leaving difference of investments and the withdrawn incomes to itself.

4. Sometimes project continues its existence. It is possible in that case if it's really the productive investment project or a commercial deceit by means of advertising. This stage is a logic end of activity of the project. You should o withdraw the money at this stage if it is still possible.

5. Extraordinary events.It may take place if the website of the project is attacked by hackers. The most probable consequence of this accident is complete bankruptcy of the project.

Types of hyip projects.

1. Short-term ponzies
It is a kind of programs promising up to 200% daily payment. Usually term of life of such programs is no longer than one or two weeks. It is very dangerous to invest in such projects, which are like ?roulette." I strongly recommend not to participate in such programs.

2. Medium-term ponzies
Term of life of such programs may change from about two weeks to two months. They pay around 5-7 percent a day. This is the most dangerous kind of projects.

3. Long-term ponzies
It's the best way for your investments. The real period of existing of such programs is about five months, and some of the most successful can live till half a year. Their payments are about from 2-3 percent a day. So, you have a high possibility of returning your investments in a two-month term and earn some profit.
4. Extra-long term projects.

This type of projects can work a very long period of time, a whole year. They promise less than 25 % monthly. Nevertheless, it is a very dangerous kind of projects. You should put concerning the big deposit to receive the essential income in this case. The risk in this project is very high, so, participation in such projects is not your best way to earn the money.
Private programs.

When you start to participate in investment projects, you'll hear about so called private projects. Their admins admit that new members can participate in such programs only by the special invitation. It is not a VIP project as you think. It's a simple advertising attempt to get more investments from its old members. The unique feature of such projects is their quite high life expectancy. You should be very careful with such projects. Programs of such kind have too high possibility to be closed soon.

You should keep in mind that HYIP world has a lot fake programs. You should rely on your own experience and experience of professional investors. Pay attention to messages on hyip forums. It is important to monitor the admin's speeches - it is not very difficult to tell the truth from lie. For example, admin, most likely, say lies speaking about the use of investments on FOREX, because an overwhelming majority of such projects are only financial pyramids.

HYIP is an uneasy business, and administrators often escape with the invested money. You should clearly understand that there is no way to get back your loosed money. You should always remember it! You should know that there is no mechanism to control Internet payments. Rules of all HYIP projects say that the administrator is not responsible for your money and you are depositing them voluntarily. Practically it is impossible to start lawsuit against a dishonest admin of hyip project, but it's impossible to return your money. Even charges on police investigation will exceed the sum of your deposit. HYIP projects do not submit to any laws.
If you have decided to participate in HYIP business - I sincerely wish you good luck and be rich!

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Is It Possible To Insure An HYIP Investment

As everyone knows, HYIP investments are risky. To the uninformed its the equivalent of throwing a pound in a wishing well, and expecting 2 or 3 to splash back out. In truth, despite the mass of information on the Internet, there simply isn't a definitive yes/now answer for the inexperienced. Some time ago, I theorised that it would be possible to insure investments against scams. Although by some the idea was ridiculed, I was and still am convinced that the concept is good. Read on, and I will explain all the pros's and cons, you're free do decide yourself the merits of the service.

Lets take by way of example a typical Internet user that decides to try HYIP investments, lured by the promise of high returns in a short time frame. This person knows nothing of these sites, has no regularly updated information to look through and even if they did the site could turn sour the second hard earned money is invested.

So what happens when they try to withdraw the apparent win-fall? In a nutshell, nothing. They receive no payment and have no-one to contact. It is possible to report the incident to a merchant provider but this invariably will not result in the return of spent dollars. Another victim is created with no hope of ever seeing their cash again.

Now consider the difference that a definitive result would make after requesting an insurance policy. If the HYIP to be covered is on the insurance blacklist, or has been reported by other investors as a scam, the policy will simply be denied. From this point on, anyone foolish enough to make an initial spend with the site has only themselves to blame.

The other possibility is that the quote is accepted. Only two possible outcomes can remain. a) The investment is successful and the policy holder gets paid as promised, or b) The site fails to pay out and the policy holder becomes a victim with a difference. They will get their initial spend returned. In this case, the claim results in the HYIP being blacklisted, thus preventing further victims.

To some this seems too good to be true, but lets break it down into component parts and assess it more closely.

Hyip's (High yield investment programs) promise seriously high returns in a very short period of time, often hours or days. Even the best forex traders couldn't promise these types of profits indefinitely. Its possible that they will succeed in the short-term, but its unlikely to be sustainable and so the program fails.

