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Signatures are meant for galleries, homepage, texts, link etc., not commercial marketing of any kind. Linking to ALSCCA itself is of course fine (i.e. member activity). The forum software limits the amout of characters and lines of your signature among other things.
If you sell something in marketplace, you can not just put a text in your sig:
My 70-200 is for sale now!!!!
but you can do it if it is a LINK to your marketplace post in POTN
My 70-200 is for sale now!!!!
For companies we have strict rules, ALSCCA.org policies on marketing is follows:
We have seen usage of ALSCCA.org as a third party support/faq forum. The right thing to do, if you sell anything, is to build support and FAQ forum/system into your own site. Your own posts, presence and attitude in this and other forum, combined with signature to your site (per our signature rules), will create interest to your services, too. But we can not allow forum to be used as marketing vessel - this creates more work for mods, and we want to avoid even illusion that ALSCCA.org is involved in this marketing.
If you sell something in marketplace, you can not just put a text in your sig:
My 70-200 is for sale now!!!!
but you can do it if it is a LINK to your marketplace post in POTN
My 70-200 is for sale now!!!!
For companies we have strict rules, ALSCCA.org policies on marketing is follows:
- In Marketplace those selling Automotive related products or services may place one post, automotive related posts are not allowed. Bumping and discussion in marketplace is prohibited and considered spamming, all communication between buyer and seller must be done by PM/Email.
- Marketing of products or services is not allowed in signatures. That means you can put a site link (if you are from Forged Performance you can put forgedperformance.com), but not site link to sell a product, or have sentences which advertise products or services.
Examples:
Foo Bar
www.adobe.com
is ok, but
Foo Bar
www.adobe.com
LOOK: now 50% discount for Photoshop 5 upgrades
or
Foo Bar
www.adobe.com/photoshop/buythis
or
Foo Bar
www.adobe.com
where "www.adobe.com" is linked to "www.adobe.com/photoshop/buythis"
are not ok. - ALSCCA.org members or ALSCCA.org content may not be used in marketing without written permission from both ALSCCA.org admin or Board of Directors and all members involved.*
* ALSCCA.org may of course market itself, its own member projects, services and goods.
We have seen usage of ALSCCA.org as a third party support/faq forum. The right thing to do, if you sell anything, is to build support and FAQ forum/system into your own site. Your own posts, presence and attitude in this and other forum, combined with signature to your site (per our signature rules), will create interest to your services, too. But we can not allow forum to be used as marketing vessel - this creates more work for mods, and we want to avoid even illusion that ALSCCA.org is involved in this marketing.