October 29, 2007
The Ability of Bloggers to Open Up and Show Ones Soul to an Unknown World of Strangers is Mystifying
Do you find yourself opening up and telling others your deepest, most shielded thoughts and feelings through blogging?
I was reading a very personal post last night, when I caught myself drifting back to a past life where I once attended a college that specialized in a particular type of medical training dealing with radiology. While attending this school, I took a few psychology classes. These psychology classes moved me so much I nearly changed my major. Then in the blink of an eye life happened and I ended up changing my entire direction in life. Although it has been over a decade, I am still very interested in psychology. As I look back I even wrote my high school thesis on hypnosis. So psychology in one way or another has been an interest for a very long time. But we will not go there today. Today we are looking at a form of persuasion through personal blogging.
Jumping to the present. On almost a daily occurrence I come across some very moving physiological writing about our environment that really draws out deep inspirational thoughts. One person’s blog that I read daily writes about his daily life and how he deals with small issues such as washing his car to the most earth shattering events in his life. Sometimes these blogs that I follow motivate with only a sentence or two, others transcribe every thought containing page after page in organized detail how to achieve a particular outcome. What they all have in common is that they blog about really personal information that some of their closest companions may never know. They do this knowing that they are gaining a rapport that is more motivating than any sales page could ever be.
What would someone from Classical Antiquity think of our world if they were to read our blogs?
Is bearing all to see the real secret of social behavior marketing?
Is letting others feel like they can crawl deep into ones mind a new doorway of persuasion?
Is this all old school marketing creeping into the Internet and becoming mainstream since blogging has now become mainstream?
Let me know by going to my Linked in page located at www.Mark-Laymon.com and give me the most inspirational review that you could possibly ever give.
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Comments on The Ability of Bloggers to Open Up and Show Ones Soul to an Unknown World of Strangers is Mystifying »
Alex Diz @ 10:17 am
Blogging has now become mainstream? It is mainstream. A little too mainstream for my taste at times, but blogging can be a therapeutic avenue for some that have a hard time expressing themselves otherwise.
News Archive @ 11:32 am
IMO blogging isn`t mainstream …. yet
Zak Nicola @ 11:56 am
If only my readers would open up.
Lifesperspective @ 1:18 am
I think its due to the anonymity that makes it easier to share one’s secret than to a personal friend. I share my personal experiences in business on my blog but rarely really personal stuff as it is not very relevant
Ed Kohler @ 6:01 pm
At one level, we use the web to share feelings with people who may have common interests. That can be more therapeutic than talking to friends who may not be able to relate.
And, at another level is authenticity. Learning more about people we know through only an avatar makes it easier to do business with them.