Can I buy fame?

[Ruger22C]

Background info:

I've authored five books, and I plan to write more. I also run a few blogs. I'm moderately familiar with marketing, psychology, and SEO; plus, I can create web apps/sites. As well, I'm a very good portrait photographer and I mostly do studio work (relevance: artificial lighting), so it would be little challenge to adapt this skill to video work (to create Youtube content).
Currently, I'm triple majoring at the undergrad level. I hope to also earn three masterates and one doctorate.

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Soon, I should have a career in remote web development. And although I enjoy coding, it doesn't give me a sense of fulfillment.

I like providing written content, e.g. books. However, I haven't been doing much writing because I don't have an audience.

Of course fame can be bought, but do you think that *I* can buy fame?
I gave background info so that you have a rough idea of my competency in related topics.
As for budget, let's say $100k - $250k, plus whatever I get from sales or ad revenue.

And note: I don't particularly care about being famous, but it's the only path I see that will bring readers.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Can I subscribe to your newsletter?

 

[Ruger22C]

Can I subscribe to your newsletter?

Lol...

 

[SKORPI0]

Any website/blog you’ve created yourself that we can view?

 

[Ruger22C]

Any website/blog you’ve created yourself that we can view?

... Sure? I'm trash at design, I use templates or pay freelancers for that. But I have one design that's largely mine, which isn't terrible: https://www.idealportraits.com/
More recent portraits here, btw: https://www.instagram.com/idealportraits/?hl=en

As far as sites whose scripts are all mine, they don't have decent faces yet.

 

[JEDIYoda]

The question should be who can I pay to make me famous....

 

[JEDIYoda]

Amazon sells almost anything,,,just a thought!

 

[Ruger22C]

The question should be who can I pay to make me famous....

That's very true.

 

[highland145]

Pierced nips 1st thing in the AM.

Life is good.

 

[IronWing]

Buying fame is cheap. $80 for a handgun and $10 for ammo.

 

[squirrel dog]

Yow know about agents and personal assistants , they are supposed to get you appearances on every thing that they can find , then you go on and be amusing .

 

[Ruger22C]

Buying fame is cheap. $80 for a handgun and $10 for ammo.

Aren't saturday night specials supposed to come with ammo?

 

[IronWing]

Aren't saturday night specials supposed to come with ammo?

Maybe Walmart has a bubble pack.

 

[SKORPI0]

Buying fame is cheap. $80 for a handgun and $10 for ammo.

Agreed. Sadly doing a mass shooting/Bank Robbery/Kidnap and you'll be famous for a short time and probably very dead too.

 

[Perknose]

Can I buy fame?

Your first mistake is asking us.

I've authored five books, and I plan to write more. I also run a few blogs. I'm moderately familiar with marketing, psychology, and SEO; plus, I can create web apps/sites. As well, I'm a very good portrait photographer and I mostly do studio work (relevance: artificial lighting), so it would be little challenge to adapt this skill to video work (to create Youtube content).
Currently, I'm triple majoring at the undergrad level. I hope to also earn three masterates and one doctorate.

Your second mistake is snorting so much meth. It leads to a deviated septum and delusions of grandeur.

 

[BoomerD]

You MIGHT be able to buy name recognition...but fame? You have to be a Kardashian or something to get that...

 

[Perknose]

You MIGHT be able to buy name recognition...but fame? You have to be a Kardashian or something to get that...

Don't be such an ass, Boomer. Oh, wait . . . DO be a huge ass! That was her secret to success.

 

[BoomerD]

Don't be such an ass, Boomer. Oh, wait . . . DO be a huge ass! That was her secret to success.

She's definitely got a badonkadonk...and loves to show it off...

 

[Perknose]

Background info:

I've authored five books, and I plan to write more. I also run a few blogs. I'm moderately familiar with marketing, psychology, and SEO; plus, I can create web apps/sites. As well, I'm a very good portrait photographer and I mostly do studio work (relevance: artificial lighting), so it would be little challenge to adapt this skill to video work (to create Youtube content).
Currently, I'm triple majoring at the undergrad level. I hope to also earn three masterates and one doctorate.

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Soon, I should have a career in remote web development. And although I enjoy coding, it doesn't give me a sense of fulfillment.

I like providing written content, e.g. books. However, I haven't been doing much writing because I don't have an audience.

Of course fame can be bought, but do you think that *I* can buy fame?
I gave background info so that you have a rough idea of my competency in related topics.
As for budget, let's say $100k - $250k, plus whatever I get from sales or ad revenue.

And note: I don't particularly care about being famous, but it's the only path I see that will bring readers.

Ok, im'a be serious for a second. First of all, I looked at your portrait and instagram sites. I'm absolutely no expert, but I was impressed! Have you been able to make that skill of yours pay?

Secondly, if you're willing to share links to your books, I'd like to evaluate your writing talent and subject choice.

As for fame . . . many chase it, most fail. My best advice to you is to follow through on remote web development so that you have a steady (more or less) income. Then, with all the rest of your time and energy, pursue either portraiture or writing. Be in it for the long haul, and for the love of it. Whichever craft you choose gets honed over time. Whether fame finds you or not is a crapshoot.

