I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal

Posted by Chris

November 30, 2007

A couple weeks ago Alan from Burbanked dropped me an email saying he’d like to feature me in the next entry in his “Bloggers of Passion” series. Being a complete narcissist I of course leaped at the opportunity to talk about myself and replied to the series of questions he threw at me.

He’s now posted his profile of me over at his place.

It’s gratifying to me that Alan seems to get what drives me to blog in the first place – that I’m passionate about various topics. He mentions the various outlets I contribute to or publish on daily (or at least regularly) and while some of them are self-published there are a few I had to earn my way onto. Brandweek, for instance. Opportunities I’ve had to write elsewhere or be quoted in various publications are, I suspect, the direct result of the passion I feel for the topics I write about as well as the fact that what I wind up writing makes sense outside of my own mind, which is an important step.

There’s a school of thought when it comes to blogging that we should be open to all points of view and not get too opinionated but I disagree. I think the only way you effect change is by evangelizing what I feel are quality tools for marketers to use and trying to change their thinking if their using the old ones. If someone doesn’t shout about it you’re not going to get their attention.

I think in that regard MMM adds more value to the online world than your typical movie blog. Not that there’s anything wrong with playing it straight and passing along casting news and such sans commentary, but the best blogs I read are the ones where someone is obviously fired up and passionate. That may be a sign of my own self-importance, but I think it’s important to put what studios are doing with their marketing in the context of the marketing profession and current trends.

I’m treading on Alan’s post so I’ll stop now. But I want to thank him publicly for giving me props like this. And if you’re not reading Burbanked you’re absolutely missing out on another blogger of passion. So hit his site regularly or just subscribe to the RSS feed today. KTHXBYE