Growing Up Sucks!
Well, it’s that time in my life again, when I have to take charge, act mature, be serious, and cut out all of the fun and games I am so well known for pulling on people in the industry. It sucks, because I’ve had so much fun being a prick and just saying whatever to whomever with no care for consequences. Argh.
According to my new publicist I need to do some serious cleaning up in the image department, haha. Gee, thanks for the hot tip! Does this mean I can’t bash the shit out of ebooks and people who are lame and call people out when they deserve it or when they are lying and I catch them?? No. But I was told to tone it down with my potty mouth.
So why do I have to do all of this you ask? Good question. I can’t go into the details for it at the moment, but I can say that I’m working with some very large and very influential companies that are going to help change the industry with me. That’s the affiliate industry by the way. It’s starting to go downhill pretty damn fast, and it’s not just random no name companies anymore, it’s the big boys, and many of those are my friends. Plus it’s a solid business idea that I’ve had for years, even back in the adult days, but it’s still never been done. So I decided to literally dedicate almost every waking moment of my summer to launching a few new things over at WickedFire. Will they all change the industry? I highly doubt it. Will it happen really quickly? I highly doubt that too. But when one of them does launch, everyone will know then what I’m referring to now. Oh yeah, and it’s free for affiliates and marketers and all that good stuff.
So the reason I have to clean up my act? Apparently the suits are fine with my “out there & in your face” personality, but I’ve been told that if I want to attract the real big wigs, then I’d have to change the way I present myself and act in public or online. I’d also have to curb the way I speak and type from now on.
My answer was pretty obvious…
FUCK THAT! Yeah, it’s true. I am not changing for anyone. Why do I act this way? Not for attention, but because you readers need to understand that for YEARS I was Mr. Serious and Mr. In Charge, and when I finally realized that I had more than enough cash in the bank so that I didn’t have to impress anyone or act like someone I wasn’t, I figured, ya know what, let me just be myself and have some fun for once. And so I did. And this is why I am the way I am. But I still plan on changing the industry, even if it means going through unconventional routes, fine with me. Seems everything I’ve done has been pretty unconventional.
Damn.. these blog posts of mine are getting weird.








Jon,
Philip Kaplan (of Fucked Company fame) often talked about masturbation, porn, and countless other things — and yet still scored VC backing from Sequoia!
So I think there’s precedent for people to “be themselves” and still get the respect and institutional credibility they want.
Johans
shame on you for having a publicist, jonny boy all you need is a big bad wordpress blog and lo and behold gosh, you have one… aojon.com
If someone thinks you are worth let them contact you,whether you walk around naked should be a fucking problem, tsk tsk havent you learned anything after 13 years im’ing. Free Your Mind..