The HYIP insurance is somewhat different, with the policy costing 25% of the intended investment amount. It still means that the premium must be multiplied more than 4 times to cover any possible claim made. However, for the system to be fair both in terms of the investor and the site owner, it will take a few days to be sure that no response is forthcoming from the site following a payment failure. The insured investor then has to make a claim, provide evidence of the investment and all attempts to resolve the situation amicably. The insurance provider also will make reasonable attempts to contact the site owner and merchant provider. At which point it is possible to grant or deny the claim based on the results. This is a considerably longer period of time, over which the premium cost has been invested wisely resulting in the ability to process the claim and return the lost investment amount. Winning investments provide the insurance service with the necessary profits to be viable since the same investments were made while the policy was valid.

So you see, the fundamental difference is time. Realistic time frames, compensating for the unrealistic but highly attractive profits. My advice is to keep your money safe, insure your investments. If you're lucky you'll win, if you're not at least you won't make a loss.

Billy Middleton is the creator of the Safepay Verified the new poundpyramid system where you earn a FIXED return of ?25000 per share which also contains the Pyramads banner promotions system. Now featuring the unique HYIP insurance service

To HYIP Or Not To HYIP?

In case you are totally not familiar with this term, "HYIP," which stands for High Yield Investment Program, is a modern version of the infamous Ponzi scheme. One has to admit that "HYIP" sounds much more politically correct than the Ponzi scheme, but there is really little difference between the two. Obviously, no HYIP advertises itself as a Ponzi scheme as those are illegal. You can, however, easily recognize them by their claims of compounding your investment at the rates of 1-10% or even more daily, which clearly is not sustainable.

In an excellent ebook on making money online that I highly recommend, "Honest Income Program," HYIP is listed as one of the things to avoid along with 14 other useless or even harmful "business" ideas.

I must say that my opinion about HYIPs is somewhat different. I don't think that an average HYIP is any more harmful than a lottery and, in fact, the difference between the two is only in details. I would even say that you stand a greater chance of making some money with an HYIP than with a lottery, but your potential is much limited as HYIPs are bound to collapse either because they run out of new members or the owner of such a "private lottery" decides that it's just about the time to abscond with the loot and you end up holding a bag. However, in both cases the risks are about the same, although usually you can make some money with HYIPs if you are not greedy and play it for small gains and diversify across a few such programs.

There is also another benefit from HYIPs that is not so minor at all: you learn a disciplined conservative investing at a very small cost. The keyword is "small cost." Don't even think about throwing huge amounts of money at this. Treat it strictly the way you would treat a lottery. Most responsible, intelligent adults do not spend thousands of dollars a year on a lottery, but they may spend up to a hundred bucks and that's fine as long as this is not the money that you desperately need for other things. You do not want to be one of those people who have lost tens of thousands of dollars with those schemes. Yes, such people do exist...

Do I recommend playing HYIPs? As I said, only in moderation, and in moderation almost everything can be good, but never on a grander scale. Personally, I would never invest more than $10-20 per HYIP and no more than $100 altogether. On the other hand, you might as well check out "Honest Income Program" and go with the programs it offers. That, in my opinion, is even a better deal. Moreover, if you really ever decide to give HYIPs a try, by following the first of the programs this ebook presents, you will be able to earn $100-150 pretty easily within the first month and that should be enough to fund your HYIP investing account.

Waldemar Puszkarz, Ph.D., is a web veteran with 15 years of web surfing under his belt. By training, he is a theoretical physicist, but his interests are much broader than science and include trading financial markets, sports betting, poker, and researching online business opportunities. He is also an avid book reader and sports afficionado. Currently he is making his living mostly as a day trader. He has been in the trading trenches for almost a decade during which he has traded a variety of financial instruments. He is the owner and webmaster of Eminimethods.com (http://www.eminimethods.com) which provides free common sense trading education and simple trading systems for e-mini and stock markets as well as reviews of honest online business opportunities in Meet HOBO (http://www.eminimethods.com/HOBO.html) section of his site.

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Hype for HYIPs - New Advertising Era Is Coming?

Every program administrator should start thinking about program promotion long before actual program launch. An effective and carefully planned promotion campaign can make the program famous in a few days and can guarantee a steady traffic of investors. In the HYIP world program promotion doesn't anything to do with search engine optimization (SEO) used to promote websites. People invest in SEO when they want to increase the number of visits to a website from search results. But think about it: how many investors use Google to find new investment opportunities? Plus you should know that successful SEO doesn't always result in increased investments or sales. You should discard SEO in the very beginning: it will be a waste of your time and money.

