Promoting Squidoo, a question for my fellow squids

I have not read the responses on this thread. However I didn't know that Squidoo has banners! Thanks for mentioning this. I will try to find their banners.

First off I love squidoo and its underlying concept. I will however see if I can answer your question. Belonging to a group means you enjoy it. This doesn't mean you want to promote it. Referring someone to your profile and then a banner is very impersonal in my opinion and its much easier to just give a quick overview and then answer any specific questions they still have. I have squidoo as an interest here because I do enjoy it and like reading tips from other squids yourself inluded. I don't actively promote any program until I have personally been paid by it and even then I am selective in who I refer. Its much better to get a few really active refs than 100's of inactive refs. I take the time to explain, in detail, why I like the program and then make sure the other person understands it. This is why I don't have any banners and links on my profile. Things that are painfully "obvious" are sometimes just false assumptions. Personally I believe you could've stated your discussion in a much more constructive and less condescending way.