Comments on: Lets Get Personal http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/25/lets-get-personal/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:28:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Mike http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/25/lets-get-personal/#comment-158 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:01:08 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/25/lets-get-personal/#comment-158 I have heard this discussion before. I think it depends on the site. Travel works well for a casual, chatty approach. I have a job site for Japan and the kind of inquiries I sometimes get, people seem to think it is part of some big company. I have had of people setting up email addresses for "Tom" in accounts and "Sue" in sales even though they didn't exist. I think it pays to be honest in the long run. I have heard this discussion before. I think it depends on the site. Travel works well for a casual, chatty approach.

I have a job site for Japan and the kind of inquiries I sometimes get, people seem to think it is part of some big company.

I have had of people setting up email addresses for “Tom” in accounts and “Sue” in sales even though they didn’t exist. I think it pays to be honest in the long run.

]]> by: DrToast http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/25/lets-get-personal/#comment-155 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:28:52 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/25/lets-get-personal/#comment-155 My feelings toward a site are more influenced by the quality of the website. I'm perfectly fine with a "one (wo)man show" if I'm impressed with the material or product. Just the same, if a website sucks, I'm not going to be impressed if there's an actual company behind it. My feelings toward a site are more influenced by the quality of the website. I’m perfectly fine with a “one (wo)man show” if I’m impressed with the material or product. Just the same, if a website sucks, I’m not going to be impressed if there’s an actual company behind it.

]]> by: Steve http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/25/lets-get-personal/#comment-154 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:31:24 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/09/25/lets-get-personal/#comment-154 Kirsty - I think there is a middle of the road approach here that will work great. Try to sound professional to a certain extent but keep a lot of the personal aspect too. That will make your site unique - your personal style. Some perhaps may get turned off by it, but I think the majority will come back because it is unique and offers a personal take on things. That is what will differentiate it from the thousands of faceless, bland "professional" sites out there. i think that you have a lot more potential to be interesting and "quirky" (although I am not sure that is the right word here but I am having a mental block) when you add in personality to the posts. Given a choice, I want to read something that is a little off color perhaps but which has personality to it than read some boring, over edited, professionally packaged piece that is drained of any life. Kirsty - I think there is a middle of the road approach here that will work great. Try to sound professional to a certain extent but keep a lot of the personal aspect too. That will make your site unique - your personal style. Some perhaps may get turned off by it, but I think the majority will come back because it is unique and offers a personal take on things. That is what will differentiate it from the thousands of faceless, bland “professional” sites out there.

i think that you have a lot more potential to be interesting and “quirky” (although I am not sure that is the right word here but I am having a mental block) when you add in personality to the posts.

Given a choice, I want to read something that is a little off color perhaps but which has personality to it than read some boring, over edited, professionally packaged piece that is drained of any life.

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