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Oct 27 2007
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5 reviews
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social networking, seo, social marketing, sphinn, sem
• aimclearblog.com
It must be truth day - if you want to be successful you need to know the truth, so read this - or at least read the excerpts - but really, read the whole thing.
Successful people constantly learn and most do that by reading. Then you have to APPLY what you learn or it doesn't do you any good.
[NOTE: For those who are allergic to the words sales and marketing, I know how you feel. I was a computer technician at IBM who tried to fulfill the {sometimes unreasonable} promises made by marketing. If you wish to be successful - even non-monetarily - unless you're a total hermit you'll have to involve others and that simple involvement = selling yourself. So if you're "allergic" to the concept you may want to decide to get over that now.]
Excerpts from the page:
"Sometimes there's a topic out there in blog land that I KNOW everyone will miss unless I aska few people to Sphinn it. It's funny...usually after asking a few friends to consider a Sphinn story the post ends up getting 45-50 votes. In several cases the post would have been dead in the water without a little work on behalf of the content...which is the INTENT of the promotion. Who cares about utopian socialistic mob concepts if everyone is dead and nobody has any fun or interacts. It is the CONTENT excellent Sphinners promote-not themselves..."
"Too Much Noise to Be a Flippn' Philanthropist
Like everywhere on the Internet there is a growing crap-pile of NOISE on Sphinn. 100 posts a day to wade through and give "give a chance" to new writers is a tall order some days..."
"Just Make Sure the Content You Bring is Awesome.
Usually when friends show up to promote their content and ask for Sphinns, Stumbles, and Diggs, it's because they know what I'm interested in and I'm grateful. It's also rare that someone is overly aggressive when first contacting me. If they are rude I "correct" them.
When a story rolls in that is wonderful (and yes I peruse every one of them) I actually LOOK for that writer in the future by avatar. More than half the time when I GET asked for a Sphinn, I've already Sphunn it. 80% of the time when I ASK a friend to "consider content for Sphinning" THEY have already Sphunn it. I contact them anyway because I know who likes what and I subscribe to the basic premise of Sphinn and every social site in the world: We bring value to the group. We make phriends."
