It’s actually another very ingenious “social co-operation” website. “IM Answers” (”IMA”) describes itself as “An Internet Marketing Q&A Community”. The main focus on the site is simple.. you can ask a question, and another member might be able to answer it.

You get varying numbers of points for asking and answering questions and these then go towards having your Adsense-like a.d at the top of each page.

Apart from his own AdSense ads, I can’t see any ways that the site owner can monetize the site. It’s all 100% free.. no upsells, no upgrading. Yet! The site is in beta so other things might come along later. In the meantime, you can sign up here:

http://www.IanSays.com/YourInvite/IMA

Now for the real meat and potatoes!

Join My “Marketing Update” Discussion Group

Every IMA member can set up a mini-forum, called a Group. And that’s just what I’ve done.

For some time now I’ve been toying with the idea of setting up a proper forum for “Marketing Update” subscribers. So far, the nearest I’ve got is the “Have Your Say” section in the Download Library - which isn’t very satisfactory.

So, as another way of “Update” subscribers getting together, I’ve set up my group in IM Answers - and I’d really like you to get involved. Here’s what to do:

1. Get your f’ree IMA account here:

http://www.IanSays.com/YourInvite/IMA

2. When you’ve logged in, use the big red “IMA Groups” button at the top of the page.

3. Select the “Business & Entrepreneur” category

4. Scroll down and near the end you’ll see the link to my “Marketing Update” Group. You should recognise my happy, smiling face

5. After using the link, you’ll see, on the left-hand side of the screen, a panel headed “Group Tools”. In it is a link “Join Group”. Hit the link and you’re in!

At the time of writing, there’s just me sitting there all alone Come and join me - and start posting! This could be interesting - and fun!

But we’re not done yet..

Build Your IMA Pages

Like Squidoo and Hubpages, IMA let’s you build as many pages as you want. Here’s one that I created as a test:

http://www.imanswers.com/page/marketing-update

If IMA takes off, then your IMA pages should get indexed in the search engines, similar to Squidoo and Hubpages. Right now, IMA is brand new.. only a couple of weeks old. So you can get in on the ground floor. Do it now..

http://www.IanSays.com/YourInvite/IMA

I look forward to seeing you in my “Marketing Update Group”

Oh, just a quick note about the sign-up procedure. You’ll get the usual email with a confirmation link. After you’ve used it, you may have to wait a bit before you can log in to your account. As I said, the site is in beta and there are a few rough edges!