Are you walking the walk and talking the talk?
I have found that we all don't walk the walk & and talk the talk. I see it all the time. Misspelled words.
Yes, we live in a very fast paced world and the demand for our time grows each day. But folks come on! We all have spell check. We all see that our words are not spelled correctly on the computer screen. Yet we still submit our work as if no body will notice.
Even our founders and the lesson provided can have misspelled words or missing words. Sorry Kyle and Carson but yes it is true. Even when we chat there are misspellings. Look I don't want to guess what you may be saying I want to know.
Yes, it has become the norm and yes we fill in the words that are missing and spell the words correctly in our mind. But here is the thing. We are all supposed to be professional in our website. So we can drive traffic to our sites.
So why don't we project that in everything we do? Let's all take a deep breath, slow down on our writing and pay attention to the red lines under the misspelled words. If we are to walk the walk and talk the talk, then we all need to recheck ourselves before we press send or save and publish.
Yes, I am sure I have many myself in some of my articles. Look all I am saying is let's look and reread everything before we send it out to the world. To judge us on our work alone is not what we want. We want to show people that we do know what we are writing and we are professional when it comes to our sites.
So please people let's put a stop to this now. End the madness of filling in words and respelling words correctly. Remember an impression can go a long way and it all starts by looking professional from the beginning the end.
I am sure I will get a lot of misspellings in the comments but that only goes to prove my point. Let's clean up our act and maybe that will translate to more traffic and more sells.
Sincerely,
Danny
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Well, funny thing is, spelling isn't even a huge issue in schools, where more than anywhere else, it should matter. I think that's too bad, because proper spelling is important! Except when texting, lol
Pleas probide feedbak if u hab time Wat is da purpose of language? Isn't it to understand each other? Since this reality is constantly changing and evolving, shouldn't language evolve as well? A guy name Jacques Fresco hypothesized that in the future, language will evolve in a way that when we speak, it will be like music almost like a humming sound. Sound that does not pause often to make it more efficient. And words or the sound will only have one meaning so there is no miscommunication. Take for instance the word 'love'. It has too many meanings that it becomes a variable. The word 'Bad' sometimes means 'GOOD'. If words r spelled how they sound, would it be really bAd to have it that way? Or spelling a word to be space and time efficient, would that B baD to have it that way as well? What about creating a site that helps to evolve language? When creating the new language, there is no right or wrong, but just the purpose of creating something that works through research. Through the 'Scientific Method'. There has to be research already on sound right? Which ones can sway our moods... =)
Nessus, I don't think Danny (success2010) was talking about creating a new language. Only that we should pay more attention to our spelling ability.
Follow up and lessons.
1) Hehe, did not mean to offend anyone or move off topic, just testing the waters.
2) Spelling and grammar are still valued. So best to cater to both the conservatives and improvisers (not saying you can't be both or change to the other).
3) If there is an opinion, let us be more specific then to use words or phrases that can mean anything. In fact, let's use facts (statistics). But remember, facts can always change, Pluto is no longer a planet, and the planet is no longer flat.
Sorry to disappoint, but in the world of affiliate marketing where the big money is made no one cares about grimmer or spelling they care about solving their problems and solving them now
We need to build websites that convert visitors into buyers and visitors only care about one thing and that is the incentive you give them to click your links
Grammar and spelling are for books, not for marketing, most people want to watch videos and see pictures no one wants to read long articles any more
Most people spend time on face book sharing images they don't give a hoot about spelling and grammar
If your website solves problems and adds value to you visitor then you will have a business, video marketing is overtaking the internet grammar and spelling are for classrooms and university's
Your website will not make more money because of the grammar but only if it adds value or solves problems
Most people love my blogs because I teach people how to do stuff and solve problems not because they are grammatically correct
The top UK female affiliate in the UK is dyslexic but she is an online millionaire though she cant spell or even write correctly but has massive success because she adds so much value to peoples lives in the marketing space
Do you want financial success or a tick in the box for your grammar
Barry
You made my point, Stop and smell the roses. Do you even see that?
You are like so many people around the world. I for one live in a different full of respect and do the right thing. You are not that type I can tell.
Hve A goddd Dayyy!!! get the point! oh I'm sorry you most likely never made it this far.
barrryyy
Last time I checked we were living in a democracy where everybody can have their own point of view, my point was that you said that even kyle makes spelling mistakes yet this simple flaw in him does not seem to have stopped him becoming an online millionaire does it.
I think this is a school for entrepreneurs not English professors when you write a blog post you will need to get used to the idea that not everyone will agree with you and thus is shall always be
Barry
I would leave you with a super long paragraph but you would miss the point like you did here:p
Sorry I am not very good on when to use them. How can you read any novels with long paragraphs? This is my point we are so caught up in I want it now lifestyle. Our attention span is gone. I would go on but I am sure you would not read any more because you think it is too long. :p
Sorry John, See if you went ahead and gave me constructive feedback that would have been great!,,,,,,,, here is a few for next time.
Hi Danny, my comment was not in regards to your post per se, rather a remark to Darlene Jones's.
Commas are the forgotten step children of US English writing. Since I am fluent in German and know the grammar, I carry 2 suitcases with commas around.
That was my point, actually.
I apologize if I offended you
John
Some of us have a short attention span for reasons other than laziness. Some of us, our brains work differently. Here we ARE taught to break up long paragraphs into smaller ones to make to flow better, and easy on the eyes. If I see huge paragraphs in a novel (yes I do read A LOT) or a website, I can't stay interested long.
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Oops Danny! It happens to all of us :) YOUR WORDS: Remember an impression can go a long way and it all starts by looking professional from the beginning the end.
I had a strict Grandmother (a schoolteacher) who accepted zero errors in speech and in writing. When her grandchildren wrote to her, she red-inked the letter and returned it for correction.
I agree that websites should be reviewed for grammar and spelling. I do judge the site by the speller. If there are too many errors on a site, I move on, discrediting the message by the "judged" intelligence of the messenger.
But I refrain from lecturing others on their shortcomings in hopes that they will not lecture me on mine.
: ) Debb
Thanks, Yes the sword does cut both ways. I was only trying to help people and instead people have only seen one side. I am not without my faults for they are many.