If there were a contest for dramatic Web 2.0 stories, these two bloggers would be neck and neck for the winner this week. While their anecdotes demonstrate the effectiveness of a little buzz, the social media snowball effect has had them bouncing around a little more than they wanted - well, it worked out for one of them in the end.
Beth Ann Bovino was surprised there was so much interest in renting her apartment. Craigslist proved a right effective lead generator. The only problem was, Beth's place wasn't for rent, and she hadn't posted anything.
Interested leasers were directed to contact Ann Bovino at Annbovino.com. But Beth Ann didn't have an email address like that. A little detective work led her 3,000 miles away, via email, to a deaf, mute schoolteacher of deaf, mute kids teaching in California who needed to rent that apartment right away.
See, deaf and mute solves the problem of a phone conversation. Overnighting a check solves the problem of an empty bank account, too.
Do yourself a favor and check out Beth Ann's account of the Deaf-Mute-Nigerian-Craigslist-Scammer at
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