Your best avenue to wide exposure is probably youtube videos, which could lead to some modicum of "fame." To define your brand there, choose ONE NICHE TOPIC and stick to it. Our short attention span society reacts best to punchy, easily defined brevity and focus. Your aim is to become The [insert a single word here] Guy. If you do indeed have good writing skills, clever captioning can be a value added plus to your vids.

Good luck, my friend. Keep dreaming, but land and retain that day job.

 

[Scarpozzi]

The question should be who can I pay to make me famous....

Just do something to abuse people or animals on social media. The negative PR will go viral and you'll be famous within hours.

 

[Ruger22C]

Ok, im'a be serious for a second. .

Thanks for your remarks! I've earned a little money with my portrait business, but not much more than to cover its own basic expenses. Unfortunately, the field is flooded. It's flooded with people who take worse pictures with their $1,000+ camera than I would with my cell phone.... And to make this more striking, know that I shoot with a Zeiss Otus lens! Sadly though, the vast majority of consumers cannot discern between a good picture and a bad one.

So, I charge $350 for a session. Newbies charge $50. Because consumers can't see the difference, they choose whoever is cheaper... I've learned that it's extroverts who earn money.

It's okay though, because I'll earn A LOT more in web dev.

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I don't expect to be able to replace web dev with fame. But, consider this: I'm disabled. I'm 30, and haven't really been able to work. I went into photography so that I could scheduled around my limitations. But thankfully, I recently got a correct diagnosis for some of my issues and I should be able to code without much trouble, although I might need surgery for bilateral carpal tunnel. Anyway, the point is: I've always been poor (although I'm excellent at finding good deals, so I have a few nice things); I don't mind living minimally.... I could retire by 40, and live quite a bit better than I am now.

It's not my intention to retire at 40 though, so I'll have a lot of money that I may as well put toward buying exposure.
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I plan, as you suggested, to have quasi-niches. By that, I mean: I'll do various things, but I'll try to separate them; for example, by having more than one youtube account.

You asked to see my books. Four of them need to be updated; my writing skill has improved quite a bit since they were published. One is recent, and I can show you a few pages from it but I can't give you the whole thing; it's enrolled in an Amazon program that forbids such redistribution.

However, I have other pieces that I think would be even more beneficial. I believe these are among my best writings.
My primary topic choice is theology, but most of what I'll mention below is secular.
I'm happy to take criticism, if I can learn and improve from it.


Serious literature review: http://jerradjohnson.com/share-blogs/Are Violent Video Games Harmful to Children.docx

Psych essay in which I used fantasy, dark humor, distortions and sarcasm; surprisingly, my professor gave me permission to do this: http://jerradjohnson.com/share-blogs/Memory Essay - Horses.docx

And from the book I mentioned (about female toplessness):

• Lust

If the purpose of clothing was to prevent lust, that sense is strangely absent from the text. Adam and Eve were husband and wife, and currently without children. They hid their nakedness from God, rather than from each other. I think we can assume they’d have known that God, being inhuman and being the law maker, wouldn’t lust after them. In like manner, we don’t hide our nakedness from animals.

Similarly, if God intended to prevent future lust (they wouldn’t long be the only two people) by creating this ontological sense of shame, then why did they cover only their genitals? Other parts of the body are more attractive (Wildman, R. W., & Wildman R., W., II, 1976).

If we say that they were required to cover their chests at this point, and failed to do so, then I ask: why did they cover anything? That means they’re being rebellious by covering only their genitals. Why draw the line there, in their rebellion, instead of going full nude? Their focus on their genitals after sinning is peculiar, unless it’s precisely this area which God intends for us to feel a need to cover.

In Gen 9:20-27, lust doesn’t seem to be the reason that Shem and Japheth avoided glimpsing at their father’s nakedness. If they were prone to sexual perversion, it would have been prudent for them to flee. Covering their father wouldn’t be more honorable than avoiding him altogether. That act would put him at risk, because they would be in a precarious position (cf. 1Co 10:12).

Final Research-based Arguments

• Women are more likely to wear red clothing when they expect to interact with an attractive male. Also, these women are viewed as more attractive (Elliot, Greitemeyer, & Pazda, 2013).
• When women wear red, men view them as more attractive, sexually receptive and desirable (Pazda, Elliot, & Greitemeyer, 2012).
• Men find the voices of naturally-cycling women to be more attractive during their high fertility phases (Shoup-Knox & Pipitone, 2015).
• Women with longer legs are seen as more attractive (Bertamini & Bennett, 2009).
• Men are more attracted to hourglass bodies (Furnham, Hester, & Weir, 1990). Although women’s waist-to-hip ratio (aka hourglass shape) may affect their perceived attractiveness more than their weight, it’s true that weight also affects their attractiveness (Furnham, Swami, & Shah, 2006).

