DISQUS

Disclose. Simple.
People who think you are influenced by a free Big Mac or even a free Ford Fiesta aren't people who are your base anyway. And if you are a blogger that sells out for a free box of ______, then you aren't going to be around long because nobody wants to read the opinion of a total sellout, even if you giveaway a free box of crackerjacks.
I am not completely objective since you are one of my favorite people so let me DISCLOSE that right here. Let me also say that I give Ted Murphy snaps for taking what looks like a party pic with you, so I like the guy already. Let me also disclose that I am looking forward to seeing you in Chicago for SOBCon09.

sorry to be a stalker about this post but i have just gotten so many horrid 'dear mommy blogger' posts lately that this post fired me up. i think the only thing missing from your post is this....don't be an jerk. if the offer does not motivate you, the pitchER, then why would it motivate the pitchEE?
i was a media planner for years, i always told my media buyers/planners who worked for me this about making media recommendations, telling clients how to spend their ad dollars:
if you would not write a check for the online/tv/radio/print campaign out of your own personal checking account, don't tell the client to write the check out of his/her checking acct.
marketing campaigns are not 100% science but common sense is often ignored by the pr/agency people. common sense and thinking of the other person is the bottom line.

thanks for the advice! your post has convinced me to:
1)buy the shoe thingys as i see them every winter and i don't buy them. i have a huge lab and walking him in any weather is a challenge, lol.
2)seriously consider a virtual assistant.
great post and nice to 'meet' you!

when i get negative comments, #1 and #2 work extremely well for me. i find that the real jerks always hang themselves in the end, make themselves look stupid. the people who simply disagree with me or make a negative comment often become fans, i've found, if you just let them air their pov. but i don't have a political blog and my blog is called whitetrashmom, so the people that find me aren't always the most serious. go figure.

chris, it's starting to seriously creep me out how when i am thinking about a subject, i go to your blog and you have posted about the subject. it's a wt-boston-vulcan mind meld. i got an agency pitch today that said, i kid you not, HI MOMMY BLOGGER. then they told me how lucky i saw to get the opportunity to pimp their lip gloss. it's just so bad all i can do is laugh. i met susan getgood last summer and have been cyber stalking her ever since, she's wicked smart.
i get to meet liz strauss in real life next weekend and i am so pumped. i hope she doesn't run from me.

Synergy. It's the all time primo-groovy word that we always called when we (my ad agency peeps and myself) ALWAYS used when we played corporate word bingo in the 90s. Synergy is (and was) the ultimate kiss-ass know it all ad hipster's word that screams I KNOW NOTHING! The people that are saying they know it all....they are collectively....one big mess of SYNERGY. There is a point there. I hope you can find it.

Rock on Jessica! Love this post, just wrote about it!

It is seriously scary how I many times I have a question about a topic, such as "How to Start Speaking at Events", and then you write a post about the topic. I think you are doing a vulcan trick, via cyberspace. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you rock.

One of my favorite clients, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, used to say:
If the marketing makes customers buy stuff from my store, then keep doing it. If it doesn't, quit doing it.
He especially loved to say this when the media planners would come in with stacks of stats and research telling the board why the marketing was a great idea...even though it didn't create results long term.
One of the reasons I love your blog is because it's based on using COMMON SENSE. I think marketing, social media needs to be looked at from a practical point of view and things usually work out. Maybe that's boring but I've found it's true.

Chris,
Forgive my rant but those who say you damaged your credibility are just trying to stir the pot. The problem is that on your WORST DAY, you have more talent, brains and heart IN YOUR LITTLE TOE---than most of your critics will have in their entire lives.
For God's sake, how many big shot media gurus would promote a book with White Trash Mom in the title? Okay, you and Guy Kawasaki.
Note to the asshats who are giving Brogan"the business" about K-Mart: Chris Brogan is one of the good guys. Instead of spending time tearing him down, why don't you worry about your blog, your work. Perhaps in 50 years you can be as good and as cool as Chris.

I love Alltop. If I weren't already married, I would marry it. Great post. I learn something new every time I read your blog.

Hi Kathryn! Nice to meet you and I ditto the others in saying you will learn from the best. And one of the nicest. Welcome.

Besides my girls mom think things like this are funny.
http://www.whitetrashmom.com/2008/10/tampons-of...

<abbr>The latest from Michelle Lamar... Tampons of Terror: Tampon Bat</abbr>

Ok-I saw my first R rated movie at age 7. My older brother and sister took me to see R rated movie instead of The Aristocats. I'm fine. If you consider a woman who calls herself WT Mom fine. Which I think you might.

<abbr>The latest from Michelle Lamar... Tampons of Terror: Tampon Bat</abbr>

How often do I promote others? NOT ENOUGH! Good post (naturally, coming from you) and good reminder. Rockstar.

This is totally awesome. Love it and you. You rule.

The latest from Michelle Lamar...Not in the Mood for Teen Humor...

This list is awesome and my feed url was messed up when you did this in early July. Here is my feed url, if it's not too late. Thanks a million for doing this and can't wait until book comes out. Thanks.
Michelle
http://www.emergingcustomer.com/atom.xml

What the picture DOES NOT say is that you cool bloggers forced me to tied myself up, in order to be in the cool group. A form of hazing, actually. I deny everything. Except for the fact that you are AWESOME and I wish we were having drinks right now with Donna:(
Keep in touch---miss you already!

I SOOOO needed to hear this today. Thanks Rockstar.

That totally sucks. Those judges probably get some kind of "power" fix----my daughter used to show horses and there was a lot of that kind of "judging" in her competitions. On another note, I can't believe you own a PUG and you're Irish! We're a pug loving, Irish band of geeks in my house.

I found the new site by accident this AM trying to email a client the article on Mike Rowe from the print edition. WOW. It's a social media geek's dream.

You forget more in a day than I know. That is simply the truth. GREAT post and I am going to link to it, email it. Thanks for laying out information in a very snackable form.

Dude...how is it that you always seem to WRITE about the very TOPICS that I am thinking about, pondering, obsessing over? How can this be? Vulcan mind meld? Can you read keyboards? It's spooky. You always know and you say it much better than me. Damn you.

You say it so much better than I could. Really great post. Awesome that you put it all in one concise post. Thanks.

Great post, great point. You said what I've been thinking for a long time. You just said it way better than I ever could have.