http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Jeff Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:34:00 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-390 Never saw an exclamation point I didn't like! Never saw an exclamation point I didn’t like!

]]> http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 Jeff Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:34:00 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-1613 Never saw an exclamation point I didn't like! Never saw an exclamation point I didn’t like!

]]> http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Angie King Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:37:33 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-391 Patrick—you have some good ideas about using the right words to make your point. But I don't think that excludes the use of an exclamation point. Strategically placed, the bang adds value. In fact, I see a few exclamation points on your own home page ... must have seemed like a good idea at some point. :) Patrick—you have some good ideas about using the right words to make your point. But I don’t think that excludes the use of an exclamation point. Strategically placed, the bang adds value. In fact, I see a few exclamation points on your own home page … must have seemed like a good idea at some point.

]]> http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Angie King Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:37:00 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-1614 Patrick—you have some good ideas about using the right words to make your point. But I don't think that excludes the use of an exclamation point. Strategically placed, the bang adds value. In fact, I see a few exclamation points on your own home page ... must have seemed like a good idea at some point. :) Patrick—you have some good ideas about using the right words to make your point. But I don’t think that excludes the use of an exclamation point. Strategically placed, the bang adds value. In fact, I see a few exclamation points on your own home page … must have seemed like a good idea at some point.

]]> http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Patrick Samphire Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:21:25 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-392 I'm not sure I buy this. Maybe it's a degree of cultural indoctrination, but the exclamation point comes across as false and fake. It says that the person trying to sell you something or convince you of something is lacking the substance to back it up and is so resorting to punctuational hyperbole. You don't need excessive words to make a point with an impact. You just need the right ones. The exclamation point suggests you haven't found them. I’m not sure I buy this. Maybe it’s a degree of cultural indoctrination, but the exclamation point comes across as false and fake. It says that the person trying to sell you something or convince you of something is lacking the substance to back it up and is so resorting to punctuational hyperbole.
You don’t need excessive words to make a point with an impact. You just need the right ones. The exclamation point suggests you haven’t found them.

]]> http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Patrick Samphire Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:21:00 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-1615 I'm not sure I buy this. Maybe it's a degree of cultural indoctrination, but the exclamation point comes across as false and fake. It says that the person trying to sell you something or convince you of something is lacking the substance to back it up and is so resorting to punctuational hyperbole. You don't need excessive words to make a point with an impact. You just need the right ones. The exclamation point suggests you haven't found them. I’m not sure I buy this. Maybe it’s a degree of cultural indoctrination, but the exclamation point comes across as false and fake. It says that the person trying to sell you something or convince you of something is lacking the substance to back it up and is so resorting to punctuational hyperbole.
You don’t need excessive words to make a point with an impact. You just need the right ones. The exclamation point suggests you haven’t found them.

]]> http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Dan Haley Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:54:45 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-393 Sure; why not use the exclamation point‽ A caveat, though: in our cynical modern times, the e.p. is freighted with irony more often than enthusiasm. By the way: thanks for the blog, Brain Traffic folks! [No irony intended in that particular mark.] Sure; why not use the exclamation point‽ A caveat, though: in our cynical modern times, the e.p. is freighted with irony more often than enthusiasm.
By the way: thanks for the blog, Brain Traffic folks! [No irony intended in that particular mark.]

]]> http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Anonymous Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:54:00 +0000 http://blog.braintraffic.com/2008/12/get-to-the-exclamation-point-online/#comment-1616 Sure; why not use the exclamation point‽ A caveat, though: in our cynical modern times, the e.p. is freighted with irony more often than enthusiasm. By the way: thanks for the blog, Brain Traffic folks! [No irony intended in that particular mark.] Sure; why not use the exclamation point‽ A caveat, though: in our cynical modern times, the e.p. is freighted with irony more often than enthusiasm.
By the way: thanks for the blog, Brain Traffic folks! [No irony intended in that particular mark.]

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