"We Love clarkjbrooks.blogspot.com!"Love? Me (well, my blog; same thing)? Heck yes I'm gonna open THAT up! This is what I found inside (madlibbed so as to hide identities of companies and individuals):
Dear Clark Brooks,Aw, that ain't love! Paid advertsing content on my site? Sounds like a Blogfomercial. And interesting? Why on earth would I want to start serving that up? Slippery slope at best, unnecessarily raised expectations at worst.
My name is (a person) from (a company). We have a client who would like to pay you for the opportunity to post some of their content on your website. All of the content is professionally produced and you can select from pieces relevant to your audience.
The result is you get some free, interesting content for your readers while getting paid.
In return our client is asking for one link that they specify at the bottom of the content (no porn or gambling). Feel free to contact me with any concerns or clarifications you may have.
If you would like to see some examples of our content, please email me at (a name)@(a domain) so we can begin.
Sincerely,
(a person), (a title) - (a company)
So that made me wonder where I can find the real love and like I would with any other pursuit, I turned to the internet. Specifically, the various sites, social or otherwise, where, like at "Cheers", everybody (well, somebody) knows my name.
"Carl! err, Chuck...or Clark. Whatever." |
FACEBOOK - The current counter says I have 535 "friends". There's been lots of talk about sites like Facebook have devalued the word "friend", considering that most people who are "friends" on Facebook never meet or even communicate directly with one another. Obviously, I can't name all 535 of my Facebook "friends" and will probably never meet many of them. I will say that I've met quite a few of those people in person or at least corresponded with them. You know what really devalued the word "friends"? The show "Friends", that's what.
Jesus, seriously? |
"Because my robe has a sash, that's why I'm in charge" |
Has anybody seen my friends? Hello? |
IMDB.COM - I'm not sure I flog this enough; I am EXTREMELY proud to be listed on The Internet Movie Database, along with (insert name of any and every movie star, director or producer ever) as a result of my work on "Ten at the Top in Tampa Bay" and I should devote huge chunks of my day, every day, to telling people about it. When I get old, that's exactly what I'm going to do.
"That's right, kids. Your ol' granddad helped make a movie about ladies in the government!" |
At long last, LOVE! |
2 comments:
I express my love in different ways. I have no influence on anyone. Muffins and cancer hatred. It's what we have in common. The grounds for a perfect relationship, me thinks.
Your message resonates in a painful way. You have taught me that I am totally unloved, unwanted, trash really.
So far as I know, I have zero face book friends, since I don't use it. Same with twitter, myspace, and the others. The way I see it, there is point in creating a face book account if you have no face book friends. I may be a tad confused, but who isn't, right?
I love learning!
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