July 6, 2005

blogvertising (cont.)

aaa12345698.jpg
This made my day:

Blog­ver­ti­sing
Hugh Macleod’s blog, gapingvoid.com, teaches blog­ver­ti­sing by exam­ple. You think he’s tal­king expli­citly about blog­ver­ti­sing or maybe making crass com­men­tary on society. Then you rea­lize that you want to buy some Stormhoek wine and a English Cut $3000 tai­lo­red suit. You just got sold to. I’m still not sure how I feel about that. All I do know is that I want a new suit.

Thanks, Tony; this actually made me laugh out loud (for all the right rea­sons).
I’m not always sure how I feel about it, either. “Blog­ver­ti­sing” is still a work in pro­gress, as is any form of com­mer­cial blog­ging enter­prise.
My M.O. is still the same as it has always been, the same as what most blog­gers do with their stuff– throw dif­fe­rent ideas out there, and see which ones stick. Make it up as you go along etc etc.
If you try something and it fails, you’re going to get flak. If you try something and it suc­ceeds, you’re going to get flak. Wel­come to the Human Race etc.
All you can do, of course, is keep thro­wing new stuff out there. And that’s the fun of it.

"Hugh's Daily Cartoon" Newsletter. A new cartoon sent out every weekday morning to your inbox [RSS version here.]. A wee chuckle to start your day off right etc.

8 Responses to “blogvertising (cont.)”

  1. Lab Kat says:

    Just found your site via a friend. Laughed so hard, cof­fee shot out of my nose.
    *applauds wildly*

  2. Thanks Hugh! I’m dig­ging your stuff.

  3. horsesshouldbesoluckytoo says:

    Chec­ked real estate values and demo­graphics at Morro bay.ca /san luis obispo ca and was amazed,yes yes ‚yes white rich folk auc­tio­ned up pri­ces so even the most lowly mobile home is 99 thou.
    What a hoot ‚i think i’ll live in nebraska.
    Oops it’s cold there.Maybe bolivia.

  4. jayvee says:

    it starts to become dan­ge­rous when they hang upon every word that spews from your key­board :)

  5. Rose says:

    I’m living in the middle of that class sen­ti­ment right now. Orlando’s gone crazy with a hou­sing bub­ble. Most apart­ments (which are kinda pri­cey any­way) have tur­ned into con­dos, and pro­perty values even in some “bad parts” of town have sky­roc­ke­ted. The ques­tion my con­fu­sed cohorts and I keep asking is “Where are all the peo­ple who can afford to buy these pla­ces coming from?”

  6. Four-Year-Old Wis­dom

    My four-year-old has finally figu­red out what daddy does all day. So now, he pays close atten­tion to every spot that comes on the air. Two nights ago, the family was watching something — I don’t remem­ber what. Jack­son, though,

  7. Coas­tal Thinking

    I was thin­king. About how peo­ple on the

  8. Bill Seitz says:

    But when will you throw a party at the Metro­po­li­tan Museum of Art?
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/edyson/25874546/in/photostream/