How To Get Attention

Comments off · August 17, 2006 at 10:31 am · Hot Web Topics, Personal

Now it is no secret that I write a lot of articles and posts on a lot of different topics. From web hosting to Firefox to even freeware files, I pretty much cover it all. One thing that gets on my nerves more than anything else is somebody ordering me to write something about them.

I recently got an E-mail that started something like this:

Hi, I saw that you reviewed *Insert Random Topic Here* the other day. I can’t belive you missed reviewing my product. I have been around five times as long, and I have gotten so many awards. Why are you ignoring me?

Remember what your mother said about catching more flies with honey than vinegar? It was true! You think I am going to bend over backwards to help out a person like that? I don’t think so. Now how should have that have gone?

Hi, I saw that your review of *Insert Random Topic Here* and I loved it. Since you gave it a try, I would love it if you try my product as well. I have won a few awards for it, so I do think you might like checking it out. Thanks for your time!

If you want people to give you attention, try not to come off as an egotisical jerk.

 

Blogebrities Need a Vacation

Comments off · August 14, 2006 at 7:07 pm · Hot Web Topics

On an Internet where we are suppose to have millions of voices talking about topics; why is it we are forced to read the same ones over and over again? Do not get me wrong, I have nothing against somebody being popular.

The thing that gets me is that the way you make a buck these days is you just milk the most popular A-list blogger you can find. I challenge somebody out there to create me a Web site where I can find new voices, not the same old tired posts I see everywhere else.

Let us lighten the load on the blogebrities for a little while and invest our time and eyeballs with somebody new. Who know? You might even like it.