Comments on: Definitive Guide to Becoming Likeable Online

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:39:18 +0000

Glen, you are awesome. I really liked your quote here:

Of course you may spend time helping people who will never return the favour, but if that bothers you so much, maybe you’re spending time on the wrong platform (the internet).

Besides the obvious notion that the internet is a collection of free ideas and a social web among other things, I also think that what goes around comes around. So I also help people for the sake of helping them; I don’t help them so that they can become a customer or a subscriber or a “sneezer” of my product, etc…

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By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:27:33 +0000

Great article Glen. I’m reading through Plugin-ID a few articles a day, and I am enjoying this blog as well!

By: Arsene Hodali

Arsene Hodali — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:09:02 +0000

Imagine my surprise when I find another blog I like and I find that it’s Glen’s site (I’m already a fan of PluginID).

Great post.

By: Josue

Josue — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:39:26 +0000

I really like the suggestion of putting yourself out there all the time. Be open and honest. We need more honest, real, truthful people in todays society where there is so much fakeness. Feel free to check out my site. It’s real just like me. I too aspire to be more likeable and memorable to mankind.

By: Bobby Huang

Bobby Huang — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:03:07 +0000

This article created a lot of insight. I use to be one of those guys looking for approval, I changed it to where I don’t care.

It works wonders, people definitely react differently. Thanks for the great content!

By: Scott Dylan

Scott Dylan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:47:43 +0000

I’m just starting out in the world of blogging really and have found your blog amongst others really helpful and interesting.
Thanks
Scott Dylan

By: Merlin Silk

Merlin Silk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:37:37 +0000

I want to add some evidence for the fact that ‘the internet’ is composed of real people, who, if treated as such, will help your presence immensely.
About four years ago I started our commercial web site and somehow I had the idea that I had to follow all the SEO advise I found around the internet and for which I partially paid quite a bit of money. I did all this ‘link-building’ stuff, even tried some of the automated ways to do so but I did not see all the promised results.
At that time I was sure that all the customer comments I saw on many of the web sites were written by the internet marketers themselves. I just could not imagine where all these real people would come from to take the time and make these comments.
When the first customers started to come in I quickly had to revise that opinion – delivered products often were followed up by nice comments and I could actually put real testimonials on our web site.
But where running this business really started to make fun was when I managed to see each and every visitor as an individual and not as a contributing factor to my traffic statistic. With many I had friendly and interesting exchanges way beyond what a sales transaction would require. I took the time – and enjoyed it immensely – when we got the first customer from Australia, to look up her address on the satellite image of Google maps. Seeing their street and neighborhood really drove it home that this is a real person over there on the other side of the planet.
So, yes, I can totally confirm that one should put of of ones mind the idea of mechanistic traffic building and visitor handling – that just does not work.

By: Haider

Haider — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:18:54 +0000

That’s funny.

I was thinking you might go with something along the lines of: “Focus on helping others,” which I don’t entirely believe in, and didn’t think sounded a lot like you.

Your point is very Glen-like, and that reinforces your message!

I can’t possibly agree with you more (I mean, it’s physically impossible to!)

You can never live life in another person’s shoes or see the world through another person’s eyes. You can only see the world with your own eyes. Constantly thinking about what others think about you doesn’t help move your life forward. It stops you on your tracks, while you try to get permission for every step you take, then take a step back out of fear you may have stepped in the wrong direction.

By being yourself (and not judging yourself according to other people’s criteria) you can act on your own judgments and learn as you go along. That, in itself, is very admirable and likable.

By: Syed

Syed — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:46:45 +0000

I totally agree, we have to be ourselves and not care about what others think in order to remain calm and confident which will make others like us.