27 reasons why (some) list blog posts are evil

1 – those who read a lot of blogs know that you’re just having a cheap shot at attracting attention

2 – half the list is often useless

3 – the other half deserves more attention – why don’t you do a proper post on each one?

4 – there aren’t 27 reasons and even if there were, I’m not going to bore you with them

5 – you get the picture

6 – …

Yes I’m sick of meaningless list posts.  On the other hand, I like everyone else love a useful list post:)

What are your thoughts?

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The seven things you need to know today…

Look I appreciate the effort, but guys you can’t possibly hope to tell me the seven things I need to know this week.

By trying you’re just taking liberties – how about – seven things your network is reading voraciously at the moment?

Inept marketing just annoys people

One of the most annoying of the hundreds of emails I get each day is the one from a lawyer or patent attorney attaching their schedule of charges and introducing their ‘amazing services’.

Give me a break guys.

That’s like knocking on people’s doors, handing them a price list and walking away.

Hardly endearing, and just makes me want to shift delete.

Try adding value, try doing something useful.  You may be surprised…

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