Blogging is a Body Business :-)
Blogging, Humor, Marketing / PR, Startups April 17th, 2006
OK, letās just all come clean. Blogging is a hoax. Itās just a cover to hide our primary business: selling our bodies. First Robert and Shel got got nakedā¦
Then came Chris Pirillo, renting out his chest for 20 bucks⦠I have not seen his complete price list for other body parts, but check out his pix at Rentmychest.com.
You donāt have to get naked though to sell your body: Stowe Boyd is putting himself up for auction on eBay and he promises to wear only startup-branded T-shirts for the rest of the year. Sorry, no pix yet, his ālaunching the new ventureā May 1st.
Now, I appreciate all the entrepreneurial effort from all these guys, but blogging is not a āmale thingā⦠so perhaps weāll see more variety when it comes to⦠letās say, startup-logoāed swimwear? 
If that happens, I promise Iāll put myself up for wearing logo’ed ā¦socks. ![]()
Update (6/16): I told you …![]()
Update (7/2): Here’s another Classic, via Robert Scoble ![]()
Tags: blogs, blogging, advertising, marketing, logos, banners, t-shirt, body business, swimwear, Scoble, Stowe Boyd, startups, humor
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