Reaching a high rank seems to take too much time nowadays and it is nothing like how it was before. Before, it was the activity count that helps you rank up, now it is through merit which is much more harder to get compared to activity counts. Nevertheless, there are couple of ways on how you can gain merit in the forum. First is through making sure your post is full of knowledge with regards to the topic as well as being related on what the topic says. Another way is through finding certain places in the forum where people give merits more frequent than in the other. If you want motivation, just imagine how helpful in gaining profit it will be if you successfull rank up.