Here are some tips: First, the forums must remain free of self-promotion, so you can't advertise yourself.

I was given an opportunity to hold a booth promoting my business as a realtor.  

Not stating to assist/help people in actions, but PROMOTING it as "THE" REI market. 2nd part; What is OH's market FUNDAMENTALS?   

I have been sitting on the fringes studying before going full fledge since a lot of the gurus promote their flavor-of-the-month which amount to being undercover paid advertisements.  

He was promoting wholesaling and a bunch of stuff for money.

You can help BiggerPockets, your fellow members, and your favorite lender by promoting the directory.For any lender that you refer to the directory, who signs up, we will pay you $25.Do you have a hard money lender that does a fantastic job of taking care of you?

You will find many Realtors coming on here promoting their markets.

I actually work the situation in the opposite direction...I often promote in my ads, "view it today, move in tomorrow, on approval".

I'm not a big fan of gimmick promotions like first month free or half off.

Most of these others don't and you can find more frauds and scammers on BP promoting dishonest, illegal, and unethical behavior.