It has now been approximately 6 weeks since the launch of Personal Development Partners (PDP), so I have (finally) decided to review the site that I have been spending quite some time at lately. PDP is a forum/ community for people interested in personal development created by Aaron Potts, perhaps the hardest working man in the personal development community (I have told him to relax once or twice).

So lets get right to it. The following are what I like about PDP:

The Forum

The site has a huge forum divided into a number of different topics, including Interpersonal Relations, Business & Entrepreneurship, and Health & Fitness (to name but a few). I would be very surprised if you don’t find at least 1 topic that interests you.

The Community

At the end of the day, a forum is made by the people who participate in it. It is no easy task getting a forum up and running, and kudos to Aaron for managing to build an active and ever-growing community in such a short time. Sure, it doesn’t have as many members as the Steve Pavlina forums (yet!), but there are enough active members to ensure some interesting discussions. And I challenge you to this: find a thread that has been created in which there have been no replies - I couldn’t find one.

My Experience With Becoming a “Thought Leader”

Personally, up until a week ago I was a free member. I have since upgraded to become a “Thought Leader”. This is giving my blog some great exposure, including a link in the sidebar and the inclusion of my RSS feed on the forums. I started a post in the Discuss Your Blog Post Here! section about one of my articles and was very impressed with the discussion it generated (find the thread “A Weekend Without Alcohol”). Finally, in the past week I have been able to explore the e-books and audio that come with the upgrade. Ok, I admit I found a few of these “average”, but for the most part the products are of a high quality. For example, I downloaded a “guided imagery” audio product which is something I would not normally listen to, but that I ended up loving.

Affiliate Program

Aaron has set up an affiliate program so that you can make money by referring people to PDP. It’s pretty simple really, especially if you have a blog. For example, I just recently stuck the PDP icon in my sidebar and a day later I already had one referral. Easy!

Want to know more? I suggest you head over to Personal Development Partners and have a look yourself.

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