Create Controversy For Your Self Published Work
eBook Publisher | 21 February, 2005 12:15
Have you ever noticed what makes news? By that, we mean, what types of events, situations, people, etc. make the news.
It's generally negative things such as murders, terrorist events, people injured or hurt in accidents, crime etc.
However, the second top category of gaining news coverage and recognition is controversy.
Who are the figures that get news? Generally they are controversial. Lately you see this here in the USA with the coverage of Chris Rock being the master of ceremonies for the Oscar Awards presentations. Rock is controversial. Just like Eddy Murray, Red Foxx, John Belushi, Bill Murray, and thousands of other entertainers.
Look in the sports world - Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, now Jose Canseco and dozens of others.
Look in your industry or market and there are bound to be people who say or do things that are controversial, be they unique positive things, such as the programmers who developed Google in the tech world, or be they people who throw bricks with their "top ... worst..." lists, like Mr. Blackwell's list of the 10 worst dressed public women.
Most people aren't controversial. They can't handle it. You have to have no fear, or manage the fear, of being critized, analyzed, poked at, made fun of an myriads of other things that come with gaining attention.
However, these tactics are sure-fire ways of gaining notariety for your ebook, your self published reports, audios, or other self published works.
If you are not willing to be controversial, to take risks, you may be remanded to permanent transparency.
Thats how it looks from here.
EP
It's generally negative things such as murders, terrorist events, people injured or hurt in accidents, crime etc.
However, the second top category of gaining news coverage and recognition is controversy.
Who are the figures that get news? Generally they are controversial. Lately you see this here in the USA with the coverage of Chris Rock being the master of ceremonies for the Oscar Awards presentations. Rock is controversial. Just like Eddy Murray, Red Foxx, John Belushi, Bill Murray, and thousands of other entertainers.
Look in the sports world - Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, now Jose Canseco and dozens of others.
Look in your industry or market and there are bound to be people who say or do things that are controversial, be they unique positive things, such as the programmers who developed Google in the tech world, or be they people who throw bricks with their "top ... worst..." lists, like Mr. Blackwell's list of the 10 worst dressed public women.
Most people aren't controversial. They can't handle it. You have to have no fear, or manage the fear, of being critized, analyzed, poked at, made fun of an myriads of other things that come with gaining attention.
However, these tactics are sure-fire ways of gaining notariety for your ebook, your self published reports, audios, or other self published works.
If you are not willing to be controversial, to take risks, you may be remanded to permanent transparency.
Thats how it looks from here.
EP
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Sexual Predator & Abuse
Bernard Amador | 04/04/2005, 17:24
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