Here is what you could concentrate your promotion efforts on: banners, listings or monitor websites, paid sticky topics on discussion boards, paid posters crowd (whether you like it or not), smart hidden marketing campaigns.

Banners

MMT Investigation Bureau conducted an interesting survey not so long ago. We wanted to know how effective banners really are and what outcome you can expect by using banners to promote your program. We have contacted many listing websites that have advertising spaces and offered them to provide us with free advertising space for a week strictly for survey purposes. Our survey was simple: we put a banner on a monitor website for a week. Please note that banner was professionally designed to immediately attract attention. So there was a good probability that someone would actually click on it. Then we analyzed how many clicks were made and how many pages were viewed. We had expected that most of them would have declined our offer, so we have purchased more stats from a trusted resource.

You can find result charts and diagrams here: moneynews2.com/HYIPforumsNEWS/Hype-HYIPs/

As you can see from the stats, these resources are not worth the money they ask for their services. They are basically useless. Another thing we noticed was that most advertising spaces on listing websites are empty which means that these services are not popular anymore. We have closely followed listing website for about a month and there were always available advertising spots. We don't think that ordering promotion there will be very effective so think twice before paying someone for advertising spaces!

You should know that most discussion boards offer you advertising spaces as well. Compare their sheets are below: http://moneymakertalks.com/index.php?showtopic=1137

You can see that placing banners on forums is very expensive and it won't necessarily yield results that you expect. We have heard different stories about people who got scammed by board admins. They paid for banners and they were never placed. We have heard this happen more than once so be very careful. Plan your budget accordingly and don't spend it all on one banner.

So costs are quite high. You may also notice that they are available on each forum which means that this service is not very popular. Why? Because it's expensive, it doesn't guarantee you success and there one more thing: a recent research has revealed that most programs advertised on discussion boards as sticky topics are nothing but scam. Now investors treat sticky topics with great caution and we would advise against using this method of program promotion because it will only give your program a bad name.

If you are still thinking about using "paid poster" services, than you should read an article here: http://moneymakertalks.com/index.php?showtopic=972 . This article explains why you shouldn't do it. Enjoy!

There is another promotion tool that can be used for investment programs promotion. This marketing tool is not that popular in HYIP industry yet but it has been used for years by marketing agencies all over the world.

Have you ever heard about hidden marketing? It's also known as guerrilla marketing, smart marketing or buzz marketing. Basically it means special marketing strategies to generate spontaneous attention to a service (or to an investment program in our case). Hidden marketing experts have many tricks up their sleeve that can make any program successful and they can offer targeted marketing campaigns as an effective solution to your promotional needs.

This whole concept has been very successful and large corporations like Microsoft, Google, Procter and Gamble use it to promote some of their products. This form of promotion really works because people are more inclined to believe word of mouth promotion more than conventional advertising because usually the promoter is satisfied with the service or products and he/she is eager to share his/her experience. It also work because the promoter is not trying to sell you anything, he/she is merely discussing it.

Various techniques are used for this kind of promotion. Most famous techniques imply using discussion boards or specialized blogs to spread the word about a new product/service. This doesn't cost as much as media advertising and such promotional campaigns are always targeted since blogs and discussion boards are carefully selected by promoters.

You can say that this is essentially what paid posters have been doing for ages but I will have to disagree. Read our survey once again here: http://moneymakertalks.com/index.php?showtopic=972 and you will see that most paid posters don't have a clue about what they are doing. Posting "paid" comments and fake screenshots is not hidden marketing. On the contrary, it looks like a direct advertising to us. Don't you think so? All the posts are the same, they are not grammatically correct, and they repeat content and leave customers dissatisfied with their services. One thing about hidden marketing is that it usually stays hidden, it's subtle and investors can tell it's there. They are not supposed to know that they are being marketed at all and most "paid posters" are not well disguised.

You can try to run a hidden marketing campaign yourself because most people think that it's very easy. We would suggest against this. The reasons are simple: you don't have the necessary tools and know-how to do it right. You can probably learn but it takes time so if you ever think about this type of promotion you should look for companies offering this services. It's easy to tell these companies from paid poster crowd: their emails don't contain mistakes, they have websites, they will usually offer you several plans for promotion and they will be willing to give you a trial period or demonstrate their previous work. They will always provide a campaign plan or agenda.

We believe that programs will have to change and program administrators will have to spend more time on them. Discussion boards will eventually transform into places for sharing experience and promotion skills will change as well. Paid posters will disappear because their services will no longer be needed because no one will believe simple paid comments anymore. HYIP world will change (hopefully for the better) and new approach to promotion will be a necessity. Get ready for it!