Nice Bloggers Finish Last

Posted by bloggertone under Social Media
From http://bloggertone.com 4882 days ago
Made Hot by: tuckerleroy on June 23, 2011 2:16 pm

Internet marketers can learn a lot from the X Factor. Take Simon Cowell. He’s not a particular nice guy but he’s interesting (and usually right). Louis Walsh is nice but... Also The Apprentice. Sir Alan Sugar looks mean and cuts wannabes down to size. And that’s part of the attraction.

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Written by nialldevitt
4882 days ago

Hi Ivan,

Great message but some people get confused. I think it's important to note that that unless your opinions and/or beliefs and well thought out, and backed up by something substantive - it's easy to spot or easy to get found out. I've seen people do or advise controversy for the sake of! While there might be short-term gain, I remain unconvinced as to it's long-term advantage... If it smells like a rat?

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Written by businessavante
4882 days ago

Hi Ivan.

I would've agreed with you about controversy until some 75 days ago, when it got completely out of hand. People were genuinely offended (rightly so), and the blogger/perpetrator couldn't have cared less. It was all about stirring up a mess he could be the center of. I now eschew controversy-for-the-sake-of-it submissions - I won't vote for them for the obvious reason, or comment on them because that may add attention to something I'd rather went buried.

Consider me wounded by past controversies. (But I would've been all for it before suffering a couple weeks of sleepless nights as a moderator here.)

Duncan

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