For the past three years I have tried to work with Andy Sernovitz. For the past three years it has felt like banging my head against the wall. For those of you that haven’t heard of Andy he is a self proclaimed word of mouth marketing expert and the guy behind the Blog Council. He is also an advocate for disclosure, transparency and open conversations in the blogosphere.
You need to read this to get the back story behind our relationship:
https://www.ted.me/andy-sernovitz/
Come back after you have read it. Seriously.
Today Andy attacked IZEA again. At this point I am kind of used to it, it is like some sort of strange rash that resurfaces every year or so. Once again I reached out to Andy on his blog, hoping to engage in conversation and perhaps constructive collaboration. Once again Andy Sernovitz went against everything he preaches, deleting my comment. An advocate for conversation that consistently deletes comments. How does that work exactly?
Luckily I am familiar with how Andy Sernovitz works so I took a screen shot before he deleted my comment.
Andy I am still here. Any time you want to talk and move the blogosphere forward drop me a line. You know my number.
UPDATE: Chris Brogan weighs in on Sponsored Conversations.
It’s making the whole negative WOM effect in his book take effect against him. Very interesting relationship you two have! 🙂
Oh gosh, if I thought I could taunt you into linking with me I’d start every post with:
“Ted Murphy is fat and ugly and his momma dresses him funny…”
The whole Andy thing? *le yawn* I’m a capitalist and we’re in a recession, shaddup and make a living already…
@Jesse Petersen:
Ummm yeah. Interesting is one way to put it 🙂
Huh. This is good to know. Blogging is so complicated, and while I think it’s okay to delete comments if they contain personal attacks or defamatory remarks, yours was not. Your comment seemed to be open and genuinely invite collaboration.
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I felt like Andy did in 2006-7 about PPP. I was a buyer and would not meet with your sales guy.
Now I say F-ck that. You have taken the high road and, are actually more transparent than most magazines (as it pertains to advertising).
The name, “The Blog Council” sounded silly to me before and until they are big enough to accept your comments, they are on my black list.
Keep preaching ethical discourse in a FREE MARKET ECONOMY WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO EARN A LIVING (jeez) and I got your back, brutha!
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Hey Ted I just watched that video it was very cool and inspiring (marathon one) ANYWAY this is weird cause I
actually thought about you on the way to the mailbox this morning and how great your life seems to be going vs mine own right now. Sometimes we can be our own worse enemy and say and do things in the moment that end up costing us in the long run,this has to to with the topic because I DONT know who this Andy clown is actually but I have crossed paths with similar. Sadly after a little more then a year of blogging I found it difficult to find some REAL people that aren’t self centered Gurus. Pay that dude no mind just like my previous comment back on the Matt Cutts post at the time March 3rd I was very opinionated about PPP,page rank etc now my atttitude has changed and who cares what Google wants I know they aren’t worried about me.Keep up the positive flow it helps negative fools like myself
Peace
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