Comments on: Killing Your Image – Internet Style https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html a freelance writing resource. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jodi Kaplan https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8956 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:21:23 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8956 Ha, Paula, I love that! I'm going to shamelessly steal it too.

If I had "friends" who did nothing but try to sell me stuff I'd unfriend them in a NY minute.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8955 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:11:51 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8955 Jessica, I don't mind it if it's occasional and a cause I believe in, but I agree – if it's a constant barrage of "Buy this from me" I'm completely turned off. I have a few Facebook friends who are always trying to sell overpriced garbage that I don't need or want.

]]> By: Jessica Mason https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8954 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:49:23 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8954 Ugh. Yeah, annoying the hell out of people has to be the worst marketing tactic ever.

My promotional pet peeve at the moment is friends on Facebook (or in real life!) who all of the sudden start shilling for something constantly. It really makes me feel used when someone I thought I had a personal relationship with now just seems to want to sell me something. There's really a fine line between making the most of your network and abusing your relationships with people.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8953 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:01:36 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8953 Ryshia, so true. You do remember in a bad way, don't you?

Cathy, I think I like Google+ for the same reason – selective streams.

Paula, I LOVE that quote! I agree -the warranties are like little bets between you and the company that their product won't fail. Just build a better product! My sister's wrangling with TMobile. They sold her insurance on three cell phones. The deductible for each phone – $165. What's the point of insurance exactly?

Amazing how often some tweeters get it wrong, eh Anne? I'm constantly amazed at the "gurus" who inundate my Tweet Deck with a million of the same message.

]]> By: Anne Wayman https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8952 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:15:17 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8952 oh Paula, great story about your dad… and I'm going to use his line, probably without credit, next time someone asks me to buy an extended anything.

And now I'm into two comments in a row… oh well! 😉

]]> By: Anne Wayman https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8951 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:13:26 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8951 Amen… I quickly unsubscribe when someone does a whole line of tweets etc… that's just stupid in my not very humble opinion on the subject.

the biggest mistake is any kind of over promising.

]]> By: Paua https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8950 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:25:23 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8950 The constant stream of self promos is off-putting at best. It's the digital version of the hard sell, which is something that immediately turns me off. It smacks of desperation.

My dad was a graphic designer who worked in advertising for a good chunk of his life before going all cartoony on us, and he used to say, "Anyone who has to work that hard at selling something doesn't have anything worth buying."

Yeah, this is the same guy who, when asked if he'd like to purchase an extended warranty on a product, deadpanned, "So you're saying you don't have confidence in what you're selling?" Obviously, the sales people can't admit that extended warranties are just a way to earn extra revenue without (usually) earning it. But they couldn't say they didn't have confidence in the quality of the item they just sold you, either. Dad loved watching them squirm. (Yes, I still ask sales people the same question.)

]]> By: Cathy Miller https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8949 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:51:17 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8949 The barrage of messages (as you mentioned) is what drives me nuts. It's what makes Facebook so annoying and why there are possibilities with Google+ where you can get selective about your message streams.

I was keeping FB primarily for family & friends. Then I signed up for a blogging comment tribe, which has mostly been positive, but now so many have spilled into my personal side, I need a shovel to find my family & friends' updates.

]]> By: Ryshia Kennie https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html#comment-8948 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:14:27 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/07/killing-your-image-internet-style.html/#comment-8948 At an author/reader online party – a good chance as an author to interact with readers – instead, many authors were posting comments that basically amounted to repeated "buy my book" pleas. Inundated with ads – I'll remember all right, rather like the telemarketer whose product I will never buy.

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