Posted by joslynn on July 10, 2006, at 12:14:59
In reply to Re: promoting one's business, posted by Dr. Bob on July 9, 2006, at 11:52:02
To answer your question, no...Not if they will eventually make $ off of it and especially not if they are not upfront that they are promoting their business.
It's about the $ and the cloaked intentions, IMO. There is a difference between a recommendation and promotion.
On the internet, there is something called "seeding," where people are paid to espouse a certain product and paid for the companies to do this. I am not saying bowtie is doing this, but, it's an example of how the internet can be used as a marketing tool in a less-than-sincere way.
Even if bowtie truly thinks he is sincere, I think it's unfair of him to criticize therapy in most of his posts, then support the ideals of personal coaching, and not tell that person (who may be hurting and in need of tradional therapy) that he himself is a personal coach.
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