“Likes?”
This morning, I posted a poorly exposed, badly cropped, fuzzy cellphone pic of myself on Facebook. It received 200+ “Likes” in no time at all.
I don’t post very many images of my client work on Facebook, I reserve them for my website and blog, and only occasionally do I link my blog to Facebook.
Still! Over 200 likes on a Facebook image! That’s like LOTTERY likes, AMIRITE? Well, at least for me it is! So, it got me wondering, why? Well, as I scanned through the names of “likers” and “commenters,” I noticed that 71% of them were women (yes, I actually did the math). Well, that had me feeling pretty doggone smug… for about TWO SECONDS!
Puppies!
You see, I wasn’t alone in the image. In the bottom right corner of the image was Shiner, an eight week old Vizsla puppy whom we had just picked up from her birth parents, and were on our way home, the proud new owners (more like Grandparents) of a yet, another dog.
Our beloved 13 year old Weimaraner, Lucy, passed away about three months ago, and the adjustment of not having a dog in the house was, while different, not quite as difficult as I thought it would be. BUT, Lucy was Logan’s dog. Our son, Logan, being a Man of the World (a Captain in the US Army), for the last seven years, has been stationed abroad (Hawaii, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Italy), meaning his dog lived with his parents. Convenient, right? Well now, Logan is stationed in Nevada, and is back in a position to care for a pet again. Sooo…. SHINER! 
The moral of this blog post is, Facebook “likes” come easy when you add a PUPPY to the photo. A PUPPY! GOT IT?
Just about the time you think the world has finally noticed how incredibly good looking you are, and women across the globe are “liking” your photo… it hasn’t. They don’t even see you. You might still be incredibly good looking, but it’s the puppy that’s gonna catch their eye. Always has been. Always will be.
One day, planet Earth… one day you’re going to need me, and I’m going to be floating in the pool, out of earshot of the doorbell, sipping a glass of wine and soaking up some sunshine… with a PUPPY on my lap! You’re on your own, cruel world!