Unless you have a dollars to start you need to spend time reading a few boards. When you get tired of reading, grab a cup of coffee, put some visine in your red eyes and then read some more.
Learn as much as possible.
Start posting and asking a few questions now and then. Allow people to understand who you are. No need to make 100s of posts a week as you'll probably come across badly if you start that way.
Think about this for a minute.
Most people that have top sites have worked for years on them. They've built good relationships with others. They've also been burned many times but people they didn't know well and sometimes by people they did.
100's maybe even 1,000s of new people try to enter this business every day. Some want to run an honest business but most are just trying to scam a few bucks. Since there isn't much face to face with people it's difficult to trust and easy to rip off.
People are going to be very guarded. We've all had others trying to rip us off.
But spending enough time on boards helping others, making reasonable comments and asking good questions gets even a COCKSUCKER some respect
