In 2007, I started working, but I don't know what it will be. I have experienced a lot on this website, both professionally and personally. Over the years, I have read many books, which helped me make the right decision about the website. This list summarizes the best techniques I have found to start from scratch and try to build something. Hope this helps some of us fans who want to get rid of the mainstream and create new things independently.
1.Start now
You can start implementing all these ideas now. You have no reason to wait. Today is Saturday, so go to the mall instead of work, but try to remind strangers to remember this day at least once. Take at least one action that attracts attention. Let others say "wow"! Or start with the book you want to write, start with the blog you have always wanted to create, and make your dinner extraordinary-set the table, enjoy the first-class restaurant at home, all you need is some changes and a new mindset. Change your life.
2. Be Remarkable
In every aspect of your life: outstanding. Strive to be a great person. If someone wants you $1, give them $10. If you want to build a website, don't publish one article a day: publish four articles. Put everything you have into your work. This may seem hard, but in the end, you will become someone that everyone will remember. Generally, it shouldn't be difficult to do something extraordinary. It can be as simple as the answer. On every comment on your blog, or immediately remember someone’s name when they meet. People at Harrods stopped paying because the product was better (although sometimes better), and they asked them to say, "Wow!
3. Be First
I admit it is getting harder and harder, but the hard work of promoting your ideas is much easier in situations where no one has seen it before. Do something first, and you are half done. Seth Godin is a great writer, and I highly recommend his book. In one of his books, he talked about a village head in India who had no electricity. The chief, a very older man, bought the first solar lamp (the others used kerosene lamps). His front yard was crowded with villagers. They looked at the lamp and discussed how long the lamp lasted. He is the hero of the town, and everyone is watching him. Did you buy the one full of people in the yard? No, he is the second one.
4. Be Tiny
We all tend to think big, but this tendency can actually hinder our success. Whether writing a book, creating a product, or doing other things online, focus on reaching a small group of very loyal fans. If few people like your idea, don't be discouraged. If you work hard for these few people, they will repay you by sharing your enthusiasm with others. Having 1,000 loyal followers is much better than having 100,000 customers who want to leave. The famous Tiffany and Co. is an exclusive brand. They are exclusive and small in scale, but they decide to grow. They launched a new product line for the mid-range jewelry market, with profits approaching bankruptcy. They are now back to where they were. Calvin Klein is not popular now because most department stores can buy their underwear, but when they started, they were exclusive. Now, who wants to enjoy CK underwear with friends?
5. Focus on Followers
Facebook. Whether you like it or not, this is an important part of the Internet. We have always had a like button on Facebook to promote ourselves, but recently I noticed something. About 800,000 pages are visited here every day. Facebook likes it. There are hundreds of them every day. This is not because we are unpopular, but because most of our readers do not like us. The social media buttons are loaded on the page in about two seconds. For the 300 people we liked, we lost two seconds of precious time for 799,700 people. It is not aimed at our followers but marketing. Two days ago, I removed all social media buttons from our article. By removing these share buttons, we are improving the subscriber experience, but there is a risk that our marketing is limited to a wider audience. This is worth it. Focus on the people you care about and don't try to create a new market. Are you losing your most important asset: fans?
6. Fail
Fear of failure may be what prevents someone from succeeding. If you think you will fail, you may not even start. This even applies to activities you are currently doing. When I started, I created a total of five blogs on very different topics. After a week, none of them succeeded. At this point, most people will no longer think this is a failure. That's it: four blogs. In the second week, Listverse took off. I closed other blogs and focused all my attention on Listverse. If I let my fear of failure make me back down, you won't read this article now, and you may continue to write software for other people instead of spending a few days doing my favorite thing: sharing interesting data with friends.
7. Don’t Copy Success;
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer mocked the iPhone and said embarrassingly: "It doesn't have a keyboard. [.] We sell millions of [.] phones every year: Apple doesn't sell phones a year." Watch the clip above. Ouch. How about Zune, Steve? McDonald’s founded McDonald’s Paradise, and Burger King thought it was a good idea, so they copied it into their Burger King kingdom. In 2011, McDonald's earned $27 billion. How much does Burger King make? Nearly 3 billion. This happens when copying. Burger King was recently acquired, and the first thing the buyer did was get rid of the ridiculous Burger King mascot. If you want to succeed, you have not copied it correctly. Don't imitate those who are successful; they are doing well in their field. This applies to all levels. If you want to build a lemonade kiosk, don't imitate the neighbor's children. Find a way to improve your lemonade or make your customers happier.
8. Love What You Do
Many people are now defending the four-hour work. Forget it; I have been working for six years since I woke up before going to bed. It is no exaggeration. It is 7:00 in the evening, and I am on the worklist since then. You see people complaining that their blog is unpopular at 5 o'clock this morning, but they only publish an article every other day. When I felt that I didn't have to work so many hours, I doubled my daily worklist to have more things to do. Not many people can say that they spend 14 hours a day doing what they like to do. As soon as I wake up in the morning, I jump out of bed and start directly at the computer because I like it (actually, I smoke and coffee first, but finish them as soon as possible). If you are passionate and love what you do, you will succeed. I can work for four hours, playing golf while patting my back. Four hours a day should give you time, but I would rather sit in front of you.
9. Ignore Advice
When does your friend say you want to jump off a cliff, right? I know. This is a cliché, but most of us do it. We saw our lemmings jumping off their heads from the cliff, and we followed their footsteps. You need Disney employees to help us move forward! One of the most important pieces of advice to follow is to ignore other people. You are amazing. You are great because you are different from others. When most people around you say X, you should think of Y. Did Steve Jobs bow his head to most people? You may remember a website called Digg, which is very large. Before Facebook, it was Facebook (in terms of popularity). Then they accepted venture capital and changed their way of working on the advice of sponsors. Result: Before the change, Digg was worth $164 million. Digg was sold for $500,000 in 2010; no, I left three zeros for some reason.
10.Be New
Madonna in the 80s and 90s. David Bowie. Lady Gaga. What do these artists have in common? They did things that no one else did. They stood up and said, "It's me. I like it, or you will screw it up." The success of these people is not to please everyone; it is not to follow trends. It's because of some new, amazing, and even gender redistribution. To maintain the absolute dominance of consumers' dollars, other groups such as Radiohead (since 2007) abandoned the traditional model and began to sell products directly through their own websites. It is one thing to become a great artist. It is another thing to become a great artist who is not addicted to consumption and greed but wants to maintain the status quo. Would you prefer the pennies Metallica throws at them for making their labels? (At the expense of everyone except the record company) Or Radiohead, who has less income but is loyal to his art and has a passionate following?
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