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Went Hot: November 14, 2007 - 11:13 am
Posted By: AndyBeard 331 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://niche2.com)
Category: Blogging
Do you ever place a financial value to the time you spend on various activities?
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You must have a crystal ball that tell you where to find these gems.
"At $10 an hour. Cost: $50 to $200." ... 10 bucks an hour? You're worth much more than that.
You also can't calculate ROI without looking at the potential return $$$.
"Comment Frequently on Blogs." Do NOT do this just to get a blogger's attention. Comment when you' feel compelled to do so and hopefully when you have something original to add.
"Become a Customer." You can always buy A-Listers a beer.
"Evangelize Them." That will get people's attention but it won't get their respect. These guys get their asses kissed every day. It can work but only if your content compells a-listers to evangelize YOU once you get their attention.
Of course some savvy a-listers market blog posts that talk about them for the trickle down effect and to build an army of loyal followers.
Halfdeck, you got a lot of this right, but it is a little more complicated than that.
You missed an important point of cognitive psychology and subliminal suggestion.
I am sure you are aware of this, I have read your blog, maybe you left it out on purpose..:)
One small tin of Kitekat: $1.00
One large net: $8.50
Holding Matt Cutts' cats to ransom in exchange for blog love: Priceless.
baiduyou, that was great...Matt The Cat for ransom..:)
Halfdeck, Dr. Mani writes for his readers, and I am sure many are earning less than $10 per hour, but the message is the same or even more profound if you charge $100 or $500 per hour.
Or maybe the comment you write is to try to extract even more information from the writer, which could result in a priceless gem that solves a key problem.
And attention is sometimes just what you need at first. It's a gateway that leads to deeper relationships. I notice who stumbles, diggs and sphinns my articles. Do it often enough and you become a common face/brand to them.
It's not about ass-kissing, its about pervasiveness + visibility.
Well, Ipersonally care about relationships than Sphinns or popularaty. Some of my relationships are in the open some are behind the seince and time it is blured what it is about and what is the connetion.
I have many ways to communicate with people some are dirrect some are indirect. When I need help these people help me, so I plug them in which may look like I am Evangilizing them, because you may not see a direct acnowledgemnt by them of me and at times they may exibit negativity to me to not to show enterpertation of favortisim towards me by their community.
This is one of the reasons I chose my nick, who, what, and why is Igor The Troll, one has to examine things on a very deap level.
Again, I am not about popularity, but about productivity, an ability to get things done in the face of adversity. It may sound a bit contradictary to social networking, but why do we network in the first place? Is it fame and glory or to get things done?
So a few solid friends in the open or behind the sciens is more value to me than a hoard of yes we love you crowd.
"And attention is sometimes just what you need at first. It's a gateway that leads to deeper relationships."
Good point Maki. I'd expand on that and propose its a combination of two things:
- visibility
- building leverage.
The reason people contact me for SEO work is because they believe I have leverage: something they want that only I can provide. The reason I forward some people to other social media gurus is because I believe they have leverage: they have talent in creating viral content and "influence" to maximize the chance of a submit hitting the front page.
If you have something I want and if you are on my radar, you got my attention.
Halfdeck, nice of you to be a bridge to resources. It is a very good point.
Really, most people can tell the difference between blatant ass-kissing and sincere and honest contributions. Dr Mani is extremely sincere and I'm sure that would show through to any of the A-listers that he wants to 'snag'. Maybe he could have used a better word there :)
This is not something that can be faked, but that doesn't mean that you can't put an effort into getting noticed.
Great discussion - and throws up another idea to expand into a small (or long - what say, Maki?) blog post.
In the MMO-IM (make money online Internet marketing) niche that's been my forte for around a decade now, the distinction would be between making 'First Contact' and then leveraging it into mutually profitable, sustained and long-term joint venture relationships.
I've written a couple of ebooks about JV dealmaking, and studied under the master at JVs, Jay Abraham. My good friend and guide, Paul Myers, has authored the most awesome guide I've ever read about making first contact.
However, neither of these reports are directly relevant to this exciting new social media environment - so guess there's scope for a more targeted write-up. Coming soon :)
Thanks again for the comments/feedback, all.
All success
Dr.Mani