When you come face to face, interacting with a company, there’s always one person that is part of that company that will stand out in the crowd.

The guy that sold us our furniture, for example, was so bad that I spoke to the manager about him. He had terrible customer service standards and was difficult to get answers from.

These type of impressions from people, good or bad, about a company will stick with you. They are impressions that will last throughout your course of business with that company.

Wouldn’t you agree?

After attending Blog Word Expo, PostieCon and the fabulous Las Vegas style celebration at Tao courtesy of Izea, I couldn’t tell you enough good things about Ted Murphy. I was impressed, to say the least. My attendance at Blog World Expo was courtesy of Britt from Izea and that again, made an impression on me.

When I spoke to Ted, for the first time, at Blog World Expo I was surprised to find how down to Earth he was for being CEO of a genius Internet marketing company. He didn’t have a big head, his title did not cloud his ego, and he was just as fun loving as the rest of the Izea crew.

Last month, when I completed the 10 Questions survey with Blogs We Luv, I mentioned Ted Murphy:

Question:
If you could choose anyone, living or dead, to write a guest post for your blog, who would it be and why?

My Answer:
Oh, hands down, Ted Murphy, CEO of Izea. Wow, his accomplishments are amazing and he is absolutely increasing in popularity even if you simply love to hate him (or his companies). He’s got ideas that are absolutely inspiring and he can put a great spin on every aspect of the Internet to revive something that is long dead or build up something brand new. Beyond being a spectacular sales man, he’s insightful. After meeting him at BlogWorldExpo/PostieCon, I also know that he’s real. There are no “big head, I’m better than you” presence with him and I greatly admire that!

Again, you can see by this answer that I hold a certain kind of fondness for Ted Murphy and Izea.

So, imagine my surprise, when I visited Blogs We Luv to see if there had been comments made about my 10 Questions.

Ted Murphy actually commented on the post stating:

Wow Katy, that was very nice of you. I will be happy to do a guest post on your blog.

Quickly, I e-mailed Ted. I told him I had never had a guest poster but that I would be very interested in him writing a guest post for my blog. I also mentioned that I’d just open up the floor for him to say whatever he wanted.

He responded, faster than I expected, and let me know that he wasn’t sure what to write. How about an interview?

I thought about it for a bit and decided that I didn’t want an interview. Too many people had gotten an interview with Ted Murphy and because I saw this as a unique opportunity, I wanted something unique.

My reply to him was to ask one question. I felt that I had come up with the right question and that the entire question would result in somewhat of a guest post on I’m Blogging That from Ted Murphy.

My Question for Ted:
Why do you believe it’s important for small time bloggers to maximize their use of social media sites right now?

If you’re not of the opinion that social media is a must-use for all bloggers right now, where do you believe the future of social media is going that bloggers will still be able to use social media websites to maximize their blog’s earning potential?

I didn’t get an answer. A couple of weeks ago he e-mailed me to let me know that he had written out the answer, had a computer crash and lost it but hadn’t forgotten me. When I moved I’m Blogging That to being hosted with A Small Orange, my e-mail went down for a day. I e-mailed Ted to ensure that I didn’t miss the answer due to my e-mail being down. I haven’t gotten a reply.

It’s been a month since I sent off this question to Ted and still, have not received an answer.

While I’m greatly interested in hearing his answer to this question and would still love to receive an answer, this delay has changed my opinion.

You see it is bloggers on my scale that Izea reaches out to with its services. Their flagship company, PayPerPost, seeks bloggers who could be interested in earning an income from sponsored posts. And even though I do not offer sponsored posts through PayPerPost, I still remained a loyal supporter of the company.

It’s my impression that to maintain good business within Ted’s company, he needs the support of a community of bloggers, at my level of blogging. Yet, he quickly left a bad taste in my mouth by not delivering when taken up on an offer he presented.

This post has been something I have debated over for the last week or so. Ultimately, I was encouraged to write the post when a Terms of Service change happened at PayPerPost.

Instead of seeking a way to help the “posties” of PayPerPost to regain what they have lost after Google reduced PageRank, PayPerPost is just seeking new bloggers. The Terms of Service change at PayPerPost now allows bloggers with a younger blog and fewer number of posts to become a PayPerPost “postie.”

This crushes their current, loyal posties. They’ve lost their income and the promise to deliver on SocialSpark which would change this mess for their posties hasn’t happened. And instead of keeping the PayPerPost bloggers at a higher standard, they’ve just made it nearly acceptable for anyone to start blogging for the sake of spamming, using the PayPerPost system.

Ted Murphy has the opportunity to change the Internet and blogosphere but it will never happen if he continues to let down my level of bloggers. It is these bloggers who will become the next generation in A-List bloggers. Can he afford a new generation of A-Listers who will not support his company?

He’s shown me that he’s just another young CEO looking to make a buck without continually supporting his audience and because of that, there will be one less person attending PostieCon this year.

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