The root of all evil is shameless self-promotion. It’s even worse when you get tons of other bloggers in on the act.
The root of all evil, John Chow is giving away a Nintendo Wii. To enter, all you have to do is write a blog post about it. He suckered a sponsor, 1234Pens.com, to help him linkbait his contest. They make promotional pens.
If you were as forthcoming and aggressive with what you had to sell, you’d probably sell more, right? Get out there and sell your ideas, your writing, your paintings, what have you.
John’s going to get a TON of links into his blog and a lot of PR, all because he was shameless. And I’ll be honest, all I really want out of this is a Nintendo Wii. So yes, I am just as shameless as he. I feel dirty.
To make myself feel better, I’ll also link to the blog I found out about this from, Freelance Writing Jobs.
