Comments on: No Shame in Shameless Self-Promotion http://wakeupfamous.com/2009/06/07/shameless-self-promotio/ Real fame comes from within. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:06:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nicole Seiffert http://wakeupfamous.com/2009/06/07/shameless-self-promotio/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Nicole Seiffert Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:48:45 +0000 http://wakeupfamous.com/?p=67#comment-11 Thanks for your thoughts (and plugs)! If you build a better mousetrap, the world will <i>not</i> beat a path to your door. However, if you: (a) build it; (b) tell people about it; (c) pave the path to your door; and (d) hand out road maps; then people (with rodent troubles) <i>might</i> show up to buy one or two. Thanks for your thoughts (and plugs)!

If you build a better mousetrap, the world will not beat a path to your door. However, if you: (a) build it; (b) tell people about it; (c) pave the path to your door; and (d) hand out road maps; then people (with rodent troubles) might show up to buy one or two.

]]> By: RM Cotton http://wakeupfamous.com/2009/06/07/shameless-self-promotio/comment-page-1/#comment-10 RM Cotton Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:45:22 +0000 http://wakeupfamous.com/?p=67#comment-10 Thank you for sharing! :) Nicole makes an excellent point. If I ran a bakery, I would have flyers and promos everywhere to keep my cakes selling. Why is it when we are promoting something more within the realm of creativity that we get a little shy on the marketing side? I am just as guilty as the next guy of that shyness, but I also must depend on the sales of my artwork to pay the bills. I find more shame in not paying the bills :) Thank you for including me in the "proud to be shameless" category. I am indeed proud. So if you haven't seen my work - totally check it out and let me know your thoughts (shameless plug). Thank you for sharing! :)

Nicole makes an excellent point. If I ran a bakery, I would have flyers and promos everywhere to keep my cakes selling. Why is it when we are promoting something more within the realm of creativity that we get a little shy on the marketing side? I am just as guilty as the next guy of that shyness, but I also must depend on the sales of my artwork to pay the bills. I find more shame in not paying the bills :)

Thank you for including me in the “proud to be shameless” category. I am indeed proud. So if you haven’t seen my work – totally check it out and let me know your thoughts (shameless plug).

]]> By: Tom Aplomb http://wakeupfamous.com/2009/06/07/shameless-self-promotio/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Tom Aplomb Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:21:51 +0000 http://wakeupfamous.com/?p=67#comment-9 This is a great post. So many people have been brought up with the baggage of believing there is something bad about promoting yourself, with the idea that one must wait quietly for fame to come. The only people who would teach this are those who don't want us to be famous, those who are perhaps jealous or would feel threatened by what we might accomplish, or those whose own self-esteem is so low that they are incapable of promoting themselves in any way. There is no shame in telling other people, through all available means, consistently and relentlessly about what you do. How else are they going to find out? No one is going to do it for you. This is a great post. So many people have been brought up with the baggage of believing there is something bad about promoting yourself, with the idea that one must wait quietly for fame to come. The only people who would teach this are those who don’t want us to be famous, those who are perhaps jealous or would feel threatened by what we might accomplish, or those whose own self-esteem is so low that they are incapable of promoting themselves in any way. There is no shame in telling other people, through all available means, consistently and relentlessly about what you do. How else are they going to find out? No one is going to do it for you.

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