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Pin And Be Repinned

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Did you know that over 80% of all pins are repins? This statistic has been all over the place, but not everyone is getting the repins they expect. By utilizing Pinterest very well, you will be able to get more repins.

The best way to get repins is to pin consistently. There was a stretch when I only came out with 2 pins a day for about a month. I did not get a lot of repins for any of my 2,000 pins. I recently started to pin again, and now I get numerous repins every day for my old and new pins. You may be wondering why this was the case.

Here’s why: People forget about new things easily. If you see a new person’s pin once, you are bound to forget about that person unless you see more of their pins. When I decided to pin more, I wasn’t sending out 5 or 10 pins a day. I was sending out over 50 pins every day. Consistently pinning at that rate really adds up towards the total number of pins on your account. As people saw more of my pins, they decided to take a look and repin some of my pins. Some Pinterest users scroll up and down until they see all of the pins for a particular board. When that happens, you typically get 100 messages (depending on the number of pins on that board) telling you that someone repinned one of your pins.

Pinning consistently has its benefits. Getting more repins is one of them.

 

Complaining Isn’t A Strategy

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People complain about the situations that they are in. Small bookstores are complaining about Amazon’s supreme power. Some people complain about not getting enough sales or traffic. Some people spend a lot of time complaining about a lot of things.

Complaining isn’t a strategy because no matter how much you complain, the current situation remains the same. Complaining about blog traffic doesn’t result in 200 extra visitors the next day. Complaining about having few followers doesn’t suddenly lead to getting thousands of followers every day. When a business begins to wane, people complain, but that doesn’t stop the waning. Complaining doesn’t solve the problem.

The only way to solve the problem is to stop complaining and begin doing. People can complain about someone being better than they are. The only way to get better than that person is to put the work in and stop complaining.

Many people know this to be true in one form or another. However, some of these people still complain. The reason people continue to complain is because complaining is easier than finding the solution. Complaining requires less work. Finding the solution requires you to do the work to solve a problem.

The more challenging road is the road taken by few. The few who take this road get to become the leaders of our time.

 

The Best And The Underdogs

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The only two good options you have are either being the best or being the underdog. The only problem with being the underdog is that when you do become the best, people look for another underdog. Being the best means being remembered. Being the underdog means getting the most cheers in a race. The dilemma is that there are a lot of underdogs, and when the underdog becomes #1, there’s another underdog to take his place.

The problem with being the best is that people want the underdog to win. People want to see other people break records. Mariano Rivera broke the record for all time saves, but he had a shaky start. He was an underdog that became the best. Although few people expect it to happen, we would like to see someone break the all time saves record again. We need another “best” person.

In other cases, people become envious of the best person. They want the underdog to rise up and take the best guy down. Then, everyone wants to see the former underdog to fall down.

The best way to thrive is by remaining the underdog even as you become better or be the best you can be. If you decide to become the best, the only way to prolong survival is by being innovative.

 

The Only Way That The Greatest Hidden Secret Can Be Successful

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They can only be successful if you tell a few people (5-10 people at most). You also have to tell these people that what you are telling them is a secret. If it’s a secret that only 5-10 people know, you would only get 5-10 sales…or at least that’s what most people think.

The reason that the greatest secrets become successful is because no one can keep a secret. I’m sure that you and everyone else has told a secret or two (or more) in their lifetime. The greatest secrets that end up becoming successful are the ones that say, “Here are all of the amazing things that I do. Shhhh.”

The people exposed to that sales pitch simply don’t keep the secret. Word of mouth allows the secret to spread like wildfire similar to gossip. There is a Big Bang Theory episode that demonstrates how fast a secret spreads. Because of iPhones, the secret spread in a matter of seconds.

Although your secrets may not spread in a matter of seconds, they are going to spread in a matter of days. Soon, the secret becomes exposed and everyone knows about it.

It is important to establish a presence. However, some things you do should be kept a secret. Then, that secret gets exposed, and you get what you wanted in the beginning: more sales and visibility.

 

What We Can Learn From An Astronaut Who Tweets From Space

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Rick Mastracchio has been busy. He is a NASA astronaut on board the ISS, a spaceship that rotates around Earth’s orbit. He also has over 20,000 followers on Twitter, gets over 100 new followers every day, and many of his tweets have been both retweeted and favorited over 100 times.

He tweets pictures of different continents and places on Earth from space using the account name @AstroRM. Twitter’s new picture preview feature makes it easier for people to see his pictures. These pictures are stunning, and they rake up the retweets and favorites. It’s no wonder that his Klout score is 70. These are some of his breath-taking pictures of Earth from space.

So, what can we learn from an astronaut in space who uses Twitter?

  1. Really good pictures get retweeted, but really good pictures from your camera get retweeted more.
  2. Be unique. There aren’t many people tweeting in space. Rick gets one tweet in every day.
  3. Tweeting daily makes people remember you.
  4. Twitter pictures are like the pop-ups in a children’s book: everyone notices them. That’s how I found Rick’s Twitter account.
  5. Have a really good background picture that relates to where you are or what you do. Rick’s background picture is of Earth.

10 Ways To Get Better Time Management

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Poor time management skills is a worldwide problem. Goals are written down, but the time to do those goals is never found. Goals get scratched off the list, and the New Year’s resolutions lists get shorter. However, there is a solution towards time management. By consistently implementing these 10 tactics, you will be able to get better time management and get more done.

  1. Identify your priorities. These are the goals that need to get accomplished before any of your other goals. Priorities should be determined based on deadline, the impact of accomplishing the goal, and how much you want to accomplish that goal.
  2. Give yourself a schedule. What are you going to do month by month, week by week, and day by day? Write it all down in a notebook.
  3. Systematize certain aspects of your business. I have YouTube videos scheduled past February. Do you have anything that has been systematized?
  4. Ask yourself every day, “What did I do for my business?” Do not go to bed, take that nap, or take your break until you can answer this question (with something other than “no”).
  5. Create a big list of goals. A big list of goals will result in you doing more work. When you give yourself more work, you will force yourself to adapt.
  6. Eliminate the distractions. When you are working, there’s no need for the telephone, music, or mobile phone. In some cases, there isn’t even a need for the internet. Temporarily disconnect from your Wi-Fi network if you don’t need to use it.
  7. Give yourself a reason to keep going. Think of where you will be in a year if you manage your time properly.
  8. Only take 30 minute breaks. After those breaks, work for 90 minutes.
  9. Designate some tasks to others. Don’t give yourself more work than you have to.
  10. Do a short workout before you do your work. By doing a workout, your body releases chemicals that make you feel happy and positive. By feeling happy and positive as you work, you will be able to get more done.