Comments on: Do Braggarts Turn You Off?

By: Edward_vi

Edward_vi — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:11:32 +0000

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By: Celestria_dk

Celestria_dk — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:11:22 +0000

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By: Clay Conner

Clay Conner — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:28:08 +0000

I like the 2 step answer.
What do you do for a living?

You know how some businesses have such a difficult time trying to describe what they do so they will get the perfect customer?

Yeah, I have that problem, too.

I help those businesses come up with the words to do that.

By: Joseph Ratliff

Joseph Ratliff — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:20:49 +0000

Promoting yourself and being a braggart are two different things…

Promoting yourself can be done in a professional manner, and bragging almost never can.

Joe Ratliff
Professional Copywriter
http://www.perfectwebcopy.com

By: Rich Westerfield

Rich Westerfield — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:15:48 +0000

Personally I would’ve noted how a chiropractor once put me on short term disability…

But to digress, in such situations I’ve always wanted to reply with something like this bit from “about last night…”, but could never pull the trigger:

Her: “And what do you do?”
Him: “You know much about professional boxing?”
Her: “No”
Him: “I’m the heavyweight champion of the world.”

By: Bob Bly

Bob Bly — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:06:41 +0000

HLK: I’d never make a comment to someone like that in personal conversation, because it is bragging. Not only do I find boasting distasteful, but it also turns the other person off. And there are already too many people in marketing with swelled heads today telling us how great they are.

By: Mordechai (Morty) Schiller

Mordechai (Morty) Schiller — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:05:57 +0000

Bob,
Remember 20 years ago… when DM News wouldn’t even use the phrase “Junk Mail”?! It was taboo! Some DM publications even used to spell it J**k M**l! After they lifted the ban, I wrote an article in DM News called “Confessions of a Junk Mail Junkie!” http://tinyurl.com/qhwdp
Morty

By: Heather L. Koppes

Heather L. Koppes — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:10:21 +0000

You made the right choice by not retaliating with a comment that would have gone in one ear and out the other of his cement head. However, it might have been funny to say, “Well, enough people do open up my direct mail pieces and respond to keep me in the lap of luxury.” Nah, he would have just figured you were being defensive.

By: Bob Bly

Bob Bly — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:54:22 +0000

BM: Actually, my answer to “What do you do?” is: “Do you know how you get a lot of junk mail at home and at the office?” When they say “yes,” I continue, “Well, I write junk mail.” The problem with your suggestion is, unlike you, I am NOT a consultant primarily — I am a copywriter, and proud of it. But the general public doesn’t know what that is.

By: Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:42:57 +0000

When I was starting my last company, and people asked me what I did, I would tell them, “I’m an unemployed bum.” Best opening line I ever wrote.