http://www.titusferguson.com/2008/03/25/an-oddly-shaped-map/ Messing about with ideas and technology, finding new ways to improve upon old systems and continuing to have fun while I do Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.titusferguson.com/2008/03/25/an-oddly-shaped-map/comment-page-1/#comment-177 David Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:01:37 +0000 http://www.titusferguson.com/?p=404#comment-177 The problem isn't the map, it's that you aren't appealing to appeal to the values folks from the Midwest. You need to appeal to their Heartland values and to get to know them. Blog about some soup recipes, about soccer practice, about how scary life is compared to how it was back in the 50s. Alternate scare tactics (Terror! War! Immigrants!) with feel good, a hug-from-mom-posts (lost puppies found, person with a heart of gold, kittens). Sort of like Glenn Beck, but with a brain. And a soul. The problem isn’t the map, it’s that you aren’t appealing to appeal to the values folks from the Midwest. You need to appeal to their Heartland values and to get to know them. Blog about some soup recipes, about soccer practice, about how scary life is compared to how it was back in the 50s. Alternate scare tactics (Terror! War! Immigrants!) with feel good, a hug-from-mom-posts (lost puppies found, person with a heart of gold, kittens). Sort of like Glenn Beck, but with a brain. And a soul.

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