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* Scott Sigler freely admits that being a [[Shameless Self Promoter]] is what propelled him from an unknown, unpublished writer to an acclaimed [[Podiobook]] superstar to a New York Times Bestselling author.
** Also true of Sigler's arch-nemesis J.C. Hutchins who rode his self-promotion all the way to having his podcast novel trilogy 7th Son optioned by Warner Bros.
* In-universe example: In ''[[Simon R. Green|Winner Takes All]]'', one of a [[Those Two Guys|pair of mercenaries]] who help to protect James Adamant has a sideline, writing chapbook adventure-stories and songs with himself as the hero under a nom de plume.
* In "Where is Joe Merchant" by [[Jimmy Buffet]] has several references to Jimmy Buffet's own songs.
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== Meta ==
* [[TV Tropes (Wiki)]]: This page.
* Later, the unendingly [[Entry Pimp]]'d ''[[Instrument of God]]'' [part of the ''In the Matter of:'' series!] page.
* There's even [[Troper Works|a page]] for cataloguing self-promotion!
* Unfortunately this creeps out of its home and into our [[Fan Fic Recommendations]] page every once in a while too.
* By the way, ''[[
== Professional Wrestling ==
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== Radio ==
* The second-to-last episode of ''[[The Stan Freberg Show]]'', due to the lack of a corporate sponsor, was sponsored by [[Stan Freberg
== Video Games ==
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** The fact that a large part of it is about literally trying to sell your works for a profit makes it justified though. It's like an online shop for a lot of users. That and it is a blog site too!!
** Also, [[Fur Affinity]], and just about any [[Web Comic]] you've actually heard of.
* There is one of the many people "inspired" by the Angry Video Game Nerd to make reviews of video games for Youtube who shall not be named. The difference? Any forum related to video game "reviews" has been visited by him and several alternate accounts, each creating threads solely linking to his work. The [[That Guy With
** And adding to his [[Small Name, Big Ego|self-righteous egoism]], the man has recently discovered TV Tropes when he found his name mentioned in [[Horrible/Web Original|one article]] and predictably vandalized the said article in order to defend whatever he had of his "good name". That alone shall be the reason why we shall never ever mention his name directly here. [[Speak of the Devil]] indeed.
*** So, he's essentially [[Candle Jack]], only he insults people instead of kidna
* Try reading the comments on a [[YouTube]] video sometime. Guaranteed, you will see someone either trying to shill either their own videos or another website.
* On the video game music podcast [[Nitro Game Injection]], Larry Oji never wastes an opportunity to mention [[
** This is [[Lampshaded]] in the website description for episode 118, in which it's suggested that the listener [[Drinking Game|takes a shot every time Larry mentions OCR.]]
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* As the photo indicates, Jack Layton is fairly infamous for this. But he's not alone in Canadian politics: the Prime Minister has an ''[http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=9c6b53f6-f0a2-4eca-93bb-559023144731 entire gallery of photos of only himself].''
* There is a reason you've heard a lot more about Thomas Edison and Isaac Newton than Nicola Tesla and Robert Hooke; the former were much better at self promotion.
* [[Dan Schneider|Danwarp]]. He was decent enough at this with ''[[
* The career of independent film producer Brian Flemming was arguably destroyed when he couldn't stop promoting his documentary ''The God Who Wasn't There'' and his atheism. It's been six years since the film's release and you still see ads online for it, because Flemming is apparently so proud of his film.
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