There are many features of the opposite sex that affect how attractive we view them as being, even artificial features (e.g. red clothing). Again, it’s strange that we’ve focused on the breasts; why isn’t it a criminal offense to expose leg, for example? Compare: SoS 4:1-5, 9, 11.

My final point takes us back to Genesis 3. If sexual temptation is the reason that the genitals are to be concealed, we might expect that this area creates the most visually-induced sexual arousal. But, that’s not the case.

In a study by Wildman, R. W., and Wildman R., W., II (1976), both men and women were shown pictures of well-formed nude members of the opposite sex. The researchers asked the participants to rate how sexually stimulating these parts were: buttocks, genitals, legs, and busts.

The weighted scores from male participants were: bust (103), buttocks (94), legs (73), and genitals (70).

The weighted scores from female participants were: chest (148), legs (111), buttocks (103), penis (103).

Although culture influences our attraction to various body parts, the discrepancy between sexual arousal caused by the sight of someone’s chest versus their genitals seems inconsistent with Christendom’s assumption about Genesis 3. Among the body parts used for study in this research, the genitalia were the least arousing.

 

[IronWing]

Your thread got me thinking, "How many famous photographers have we had? How many are household names?" The answer I came up with is two, Ansel Adams and Robert Mapplethorpe. To be sure there are thousands of famous photographs taken by thousands of very talented photographers but how many recall or even heard the names of the photographers who took them?

Authorship is probably a better route to fame as there are and have been many, many famous authors. I infer that you are currently self-publishing through Amazon. Have you submitted any of your writing for consideration from a publishing house? If you got picked up by a publisher, they would do the leg work of making you famous.

 

[Ruger22C]

Your thread got me thinking, "How many famous photographers have we had? How many are household names?" The answer I came up with is two, Ansel Adams and Robert Mapplethorpe. To be sure there are thousands of famous photographs taken by thousands of very talented photographers but how many recall or even heard the names of the photographers who took them?

Authorship is probably a better route to fame as there are and have been many, many famous authors. I infer that you are currently self-publishing through Amazon. Have you submitted any of your writing for consideration from a publishing house? If you got picked up by a publisher, they would do the leg work of making you famous.

Yes sir, I am self-publishing. I'd like to use a publishing house, but I haven't even attempted that yet; I think that I lack credentials that would make me appealing. I said that I want to get one doctorate: D.Th. I bet that would put me into a great position for this.

Your idea is excellent, and although I've briefly considered it before, I forgot. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[BoomerD]

Thanks for your remarks! I've earned a little money with my portrait business, but not much more than to cover its own basic expenses. Unfortunately, the field is flooded. It's flooded with people who take worse pictures with their $1,000+ camera than I would with my cell phone.... And to make this more striking, know that I shoot with a Zeiss Otus lens! Sadly though, the vast majority of consumers cannot discern between a good picture and a bad one.

So, I charge $350 for a session. Newbies charge $50. Because consumers can't see the difference, they choose whoever is cheaper... I've learned that it's extroverts who earn money.

It's okay though, because I'll earn A LOT more in web dev.

---
I don't expect to be able to replace web dev with fame. But, consider this: I'm disabled. I'm 30, and haven't really been able to work. I went into photography so that I could scheduled around my limitations. But thankfully, I recently got a correct diagnosis for some of my issues and I should be able to code without much trouble, although I might need surgery for bilateral carpal tunnel. Anyway, the point is: I've always been poor (although I'm excellent at finding good deals, so I have a few nice things); I don't mind living minimally.... I could retire by 40, and live quite a bit better than I am now.

It's not my intention to retire at 40 though, so I'll have a lot of money that I may as well put toward buying exposure.
---

I plan, as you suggested, to have quasi-niches. By that, I mean: I'll do various things, but I'll try to separate them; for example, by having more than one youtube account.

You asked to see my books. Four of them need to be updated; my writing skill has improved quite a bit since they were published. One is recent, and I can show you a few pages from it but I can't give you the whole thing; it's enrolled in an Amazon program that forbids such redistribution.

However, I have other pieces that I think would be even more beneficial. I believe these are among my best writings.
My primary topic choice is theology, but most of what I'll mention below is secular.
I'm happy to take criticism, if I can learn and improve from it.


Serious literature review: http://jerradjohnson.com/share-blogs/Are Violent Video Games Harmful to Children.docx

Psych essay in which I used fantasy, dark humor, distortions and sarcasm; surprisingly, my professor gave me permission to do this: http://jerradjohnson.com/share-blogs/Memory Essay - Horses.docx

And from the book I mentioned (about female toplessness):

Just looking at the blurbs you posted...I don't think that kind of stuff will get you fame. You need to write sensational stuff...murder mysteries, spy novels, even romance novels...the stuff you posted is too dry for casual reading.

 

[Ruger22C]

Just looking at the blurbs you posted...I don't think that kind of stuff will get you fame. You need to write sensational stuff...murder mysteries, spy novels, even romance novels...the stuff you posted is too dry for casual reading.

Yes, those are much easier to succeed with; I just don't like those genres/styles. Thanks, though.