Feeling the Love, NOT!

Part of my morning ritual is sipping coffee and glancing through the blogs, as I try to jolt myself to consciousness. It’s a good way for me to keep up with what my competitors are up to. So, imagine my surprise when I realized I was the main topic of a competitor’s blog and that he hated me. Seriously, he wrote that he “hated” me and went to go on to say he hated all SF bloggers. And get ready for this, he says that the only reason we blog is self-promotion. Well, duh!

Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy blogging. But, let’s be honest it is about self promotion. I blog with the hopes that you find my insights so profound that you can’t get to the phone fast enough to hire our firm. No need to push, there’s plenty to go around . . .

In his diatribe expounding on our negative virtues, he managed to mention our company name twice, our blog three times and was even kind enough to offer the respective URLs. Normally, I have to beg for such coverage. And while some make take his word for our evilness, others will visit us to see what the fuss is about and ultimately drive traffic to our site. Cool.

If you’re like me, your first instinct is to respond. Don’t, unless there is something factually inaccurate. He is simply stating his feelings, nothing to negate there. Don’t try to fix it. While to the best of my knowledge, I’ve never met this person – I doubt there is anything I’m going to say that will change his mind about me, SF Bloggers or SF in general (which is quite lovely for the record!).

If someone blogs negatively about you –

• Respond only if there are any factual inaccuracies being conveyed.
• Avoid a flame war; you only get dragged into the mud.
• Remember, it’ still publicity!

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