It’s hard to miss the references to Sesame Street’s 40th birthday this week – I’m just thrilled that there’s something out there still that’s older than I am;-)  I did see one article that I thought was thought provoking, The Oscar the Grouch Guide to Building a More Remarkable Blog. While it’s theoretically talking about blogging, the concept is relevant to just about anything where there is interaction between you and potential customers of “you” whether that’s writing or jewelry, dancing, or cooking.  The less you edit yourself to fit ‘mainstream’ the more loyal your fans will be, even if that number is significantly smaller.  And who doesn’t want loyal fans?

It can be a hard thing to remember because so much is reported in terms of large numbers – albums sold, books sold, apps downloaded but love, while harder to quantify, tends to last a lot longer.  Oscar the Grouch definitely does things his way and is happy in his own unique way in the process.  How else will new friends and fans find you

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