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RE: Why Isn't Your Steemit Following And Earnings Growing?
I blog about a lot of different things but there are certainly niches. There are a couple people who mainly just blog about food.
There are others who there whole blog is about crypto currencies.
The thing that makes me stand out or more visible is because I do the pool meetings and no one else does that to suddenly I become a recognized person on the platform.
It will be hard to find your grove but honestly I just blog about anything and enter the meme challenges and picture challenges and just go crazy over commenting on stuff.
Great advice. Consistency is key . I think the pool initially attracts followers - but its your informative content that keeps us following!
That is good to know. The pool meetings are kind of time consuming by the time I render and upload and all that. It is good to know it is helping out.
Totally! Not like you need a minnow to tell you keep up the good work lol. But keep it up!
I like the name pool meetings. First time hearing about them... very cool.
That's because I invented the concept! 😎 I think that world leaders should have pool meetings. That way they will be on better terms!
It's a pretty great invention. It was fun to watch. You should swim around a little, too, lol.
Lately the vast majority of my Youtube videos have been me in the car talking where as I oftentimes will try to do stuff in the backyard or screencasts, just been crazy busy and that's been the only time I could fit in vids but I definately gotta start doing less in my car lol. A pool is definately cooler and more memorable than the inside of my hyundai elantra lol. Unfortuately I don't have a pool as I'm in IL but the place I bought does have a hot tub so maybe I'll be the hottub dude lol
Yeah so I thought a lot about this. Driving in a car and talking is actually very engaging for a person. The first time I saw that done was in 2009 for a guy who was pitching a real estate investment book. I realized that people get locked onto it because there is stuff going by outside.
When I came up with the pool meeting concept I thought in my mind that maybe people will get hypnotized by the little waves and get locked in the same way people get locked into watching someone in the car.
Also I think I'm going to get a blow up dolphin to add to the pool as well. I have the killer whale. Then on down the line I might just order a blow up sex doll and it will randomly float by behind me and people will be like WTF!!! did you see that sex doll!!!! Hahahha
Funny thing with the car thing. For me I think I do the car alot mostly for efficiency kill two birds with one stone while im driving to the office knock out a video. I'm sometimes a little uncomfortable just talking to the camera so also driving gives me something to keep me somewhat occupied as opposed to just sitting there staring at the camera lens.
That said I've had a few people saying to mix it up or occasionally people will comment on what's in my backseat. I had kind of a funny idea to hire a couple hot girls off craigslist or backpage or something and just have them sitting in my backseat as I drive and make my video, but i thouoght it would be funny to like not even acknowledge the fact they were there and just wait for comments like dude wtf you got 3 girls in bikinis in the back lol. Just something goofy to mix things up a bit and keep people entertained.
I have a great backyard for a backdrop but unfortunately live on a busy street so road noise is a bit of a pain but I'd like to do some more backyard vids
Yeah that would be hilarious if you had some hotties just sitting in the back while you did the video. You would be like Tai Lopez where there are just these random Insta-hotties sitting around pretending to listen to him. LOL
ha, I never thought about that but yeah who's all these 20 something chicks on his plane with him just sitting around him smiling as he talks about life.
He cracks me up and I applaud him. It is very well played. Also notice that when he is in his leased house that there are always people standing around listening to him talk. It caused people to subconsciously believe that what he is saying is more important and that people are always listening when he talks. People have a herd mentality so when they see others doing a certain thing they follow. It is oftentimes more effective that way than when he talks to the camera by himself.
Another thing I have noticed is that these guys who have cookie cutter mental masterbation advice can gain a far bigger following then someone who gives real advice like us. The reason is because when it comes down to actually taking action and getting on Amazon or eBay or getting on Steemit and posting....... well that is too hard. That would require work. But if someone like Tai has several nice leased cars and a leased house and talks about how you can make money in real estate and how there are 69 steps to becoming rich people just eat it up.
I have no ill will towards Tai Lopez. He recognized these things and played the game very well.
To give my honest opinion, I think Tai Lopez says some nice things. I've listened to him speak for about 4-5 hours total in my life now and while he is frankly, a bit long-winded, I don't think he's been a waste of my time.
What do you think of him?
Is is very engaging. He knows how to phrase things and he has played the game very well. I don't feel that he provides much value though. A few pick me ups and anecdotal speeches. Primarily mental masturbation for the masses. I love how he gives away cars. That was brilliant. I don't look at what he says I more look at what he does and how that effects his following.
Out of the mental masturbation guys I would say I like Gary V the best. His stuff seems slightly more applicable but a person isn't going to listen to Gary V all day and be able to do anything real world with it to make money.
The fact is you can get way bigger just spewing out cookie cutter advice and little positive messages than actually directly telling someone how to make money. People don't actually want to put in the time to actually do something. Why would someone want to run a tape gun after selling stuff online.....that is too hard. They would rather just sit there and tell themself that they will be rich an jack off to Tai Lopez's leased cars.
I don't have anything against Tai. He played the game extremely well.
Yeah you hit got him pegged. I do think he's a smart guy and he's got some interesting stuff to say but like you said his real skill is understanding the masses. I think if money is the ultimate goal you can make a lot more and be a lot more successful appealing to the "mental masturbation" crowd who you probalby know will never do anything with the info your telling them, much more so than providing concrete practical action steps to the crowd who will actually follow through. i notice recently on his prerolls it says something at hte bottom of the video to the effect of the cars and houses in this video are leased. wonder if he had a lawsuit or something. a buddy of mine recently picked up his social media course and while i personally probably wouldn't drop a grand on it my buddy who i think pretty highly of was surprisingly pretty impressed with it and has been balls to the wall with click funnels ever since. i think tai is tied in with those click funnel cats as well
Yeah it is pretty interesting for sure.