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Monday 21 July 2008

Blogging Is Flirting

I often talk about social media using real world human interaction as a metaphor, so this kind of makes sense.
Blogging is just people, flirting is just attention, and no person anywhere dislikes attention. I’m not talking about asking your reader out on a date. I’m talking about rewarding them for engaging with your words - with you. The trick with blogging, of course, is that you’ve got to flirt with everyone at once, the old and the new, without being insincere. No one likes a player…but everyone loves a flirt.
Here's the full post: The Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge Method, Or, Blogging Is Flirting