Why Hello There...

Greetings to the blogosphere!  I've been an avid internet user for over 15 years now--since the days when online social networking meant message boards, AOL chatrooms, and sending angry IMs to the guy on Napster who kept canceling your pirated song at 99% (we all used it, so don't look at me like that).  The point is, I've been spewing my opinions about a great deal of things to an untold number of faceless people (likely angsty teenyboppers for the most part), and I think it's about time I started sharing all my vast knowledge of the interwebs in a single place.  You know, uniformity never leads to bad things...*ahem*.  Oh, and here's a grain of salt to go with all my "vast knowledge."  Go ahead, take it.  Trust me.  You'll need a lot more.

Honestly, as a wistful, up-and-coming marketer, I really need to have a larger social media presence online.  A truth which was painfully made obvious to me when I missed out on a great job opportunity today just because I could not prove I spend most of my waking hours online.  So, it's time I stop lurking so much (for the uninitiated, that's net slang for the creepy guy who stands in the corner watching everyone else talk...or, uh, who simply reads a lot online without posting many comments), and start sharing.

My goal for this blog is to have a lighthearted sharing of information about marketing and business development, the modern job searching process, technology, and various other things which interest me at any given moment (I'm an avid gamer, so expect to see a lot regarding that industry).  Basically, if I run across something on the web I think warrants sharing or debunking, it will likely end up here!  You can take my opinion as you will, but, even if you do not agree with my reasoning, the information provided is probably worth a good look.  Remember, "There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued." - T. H. Huxley.

I'm not here to persuade the masses to any particular cause; I'm just hoping to share some useful information and perhaps a couple of laughs.  That does, of course, mean the title to this blog is a bit contradictory.  Hard selling is a direct, high-pressure approach to making a sale, after all, and I'm not even try to sell you on anything!  With any luck, you'll find something useful amongst all my tomfoolery.

Thanks for reading (and helping me get that much closer to landing a marketing job), and stay tuned for my first real topic in the next couple of days!

Regards,

Mike Pergola