Comments on: Why great marketing isn’t about getting noticed (and why it’s good to be irrational)

By: Artist’s Need For Attention | The Brayn

Artist’s Need For Attention | The Brayn — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:52:13 +0000

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By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:18:15 +0000

I wondered if anyone would bite on that last question. Being ignored might feel safer, but it’s not.

Nice to see you here, Wil, thanks for dropping by.

By: Wil Haslup

Wil Haslup — Sat, 01 May 2010 01:55:31 +0000

the beginnings of attention are in action. Too many analyze and anticipate themselves into inaction.

If work isn’t completed it shouldn’t be seen or revealed until it is.

If you’ve got work in a completed state it’s time to get it seen.

In a world with an internet, the tasks that used to require a lot of networking and access can be begun with much simpler technical skills.

To answer your last question, “is no attention worse than negative attention?” YES… because there will always be some negative attention if you have any attention, but there’s so much nonspecific or homogenous and/or manufactured stuff in the world that original work is always NEEDED. Most don’t know it’s needed, but it really is.

By: Stacey Cornelius

Stacey Cornelius — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:24:30 +0000

One step at a time, Sherri. You’ll get there.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:45:54 +0000

The one phrase that kicked me in the gut… you said “Sometimes the desire to avoid that feeling is so strong you become paralyzed and do little or nothing to get your message out.”
Yeah, paralyzed. I’m in that phase right now. I *know* what I need to do.
But seeing it in print in this article is a a wake-up call.

Sh*t or get off the pot.