tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11756368.post997482934794109338..comments2023-07-23T06:10:25.927-05:00Comments on Writes in His Sleep: Wanted: Tribe - No SpamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473774179937702258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11756368.post-91999949610962794602013-02-21T13:40:49.779-05:002013-02-21T13:40:49.779-05:00This is, and has been true for some time now. What...This is, and has been true for some time now. What writers are experiencing in terms of marketing strategies that aren't working, is the same thing most people have been experiencing since the moment you couldn't talk to a real person when calling any business any longer. Technology is a great thing, but it's a dish most serve cold and inhuman.<br /><br />Taken in conjunction with the fact that most of our lives seem to have become cluttered with the sort of constant activity that won't allow some people to even spend time with their family--a myth that many seem to busy their lives up with BTW--and you have a society that has nearly been segragated by the propaganda spread by media, and the ethics of corporate thinking.<br /><br />In short, everyone is hungry for a little old-fashioned human kindness. To be connected to more than a machine. And incidently, that's exactly why so many ARE connecting through technology. The average person who is looking for either a community to join, or a book to read, doesn't know marketing. They can, however, sense a hard sell, or a lack of effort. More importantly, they won't feel a real attraction without the human factor.<br /><br />I think it's okay to talk about your work. So long as you are willing to allow that conversation to be a two-way street. Other writers are seeking helpful tid-bits of information. And costomers are looking for commonality, or answers to their questions that come across with a note of being more personal that the three sylables, or less, reply they might expect from an ebay seller.<br /><br />And yeah, as stupid as it may sound, some people really do want to know what you had for breakfast. And as sorry as that seems, isn't it really just a cry to understand you're human and have a life just like they do? Why? Because the general consensus of what they hear elswhere is that not one has time to live, or that they should be afraid to. All based on on what? Because the media exacerbates a world filled with dread. And the best marketing plot--in fact, the best escape you can give them as a writer--is to show the world still exists, that human kindness hasn't been put to sleep, and that we all create our own lives minute by minute.<br /><br />Isn't that what good fiction is supposed to do, help people escape their daily problems? Isn't that what every good marketing strategy promises in some way? Relief, and release, from that wich people really shouldn't be dwelling on in the first place.<br /><br />And if given a choice between heartless and heartfelt, which tribe do you suppose people will want to flock to? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463669296581326326noreply@blogger.com