Comments on: Are You Making These Common Marketing Mistakes? http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/ Small Business Marketing, Discover Your Hidden Marketing Assets Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Walt Goshert http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-138 Walt Goshert Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-138 Andrew,<br><br>Not sure I'm shooting for first page of Digg... I'm convinced my clients aren't there. I think it's a trap of blogging. Sometimes we like hearing the sound of our own voice, especially when no one is listening.<br><br>Thanks Eric,<br><br>Yep, every day I fight off being stupid. It really takes a keen focus to market online because there's so much noise.<br><br>AnnMarie,<br><br>Yeah, I still find myself in some of the comments. I tend to be overly optimistic, thinking that I'm just one great post away from cash magically flooding into my bank account.<br><br>Yumm... chocolate!<br><br>Thanks all for your thought!<br><br>Walt<br> Andrew,

Not sure I’m shooting for first page of Digg… I’m convinced my clients aren’t there. I think it’s a trap of blogging. Sometimes we like hearing the sound of our own voice, especially when no one is listening.

Thanks Eric,

Yep, every day I fight off being stupid. It really takes a keen focus to market online because there’s so much noise.

AnnMarie,

Yeah, I still find myself in some of the comments. I tend to be overly optimistic, thinking that I’m just one great post away from cash magically flooding into my bank account.

Yumm… chocolate!

Thanks all for your thought!

Walt

]]> By: AnneMarie http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-137 AnneMarie Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:18:25 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-137 Hey Walt - that was really painful and I am embarrassed to say that I recognise myself in a lot of it.  There will have to be big changes in the way of my thinking!  This is definitely food for thought.  But I need a big bar of chocolate first!<strong></strong> Hey Walt - that was really painful and I am embarrassed to say that I recognise myself in a lot of it.  There will have to be big changes in the way of my thinking!  This is definitely food for thought.  But I need a big bar of chocolate first!

]]> By: Eric http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-136 Eric Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:39:33 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-136 I read this and see that at some point I am guilty of every marketing mistake in the book. These days somebody needs to just drop the book on my head because I am strictly using the field of dreams approach.  Say it and eventually enough like inded crazy people will come. Therefore, I love reading someone like Walt who takes the more thoughtful approach. I read this and see that at some point I am guilty of every marketing mistake in the book.
These days somebody needs to just drop the book on my head because I am strictly using the field of dreams approach.  Say it and eventually enough like inded crazy people will come.
Therefore, I love reading someone like Walt who takes the more thoughtful approach.

]]> By: Andrew http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-135 Andrew Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:03:04 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-135 I forgot to ad -- I'm guilty of most of them.Also -- the formatting gets broken once I have submitted my comment  :-) I forgot to ad — I’m guilty of most of them.Also — the formatting gets broken once I have submitted my comment  :-)

]]> By: Andrew http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-134 Andrew Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:01:03 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/are-you-making-these-common-marketing-mistakes/#comment-134 <strong>“seek applause instead of sales” -- while Claude was speaking of his peers when he said this, it holds true for a lot of Bloggers as well -- I've fell into that trap myself.We shoot for making the first page of Digg... basically writing and speaking to everyone but our Customers (write to our blogging peers), in the hopes of being recognized for our clever posts.But this one is my favorite;</strong><strong>Uncritical acceptance of “gurus”</strong> who are often just recycling old truths.Gotta love that one -- and to think, the Internet did not even exist when he said that.I guess things have not changed that much after all.Great info Walt. “seek applause instead of sales” — while Claude was speaking of his peers when he said this, it holds true for a lot of Bloggers as well — I’ve fell into that trap myself.We shoot for making the first page of Digg… basically writing and speaking to everyone but our Customers (write to our blogging peers), in the hopes of being recognized for our clever posts.But this one is my favorite;Uncritical acceptance of “gurus” who are often just recycling old truths.Gotta love that one — and to think, the Internet did not even exist when he said that.I guess things have not changed that much after all.Great info Walt.

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