I’m the worst person in the world
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I’m the worst person in the world.
OK, maybe I should qualify that before you think I’ve either murdered someone or have forgotten my mother’s birthday or I’m just having another one of my affiliate income-related downers. I mean, I’m the worst person in the world to try selling something to online.
Realising this has caused another huge revelation to, erm, reveal itself to me. As an affiliate I’ve been trying to market to myself. And that’s as dumb as rubber nails.
I’m cynical. I’m educated. I’ve got more years of internet experience than most people think it’s possible to have. I’m wise to affiliate marketing and to the spammy tactics of some of its dodgier disciples. I can use price comparison sites. I’ve bought all manner of stuff online and I’ll most likely go straight back to the retailers I’ve used before. In short, don’t bother trying to sell me stuff online.
In many internet businesses, producing what you yourself want can be a very successful strategy. It’s called scratching your itch. You want a better search engine so you go and build Google. You want to keep up with your Uni mates, you build Facebook.
But for me trying to sell things to myself is pointless. I’m not going to buy. So instead I sit in front of the computer all day dismissing all my ideas as naive or stupid or “been done before”.
Well, maybe Monty, not everyone in the world has been round the HTML block(quote) as many times as you. Maybe what you think is jaded is fresh and shiny to them. You may think that Myspace is Geocities with more Emo kids but to them its hip (or whatever young people say these days). Maybe you need to round up some net neophytes and see what happens when they surf the web.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about hoodwinking naive newbies with old hat spamming and deception. What I’m saying is that I need to be more openminded about what may work with the wider population outside of Geek Towers where I reside. I’m scientifically minded and I should experiment and discover what works. You never know I might surprise myself.
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