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Everything Is Show Business
Look. Don’t get fooled. A LOT of what you see on the Internets is “show business”. Loren Feldman is the best example. The guy is an entertainer who’s doing a “show”. It’s to entertain you and get attention. Ratings/traffic.
Mylee Cyrus and those “racy photos”… same thing. Paula Abdul reading scripts on American Idol… same thing. It’s all about ratings and if you think that this stuff isn’t planned out, you’re fooling yourself. It’s show business. Did you know that American Idol show producers get people to make up the signs people hold up before the show and hand them out to the crowd? Politics? Show business too. I encourage you to go watch a movie called Bob Roberts, especially since this is an election year.
Anyway, I’m simply trying to point out that if you want attention, fast, and a lot of it, you need to start thinking like you’re in show business. Me? I try to entertain, but I’m not going to sell myself out and be fake just for “ratings”. It works though, just look at 1938media.
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thank you. cool post
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I take that means we don't need to worry about you going the racy photos direction? :)
You make a good point! : ]
You're absolutely right, Jim. It's all about strategy and foresight!
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"Marky Zarc" -
What happened to your blog? I was waiting for the post where you had the cojones to reveal yourself.
Is it gone? Darn.
At least we'll have the screen captures and videos to remember it by.
I'm going to give you a call, Sam. I think I just figured out who it was.
Ironically, somebody who you did a favor for when you were with ReveNews, when he asked you to edit a post to remove his company name.
Wow, can't believe he was doing that on company time. Spoof blogs that border on libel are one thing if you're doing them out of your house on your own bandwidth, but that looked to be at his place of employment.
This was exactly what I needed to hear right now. The day has been going nowhere after a bad phone call with a business partner this morning and I've been in a rut trying to figure out what is missing from our publishing plans. This just gave me a different way to look at things. Thanks!
I'm glad that I was able to help Mike.