On the other hand, you might have something here. A trial would involve a Judge or panel of Judges, a prosecutor and a defense attorney, plus a jury of the accused’ peers before the spam button could be utilized. Oh it would only be another system that is abused in the end, people would find ways to manipulate it… but it’s still quite the idea when you think about it.

I was talking to someone the other day and I stated that the heart of anything that involved Marketing lies the selling of a product, service or idea. Selling does not necessarily mean that I give you something in exchange for something of equal or greater value. Originally social marketing was the selling of ideas in order to change behaviors for the purpose of improvement. Today it’s much more than that.

To me it seems people are as scared of the term “Self-Promotion” as they are of the word “Judging”. There are people out there who wants both to be a thing that if viewed as bad, but let’s face it… we judge things all the time. We’ll judge one product over another and We’ll judge people too. Just exactly why do people think we pick some people as friends or lovers and others we disregard with out so much as a try out to see how good they can be? We do such things by judging. Now it seems that some out there want to use the “Self-promotion” label as some sort of vile and evil thing as well.

I agree, Rocque, the only way to gain credibility is to get out there and show people what you got to offer and they will judge how you stack up against others and whether the things you offer merit you becoming well regarded. I think a lot of people miss the boat on that simple idea.

Good perspective, Rocque. Thanks for sharing.

The only way you gain credibility is to get out there and let people know you exist. I believe that applies to everything. Social sites are made because people want to be social. Instead of going out to be social (who has the time or money?) many of us sit at home being social on the internet. A common conversation is to share what you are interested in. The exchange of knowledge and where you can find more information is a natural line of conversation.
Some people just have more time to be social than others. Some have more tolerance.

I belive on every social site you have the ability to choose to add a friend or receive their communication. If you do not want to talk to them then say no, but do not label them a spammer. Once shunned enough they will usually moves on to the next site.