Comments on: When Not to Sell Me Something

By: Listen. Learn. Provide Value. Engage. :: Ribeezie Media

Listen. Learn. Provide Value. Engage. :: Ribeezie Media — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:21:57 +0000

[...] to “push-market” your service/product, you have another thing coming. Chris Brogan has a great analogy about that [...]

By: Email Lists: One Step at a Time | Waxing UnLyrical

Email Lists: One Step at a Time | Waxing UnLyrical — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:17:59 +0000

[...] Or, as Chris Brogan put it, “I’m reaching out to shake your hand and you’re trying to put your to… [...]

By: Why Do You Get Dropped? « Caffeinated Marketing

Why Do You Get Dropped? « Caffeinated Marketing — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:37:29 +0000

[...] shoving your product down your throat is. (There is a better analogy of this by Chris Brogan – here…and I love saying it to people just to see the look on their face! Yea, it’s that [...]

By: Social Media is No Place for Robot Behavior | Wyrdpress

Social Media is No Place for Robot Behavior | Wyrdpress — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:13:09 +0000

[...] service are you doing me by direct messaging me sending me your links? It goes back to my “putting your tongue in my mouth” [...]

By: Media Meritocracy | PABA Media

Media Meritocracy | PABA Media — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:02:53 +0000

[...] What is going to matter now is the quality of your content, are you adding value? Have you given a potential viewer/reader a reason to stick around? Or are you trying to stuff your marketing message down their throat (or your tongue as Chris Brogan put it in his amusing analogy)? [...]

By: LoneWolf

LoneWolf — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:50:20 +0000

I have to agree that the high pressure sales approach is offensive. Make the introduction and then let me come looking for what you can offer.

And I think that an RSS feed or e-mail subscription to a blog is a much different animal than following on Twitter or Facebook — you signed up for the feed knowing that the blog was promoting something so you’ve got to expect some selling there.

By: Social Media is No Place for Robot Behavior | chrisbrogan.com

Social Media is No Place for Robot Behavior | chrisbrogan.com — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:46:42 +0000

[...] service are you doing me by direct messaging me sending me your links? It goes back to my “putting your tongue in my mouth” [...]

By: I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds « im.seeking.balance

I [heart] Fridays: Fun Finds « im.seeking.balance — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:05:09 +0000

[...] Quote of the week “I’m reaching out to shake your hand and you’re trying to put your tongue in my mouth.” From Chris Brogan’s When Not To Sell Me Something. [...]

By: iCetera » Blog Archive » When Not to Sell Me Something | chrisbrogan.com

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:29:27 +0000

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By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:20:20 +0000

As a result of struggling with this post for a week now, I have removed the link from my autoDM on twitter and disabled my pop-up newsletter prompt.

Bottom line: The imagery of making out with you was just too unsettling.

I hope there is an effective way to achieve the same results because I don’t want to have to pick between the imagery and the money. Sort of seems like I lose either way.