{"id":6729,"date":"2009-01-29T12:13:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T19:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6729"},"modified":"2009-01-29T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T19:13:40","slug":"social-media-marketing-as-the-whores-of-babble-on-take-over-im-re-enrolling-at-the-old-skool-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6729\/social-media-marketing-as-the-whores-of-babble-on-take-over-im-re-enrolling-at-the-old-skool-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media marketing: As the Whores of Babble On take over, I’m re-enrolling at the Old Skool House"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve changed my mind about this<\/a>. I mean, I don’t hate twitter, but I do hate what twitter has become.<\/p>\n

See, I have this thing about advertising. I think it’s safe to say that my online reading, my television viewing and my radio listening, are driven in large part by the absence of advertising. Funny, because I love advertising and a good ad is a work of art. But here’s the thing, how often do you see a good ad?<\/p>\n

If you follow me on twitter you know that one of my favorite television channels is TCM- Turner Classic Movies. Yeah, I like movies, and TCM is commercial free. It’s hours and hours of commercial free television, and I love that.<\/p>\n

Pay Per Click would never work with me because I have trained myself not to look at the right column of my online viewing. The ads you put on your blogs? Couldn’t tell you what they are- I refuse to look at them- it’s just a lot of visual noise. Slam too many ads up there, and I’m no longer a reader. Am I alone?<\/p>\n

We love social media, but we are getting it all wrong. Social media- a way to connect with a mass of people- has become a giant cesspool of vendorsluts and their ads. There is a huge difference between you and I connecting, and you and I selling and buying. If I buy a magazine off the news stand, I know I’m paying for advertising, but I’m also not trying to create a relationship with the publisher. However, if I stop by your blog, or follow you on twitter, or friend you up on facebook, I, being the nice warm person I am, really would like to get to know you better. I naively make that assumption about you as well. So when you start pimping your blog on twitter, or advertising products, that puts me on guard that you might be more interested in selling something. Is it just me who thinks like this?<\/p>\n

Putting ads all over the place? Fine. You don’t have to defend yourself to me. Pimping Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve changed my mind about this. I mean, I don’t hate twitter, but I do hate what twitter has become. See, I have this thing about advertising. I think it’s safe to say that my online reading, my television viewing and my radio listening, are driven in large part by the absence of advertising. 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