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Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero

Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero
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A last thought before bed

Started by Christopher S. Penn · 3 months ago

Another reason new media folks may not like to leave the fishbowl?
When you market outside your community, the rejection rate gets a LOT higher, and the rejections themselves can be a lot more vicious.
If you’re a nice, kind, easy-going person, as many in new media are, ... Continue reading »

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  • that's why people don't like youtube comments... because those are REAL internet users, the baseline, and people don't like to think of it that way.
  • the uneducated and the unsure are the fastest to reject and dismiss...a "new" concept or idea erodes their so-called power base or their area of expertise.

    they've forgotten over time that they built their reputations based on what was likely a new concept or a new way of thinking that THEY brought to the table.

    it's like joining a private club...one is all gung ho about joining, thrilled about being accepted for membership and then vehement in his acceptance of new members...the ever evolving "I got mine" philosophy.

    how quickly we forget.

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