May Guest Vlogger: The Search for a Spokesperson

Once a month I'll invite a Guest Blogger onto my blog to give you a break from my style of writing. I also do this because I want to share with you what I like to read and writing that I appreciate while giving some exposure to other people of my ilk who enjoy the written word. But what about people who prefer to communicate via the spoken word. I've been known to do a Podcast once a month (though I didn't in May in preparation for this post), but I don't feel that I've done a good job of representing others around the internet who spread their message through audio and video post. That's why I've solicited various vloggers (video-loggers) from around the World to do what I have not managed to do yet and provide The Hot and Bothered Effect with some videocast content.

So I've gathered some of them together to use their videocasting skills for the betterment of this blog. I want this blog to have a spokesperson outside of myself. I want there to be a face that you can connect with The Hot and Bothered Effect. And I think that it would be best if that face was one other than my ugly mug. I make no pretensions towards being relatable. I am a ridiculous caricature of a human being. But every great brand needs a spokesperson. Some like Nike and Geico need several. Seriously. Gecko, Cavemen, or Money I could be saving with googly eyes...make up your mind, Geico. But we are clearly in a golden age of spokespeople. Spokespeople have always been useful but in 2011 they are really coming into their own. I think that I smell an A History of... Spokespeople post brewing in a few months. They are better than ever, and if The Hot and Bothered Effect is going to keep up in this modern era...we're going to need a good one.

This is why I have whittled the 22 vloggers (from 6 different countries) who submitted videos down to the four who I think would best represent this blog to the internet community. However, I will not be picking from amongst these finalists. I would like you, my loyal readers, to select who you would like to see on the blog every other month (or possibly more often) to give you updates and share their thoughts with you. Everybody is free to vote whether you're just stopping in or whether you've been reading this blog for months. However, followers will have their votes weighted 3 to 1. So become a follower. I don't really care if you're following just a vote. If you're a follower when voting ends on June 30th then you're vote will count 3 to 1. You can vote once in the comment section of every post that I post in June as well as in the comment section of this post. That should be approximately seven to eight posts...but you know how I am. So please check in and vote regularly as I value your opinion and want to hear who you want to represent this blog as Spokesperson. Remember that whoever you vote might win a recurring gig on this blog.

Michelle - "Starving College Student"

Hans Von Puppet - "Professor, German, Web-lebrity"

Rock - "Has Beard...Drinks Beer"

Susie - "Hopes You'll Vibe With Her...Thinks I Update on a Daily Basis"

These are the finalists. Please vote for one of the above by posting in the comment section of this post and every post in June.

For those of you that were disappointed to see that I used all American entires...here were some of the foreign entries (from the UK and  Bulgaria , respectively).

Jack - "Trampy British Guy...Possibly Coming Down Off Hallucinogens"

 

Joanka - "Bulgarian, Thick Accent, Appears to Know She's Attractive"

Thanks for Reading. Please Vote in the Comment Section Below. See you next week. And note that Ray will make his (very poor) videocasting debut next month with his Webcam Book Club.