Based upon answering many questions on forums such as forums.asp.net, here are some tips on getting your questions answered, once you have exhausted searching on your own.

• Choose a concise but meaningful title but avoid words like "urgent"
• Post to the correct section of the forum - some people specialise in a particular section of a given forum
• Make it clear that you have already made an effort to answer yourself.
• Summerise the environmental context of your question e.g. If using SQL then state the version e.g. SQLExpress 2008
• If you need to post a code or markup sample, tidy it up by removing extraneous blank lines and set the tab spacing to 2 rather than 4.
• Take your time composing the question so that it is set out as clearly as possible.
• Remember that the majority of people providing answers do so in their own time.
• Be very polite and thank those that help you.