Lovely Linky Links
Jan 29 2009
Just had to share the following links…
Pre-Judging Other People – Never A Good Idea – I read this post by Thom Singer back on January 17 and it’s been sitting in my in box because I knew I wanted to link to it. He tells a story about how he was in a vegan restaurant reading Thomas Friedman’s book Flat, Hot, and Crowded and ran into a woman who had heard him speak about networking at the Austin Chamber of Commerce. She had made assumptions about him based on his talk, and he was unaware of the faux pax he was committing wearing a leather jacket at the vegan restaurant. A great and entertaining read…especially if you know Thom.
Who You Are And What You Do – I read this one right after reading Thom’s post I mentioned above and thought how appropriate given that on this post Seth Godin discusses how people form a judgment of you online. If you do certain things, people make judgments based on what they see you do. The key takeaway for me was “If you’re not happy with the perception you generate, change the words you type and the messages you send.”
Love (and Annoying) – Another great one by Seth Godin. I just love the way he writes and how he ties easily understandable concepts to the marketing of products. He starts off his post with “The goal is to create a product that people love. If people love it, they’ll forgive a lot. They’ll talk about it. They’ll promote it. They’ll come back. They’ll be less price sensitive. They’ll bring their friends. They’ll work with you to make it better. If you can’t do that, though, perhaps you can make your service or product less annoying.” Great advice not only for marketing products but also in life!
The Global Hug Tour – I found out about this on twitter. It’s an endeavor by 2 people in a small prop plane, flying around the world, delivering 100,000 hugs and $1,000,000 to important causes. I remember reading somewhere on their site or elsewhere that people need (or should get) at least 7 hugs per day. Now that’s a lot of hugs if you don’t have little kids because I’m sure I beat the little kid hug daily quota often! My kids are just so hug-able. 🙂
For just $10 you too can be a Hug Amassador! This feat is being run by Gail Goodwin and her husband and press will be following them to make sure the money actually goes towards hugs and not a second house! This endeavor particularly resonated with me because I once heard a story about the orphans in Romania who were never touched. The babies were left alone to cry and ocassionally given food but never held and cuddled. The story showed those children when they were older and how difficult it was for them to adapt to society, how they couldn’t relate to others, and how desparately lonely they looked. I can’t imagine someone not wanting to hold and touch a little baby. Us humans are such social creatures that sharing a hug can go a long way. Many of us in the online world know that we can even give virtual hugs by putting someone’s name in brackets so here’s a hug to {{my blog readers}}.
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