I've had this conversation with friends of late, how things are so wacky nowadays. Anyone can become famous for doing nothing. Thanks to the internet it's the age of shameless self-promotion for those that want to be famous...

 

This isn't rare. Many people have had moments like this, to greater or lesser degrees. Maybe your college band had a surprise radio hit, or your random blog comment launched a New York Times feature story, or you became a contestant on a reality show about bachelorhood, or you accidentally married Charlie Sheen.

 

Whatever it was, it wasn't exactly fame. It was more like microfame. But though I was content to let the moment pass, countless other people are trying to manufacture microfame, over and over again, to various ends—be it a book deal, a reality show, or just the simple ego gratification of having a lot of Facebook friends.

 

It's easy to be cynical about this new class of celebrity. The lines between empowerment and self-promotion, between sharing and oversharing, between community and cliques, can be blurry. You can judge for yourself whether the following microcelebs represent naked ambition, talent justly discovered, or genius marketing. The point is that renown is no longer the exclusive province of a select few. Nano-celebrity is there for the taking, if you really want it.

 

STEPS TO MICROFAME
• 1. Self-publish
• 2. Stylize
• 3. Overshare
• 4. Respond
• 5. Ally
• 6. Diversify
• 7. Create Controversy
• 8. Persist

 

http://nymag.com/news/media/47958/ 

This is basically something of a rehash of what ProBlogger has been saying for years.

Rex is a friend of mine and ProBlogger probably formed their information around part of what Rex was doing a long time ago. I'm not sayin...I'm just sayin.

No I'm aware of that, just saying that the information has been on the blagosphere for quite some time, and it's only fitting that it would be covered in a MSM mag. Sorry, that sounded harsher than it meant to :)

yeah it is fitting for Ny mag. How bout that latest cover!