Day: November 13, 2008

I got an email from Aaron Ansarov the other day, thanking me for the latest Manual and sharing his recent idea for a promo. I was so blown away with it I asked him if I could share it here, and he kindly said that would be fine with him. In fact, he’s posted about it on his own blog, which saves me the effort of retelling his story. Better to get it from him directly.

It’s a brilliant idea…for him and his work. This wouldn’t work for anyone else but him. 

What would work for you?

Call me a curmudgeon, but if you are going to post a link in the comments here, you need to give more than “great post” or “check out my blog” and the link. I know that getting your site/blog linked to by others is a good way to increase its ranking, but it is smarmy to put it out there without fully participating in the conversation wherever you are posting it. 

So, I welcome comments and I am happy to have you put links to your site/blog in your comments, but you really need to comment. Talk about the issue at hand. Participate. Otherwise I will delete it.

Some people claim that everything has already been done. If that’s so, then why didn’t I know about this years ago?

My point? Maybe you think whatever you are thinking of doing isn’t worth doing because it’s obvious, but in reality, it hasn’t been done before. Give it a shot.