DISQUS

It is a shame that this post commentary has become what it has become. However, it is also enlightening.

I am reminded that our internet marketing sins, whether intentional or not, are out there in the ether and can come back to bite us in the butt.

I know that I have made my fair share of IM sins/mistakes and that they are in google, email inboxes, and private forums to be dredged up against me if anyone were to so desire.

We know that we as marketers are going to be able to please some of our customers all of the time, all of our customers some of the time... but never all of our customers all of the time.

We can try to but we have to take the hits when they come. And they will come.

For me, these hits often stopped me in my tracks. I just wasn't thick skinned enough to withstand them.

The difference between myself and the more successful marketers around me is that they withstood them and kept on going.

Mr. Madden, your post has reminded us all of the importance of treating each customer as an individual. It is virtually impossible to do as the number of customers grows exponentially. This impossibility does not, however, excuse us from its importance.

Mr. Fortin, your explanation of what your wife was going through at the time of this miscommunication reminds us of the importance our lives/health/relationships have over our ventures. When life interferes (as it does), sure our ventures may suffer... but it is what has to happen to focus on what is really important. You focused on the right things.

I agree with the "no good guys, no bad guys" post.. but I don't see the need to continue to disagree.

Mr. Madden, now that you know that your email correspondance was during some of the most stressful times of the Fortin's entire lives... perhaps we can cut Sylvia some slack and forgive her for her past mistake and give her a chance to show you who she is when she is able to be her best self.

It is like Randy Pausch said in his last lecture. Give people time to show you their good side. He believed that if we wait long enough, the best in people will come forth.

I think this report by Sylvia is an example of her best coming forth and I for one support what she is doing here.

I hope that the above conversation will not detract too much from the much needed voice in the wilderness that this report by Sylvia can be to all of us as marketers.

Just my thoughts.

Things I would like to add on as a p.s. to this letter..

PS. Joe, you and I both know that if most of the products you are pimping, uh, marketing were printed and sold in Barnes and Noble, they would be priced the same as hardcover book.

And that most of these products are less than 20 pages long. That is pretty much a leaflet. Pamphlet. Not a book. Certainly not a book that folks would pay $29.99 for. So, really, Joe... get your head off the internet and look around a bookstore once in a while. See those books that have hundreds of pages... are you SURE your products have enough valuable and original content for them to be priced as high as they are?

Just a thought Joe. I am off to the library to get me some of those books for free.

Mindy Kochs last blog post..@Rick_Butts I really enjoyed your "what if I told you the truth" blog post. Fantastically honest and personable. Another great post! (via Twitter)

Rick,

I have unsubbed from 98% of my previous ezines and am down to only a scant handful of marketers that I consider "time worthy" when it comes to reading their blogs/rss feeds.

You are one of the few who made the cut and you made it because you are SO real. Truthfully... what if you told me the truth??

That is the only reason I have been reading up to now. Because I feel like you have been all along.

By the way.. (inside joke to follow) I thought of another one... from a southern cyberghost... "Internets Ah've Haunt" :)

Also, I like the tagline you have going right now.

Mindy Kochs last blog post..@ShannonCole What is this you are selling? i must have missed something... (via Twitter)

Using my RSS feeds in friendfeed has really bumped up my ability to interact with other people in social networking. I had no idea how helpful RSS feeds were to really connecting with other people and letting them know who about me and who I am.

RSS feeds rock! Your post really helps people who haven't gotten point to see why they should give them a try.

I think I love the most about twitter is that I feel connected to other people even though I am sitting at home in front of my computer trying to make money online in a home business.

I am able to communicate with people who understand things I find fascinating... like the internet, web 2.0, folksonomy, internet marketing, wordpress...

stuff that everyone around me goes "huh" and slips into a "look at her and pretend I care" coma.

Frankly, twitter went from "what the heck" to "how the heck did I live without this?" very quickly.

Do you also have Jiglu invites?

Put your link up at http://infoprofitsavvy.com/08/16/mailplane-to-o...

I would love to have a mailplane invite! Thanks a gazillion. Putting link on my site now.

Hey, glad to see your site is fixed!

Just upgraded to the latest WP version and am getting a "function implode" error with this plugin. Got a quick fix idea for me, Andy?

I am trying to read you page of super plugins but can't seem to access it. Getting an error:

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