Tag: success

200 million blogs, will my message be seen?

Posted on by philipdodson

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There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing, that’s a fact, well according to Katie Melua’s song. There probably is a few to be fair.

Well looking at stats about how many blog sites there are and apparently, there are approximately 200 million of them.

This generates about 1.5 million posts a day.

Those 1.5 million posts are vying for the attention of 3.6 billion internet users.

There are always enough people to read our posts, buy our stuff, to attract to our message.

The problem isn’t the size of the audience, it’s the message we create and whether it will stand out from the other 1.5 million posts.

Create the right message, keep making it better, consistently share it with the world and be patient, the right people will see it.

After all, we don’t need 3.6 billion people, we just need the right ones.

Attention

Posted on by philipdodson

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We live in a world that has created an almost addictive craving for ‘attention’ from others.

Plugged into the ether via a multitude of devices, we search to be noticed, we demand it.

Real attention comes from saying, creating or doing something meaningful, soulful and heartfelt. Doing something that matters to us. Then, the people who notice and appreciate us are the only ones that are important. There may only be a few but big numbers are just big numbers, they are not better.

Concentrate on giving to the world with no expectation, because the attention you get will be what makes life truly magical.

Craving attention only gives you emptiness as you try to create for an ‘audience’. Create and share what you love, do not seek or expect anything from others.