Blog Tag Game

Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: December 14th, 2006 Published in: About Fused Nation, Blogging, Viral Marketing

Just had this passed on to me and thought it was a bit of fun so worth a play around with.  The idea is to post 5 things that people might not know about you, then tag 5 fellow bloggers so they can do the same.  A kind of viral marketing thing, and certainly some top notch link bait, but I think it could be interesting to see where small networks of bloggers eventually lead out to.

I was tagged by Aaron Shear, who was tagged by Avinash Kaushik.  The game was started off by Jeff Pulver.

I decided to pass this on to: Dean Bloomsfield, Brendon Scott, Craig Wilson, Dave Carruthers and Brian Turner, mainly because I’ve chatted with them all in one form or another before and I know they blog regularly.

So on to the 5 shocking (or utterly boring, depending on your perspective) facts about me that you might not know…

1.  I’ve had an insane amount of jobs in my time - I’ve worked for Scottish Opera, the Scottish Executive, the local social work department, restaurants, estate agencies, national banks, shops, marketing agencies and a plethora of other random jobs.  My top 5 (in order) are:

  1. My current job (freelance SEO, working from home)
  2. Night shift in a 24 hour shop when I was at Uni (I don’t like mornings)
  3. Washing dishes in a restaurant while I was still at school (they gave me a beer after I finished work each night!)
  4. Temping at Scottish Provident (crap job, great team and we had loads of great nights out!)
  5. Working in Spain (crap jobs, great weather!)

2.  I once jumped out of a 1st floor window to prove that I could do it without hurting myself.  I then did it another 2 times because people arrived who missed the previous efforts.  It was 1st year at Uni though, and there may have been some beer involved.  I think I twisted my ankle the 3rd time.  It’s the charm.

3.  Given number 2, you may be surprised to find out that I’m a member of Mensa.

4.  I play poker regularly with my mates and much to their dismay, I’m actually getting quite good at it.  They would of course put it down to luck, but we all know differently, right? ;)  It’s a lot like SEO - learn the basic rules, get a little practice, then shove all your chips in, close your eyes and hope for the best. :D

5.  My first experience with SEO was starting with an agency and being introduced to WebmasterWorld.  And then being given the task to setup loads of fake sites to build links for our client’s site…I didn’t stay there long!

If anyone is interested in how this is working out in terms of a viral marketing campaign, check out the technorati stats which update more or less in real time.  As of midnight 14th Dec 2006:

  • Fused Nation - Rank 147,655 (46 links, 24 blogs)
  • Jeff Pulver - Rank 4,600 (1,698 links, 526 blogs)
  • Anyone else wants their blog added to this, add a comment with your current technorati details.

MG

tag, you’re it!

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Comments

  1. Posted by: Square Angle - A contradiction in terms » Anyone for a game of Blog Tag Date posted: 15th December, 2006 at 12:36 am

    […] The basic concept is that you write a post with 5 things the world did not know about you then tag 5 fellow bloggers to do the same thing. As I said I was tagged by Scott Boyd who was tagged by Aaron Shear. The blog tag game was kicked of by a guy called Jeff Pulver. […]

  2. Posted by: Let’s Play Blog Tag! at SEO News Blog Date posted: 15th December, 2006 at 1:20 am

    […] I was tagged by Dave at Square Angle who was tagged by Scott Boyd. This whole game was started by Jeff Pulver, nice blog. Pass it on to anyone you know would be interested or just randomly pick those blogs out of technorati. […]

  3. Posted by: Brian’s Business Blog » 5 things you never knew about Brian Turner Date posted: 17th December, 2006 at 8:01 pm

    […] Okay, I’ve been tagged by Marketing Guy, which was nice - so before I move this blog, I’ll list 5 things you never knew about me - to serve as an exit from the current site location to the new domain. :) […]

  4. Posted by: Blog Tag And The Viral Nature Of The Blogosphere - TheVanBlog Date posted: 20th December, 2006 at 7:25 am

    […] Scott Boyd (Marketing Guy) - 12/14 […]

  5. Posted by: seoassassin.co.uk » Blog Archive » Blog tag - I’m it (twice!) Date posted: 20th December, 2006 at 3:44 pm

    […] I was tagged by Scott Boyd, who was tagged by Aaron Shear, and I was tagged by Chris Winfield, who was tagged by Aaron Pratt and Kim Krause-Berg. The whole sorry mess mess (the SEO branch, at least) was started by Jeff Pulver, and you can track it at SoloSEO’s Blog Tag Tree. […]

  6. Posted by: Basil's Blog » Blog Archive » Blog-Tag: A Game for a Virtual Cocktail Party Date posted: 11th January, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    […] How'd I get hit with it? Why, none other than C'est Moi tagged me. And she was tagged by The Anchoress who was tagged by Fausta who was tagged by AcademicElephant (Elephants in Academia) who was tagged by Baseball Crank who was tagged by Matt Welch who was tagged by Howard Owens who was tagged by Jay Small (Small Initiatives) who was tagged by Greg Starling (Screenwerk) who was tagged by Matt McGee (Small Business SEM) who was tagged by Lisa Barone (BruceClay.com) who was tagged by Graywolf (Graywolf's SEO Blog) who was tagged by Digital Ghost (Speaking Freely) who was tagged by Marketing Guy (Fused Nation) who was tagged by Aaron Shear who was tagged by Avinash Kaushik (Occam's Razor) who was tagged by Dave Gale (Hitting the Wire) who was tagged by Jeff Pulver who was tagged by … nobody. He gets the credit … or the blame … for starting this line of this darn thing. […]

  7. Posted by: Blog Tag And The Viral Nature Of The Blogosphere | TheVanBlog Date posted: 28th January, 2008 at 3:32 am

    […] Scott Boyd (Marketing Guy) - 12/14 […]

  8. Posted by: Google Backlink Update - Jan 2007 Date posted: 4th February, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    […] For all those back link junkies out there, Google have / are in the process of updating back link counts.  Fused Nation for example has gone from 29 to 83 (thank you blog tag game!). […]