This question if what do you do for a living has been deliberated on severally however it has become a re-occuring issue of identity (what to identify as job in the society).

It may not sit well with a lot of users here because the forum is not a place of job or your are not employed here on the forum but rather make some extra earns by advertising companies within a little space of signature and avatar.

Considering other variables before conclusion, one can agree that we have several other opportunities here on the forum and not just paid signatures, we have Shillers, graphics designers etc who earn for offering services. hence we can not say that because we are participants on different signatures that is a forum of work.

Furthermore, to buttress the whole idea of what you do for a living, according to Theymos, the forum is creating an opportunity to earn while engaging in the community discussion hence to boost bitcoin stronghood by having a community of supporters.

If you consider all this, I think one is no different from those who run ads on social media and the rest of it, hence whatever one calls those who runs ads on socials should also be the same as one who advertises different companies and earn from it. if truly the cases of identifying what one does to law enforcement.

The word Brand Advertiser is more broad and covers both paid signatures and shilling, it also includes creative advertisers which has to do with designing and the rest of it, hence I prefer to call one a brand advertiser if your source of income is sole on the forum which shouldn't be though.

Considering this, I also had a rational thought on the different campaigns one participates it's a variety of Gambling, Mixers, Exchange, etc hence the word Brand covers them all.

With this one can easily identify as a Brand Advertiser, if then questioned further you can take you time to explain your role which most times don't happen.

On my opinion it's best to have other source of income or a skill to be identified with and consider the opportunity bitcoin community (Bitcointalk) offers as a side income or an extra rather than active income.