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Re: Why do all successful people have to be assholes?

Ng — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:07:44 -0000

How are we defining asshole? Because even though he does good things, Bill Gates is notorious fbor being an asshole to work with

Re: Why do all successful people have to be assholes?

Tom Alan48 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:31:09 -0000

There are two types of successful people. The first type are people are those who are extremely talented at something. They will be successful regardless of anything. The second type are people who are not particulary good at anything but are determined to accumulate wealth. I don't know that you have to be an asshole but I do think that these people have three things in common

First, money is almost always the most important thing in the world to them.

Second, they tend to be "glad handers" and cameleons; that is, they'll shape their personalities to whatever it takes for them to be socially accepted.

Third, while not necessarily criminal in the legal sense, they tend to look out for number one; an example would be a doctor giving self dealing advice. They tend to lack ethics.

If the above three things describe you, are you an asshole??? You decide

Re: Why I thought Heath Ledger wasn’t really dead: viral marketing theories and epiphanies

Jacob Sloan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:21:19 -0000

I think I saw that same wallpaper, and I agree Ledger was phenomenal in The Dark Knight. The Joker that he created was original while also true to the character.

It is sad we won't ever get to see him do it again.

Re: Why I thought Heath Ledger wasn’t really dead: viral marketing theories and epiphanies

John — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:55:56 -0000

I remember a wallpaper doing the rounds with a Joker that looked like a demented version of Jack Nicholson's Joker from Tim Burton's 1989 Batman. That wallpaper really piqued my interest in the movie. It was a fake, however, but Ledger's joker was by far the best I've seen on film yet, even more demented than the one in the wallpaper.

Without Ledger, this movie would've been nothing. Terribly sad that he died so early...

Re: How to Game YouTube and Go Viral

Video Marketing — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:29:46 -0000

The thumbnail trick is an effective method to get tons of views in a small period of time!

Re: Syncing Social Updates: Using Twitter with Facebook and Pownce Syncing

Jacob — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:02:33 -0000

@JDS:

Well, considering that Pownce is now down and out, there are several apps on Facebook that sync your twitter stream to your profile in different ways. Twittersync is still working off and on, even though it is slow, but a better app for syncing your status on Facebook with Twitter is the official Twitter app as long as you don't mind it not having a filter for your tweets.

You can find the official Twitter app here.

Re: Syncing Social Updates: Using Twitter with Facebook and Pownce Syncing

JDS — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:29:32 -0000

twittersync doesn't appear to work anymore or allow new users, found another way to do the same?

Re: Why I Love Twitter and Became ProBlogger/YouTube Famous

Jacob — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:04:53 -0000

@Walt Ribeiro:

Thanks, Walt. Twitter really is a great way to get attention. I've enjoyed being able to share and discuss my posts with others on Twitter.

Re: The first text Rick Roll?

Walt Ribeiro — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:56:10 -0000

HAHA nothing is better than simply making your own comic strip. Cool youtube videos :) This post made me laugh pretty hard

Re: Why I Love Twitter and Became ProBlogger/YouTube Famous

Walt Ribeiro — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:54:50 -0000

I love Twitter. I wish I had responded to Darren's tweet. He's a cool guy. Twitter has completely changed my social circle. In addition it has brought a bunch of attention to my music blog. Congrats on being in the video!

Re: How to Game YouTube and Go Viral

Gaming YouTube — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:42:53 -0000

"Wild west days" indeed!

Re: Why I Love Twitter and Became ProBlogger/YouTube Famous

Jacob — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:24:02 -0000

@Brian Moreau:

Well, you should give it another try, Brian. Twitter is one of those services that you don't really utilize or understand until your immerse yourself in it. The more people you follow, the more diverse your tweets and the more you engage other users, the more value Twitter actually has.

Call it my "Field of Dreams" theory, but when you tweet like there are people there to listen, they come to you. I think Twitter might be one of the fastest ways to grow and expand your network. Rather than thinking of it as updating your status, treat it like static IM shouts, and I think you might see it differently.

Re: Why I Love Twitter and Became ProBlogger/YouTube Famous

Brian Moreau — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:41:42 -0000

I had to stop the video through annoyance and boredom quicker than I became bored of twitter itself!

Re: Help A Reporter Out!

bridgette Mongeon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:58:19 -0000

I LOVE HARO!
I read your article on (HARO) Help A Reporter Out. I created a video on the subject and I thought I would send it. Here is a blip.tv rendition http://www.creativeendeavor... or a You Tube version http://www.youtube.com/watc... that you can share with your readers and even embed in your blog. Each give you code to do just that.

GO HARO!

Bridgette Mongeon

Re: It’s No Dark Night for The Dark Knight

Jacob — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:54:11 -0000

@patrick:

Definitely. I am looking forward to the next movie. Heard a rumor that the next villain will be The Riddler.

Re: It’s No Dark Night for The Dark Knight

patrick — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:22:53 -0000

kudos to the makers Dark Knight for their record breaking opening weekend... it's no wonder there's talk of another one coming out ASAP

Re: “Dear Sister”: The Anatomy of an Internet Meme

Chris Clarke — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:39:53 -0000

So. Much. Fun.

I hadn't seen any of these, except for that scene from the O.C. and had no idea it turned into a meme!

Thanks for putting this together!

Re: Help A Reporter Out!

Anita Campbell — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:15:58 -0000

Thanks for pointing this out. I had vaguely heard about Help a Reporter Out, but never in this kind of detail. Delicious'd it.

Anita

Re: Help A Reporter Out!

Sally Whittle — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:34:49 -0000

Hi there Jacob, I noticed you've signed up to the Twitter feed for Getting Ink Requests - thanks and welcome!

I think you make a really crucial point about services like Getting Ink Requests and Help a Reporter (we do the same sort of thing as Peter, but in Europe) - it only works if people respond where they can help AS WELL as when it benefits their client.

Often, I stress to people that while they may not see an immediate return for spending time talking to a reporter about how they bought their house, or found their husband - the return comes months down the line when a reporter is looking to cover a specific industry and remembers "hey, that person really helped me out a while ago" and is that much more inclined to read/respond to the pitch.

This is a new blog for me, I look forward to following you in future.

Thanks

Sally

Re: I am a slave to my Google Reader–efficiency is simple ignorance

jacob — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:54:45 -0000

@Steven

I definitely use "Mark as Read," but I still just like to skim too many of them. My worth as a blogger is always measured by how many I leave unread at the end of the night.

@Connie

Thus far, I haven't been able to kick the feed reader. I like being able to collect all the blogs I read in one location--a searchable location too. Perhaps someday I can replace it with just reading blogs online or using Twitter to stay up-to-date. One can dream...

For now, my worth will have to be measured by how many "unreads" I have at the end of the day. :)

Re: I am a slave to my Google Reader–efficiency is simple ignorance

Connie Reece — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:03:00 -0000

Just blogged about this very thing tonight -- breaking my RSS addiction. I've given up worrying that I might miss something important, because I'm bound to anyway. I'm using other means of discovering/reading blogs. And I changed from Google Reader to Netvibes. So far I really like it.

Re: I am a slave to my Google Reader–efficiency is simple ignorance

Steven — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:57:40 -0000

Lol. Flipped over to google reader at work today and 350 unread. Of course I have weather.com which puts out 7 everytime it updates. Typically though I have about 20 I follow and 5 of them make up 90% of the posts. When I get behind though the best tool of google reader is the "Mark all as read" button at the top of the page. I can always tell how productive I was at work that day by how many are left unread when I check google reader after rush hour traffic.

Re: Is Community Management the future of marketing?

Jeremiah Owyang — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:46:06 -0000

Great post

I've written quite a bit about community sites, so please check this out

http://www.web-strategist.c...

Re: Understand what public relations can do for you

Brian Solis — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:48:33 -0000

Thanks for calling it out Jacob! I appreciate it...

Re: Monitoring the Web: Where in the Google are you?

HELLO, my name is Scott — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:55:56 -0000

Totally! Great post. If you don't exist on Google, you don't exist!

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