Soul Search
“Who am I? Who am I not? Who do I want to be? What am I doing about it?” |
Well if you haven’t seen it yet Social Traffic just launched it’s soul search contest . It’s going to be very interesting.
I submitted my entry an hour ago. I thought I would share it with my audience. Here goes;
Who am I? Who am I not?
I didn’t set out to be known a leader. I like to lead by example, yet at the same time I dislike being a public figure in the spotlight. I enjoy letting others take the center stage, while I can be the man behind them. It’s just the way that I am built. I’m not in this for fame, but rather for respect. At the end of the day, if all I get are online “friends” who “like” me, then in many ways I would feel like I have failed. I don’t want to be liked, per se, I just want to be respected; or better yet, I want to move people and influence them. I want to be the person who enables others to achieve their dreams.
Though it may sound conflicting, it’s actually a very comfortable spot between the feeling of power from influencing others, and letting others take the limelight.
What am I going to do about it?
Well, I guess I’m already doing something about it through Social Traffic. Social Traffic was built on a model where others could eventually be empowered to take it forward. I knew that I didn’t have time for back-slapping-honey-coated-wordy colleagues. Social Traffic needed business minded folk to make wise and effective decisions.
Just like personal brands, your business brand also needs to answer these questions. We knew that the strength of the ST group would be primarily based on trust and net worth of the individuals. We don’t invest in the half-hearted; or mix business with pleasure.
I started this group from 500 and brought it down to 20 sharp people. I believe, that in life you’re either a shepherd who leads the way, a goat or a sheep – and if you so happen to be the shepherd, you’d darn right do a great job at it. In the simplest of analogies, I’d say that I have had the privilege of being a shepherd for so many enthusiastic souls. But it’s the people under me that matter the most: the brave and untiring goats. At the end of the day Rupert Murdoch is an Obama goat yet a shepherd to the News limited team. Similarily, influencing a few weak goats is not the same as one who can influence powerful billy goats. Each person in Social Traffic is a strong, intelligent and brave soul, and just this thought makes my journey so much more fulfilling.
My circle of trust is based on 10 or so people outside of family and friends. Through those 10 people I have been able to achieve so much more - the bigger and better these people are the stronger the bond and the more success enjoyed by all. We’ve gotten Hollywood documentary propositions; million dollar sales; and a reputation that takes a lot of time to build and protect.
Answering these questions is imperative to defining our personal brands, which is everything in social media. Answering these questions could be the most constructive thing that you do online. When I look at myself in the mirror and I ask myself these three questions - the only pacifying thought that comes to my mind is how thankful I should be about where I am, what I’m doing and how everything in my life fits together piece by piece.
Join the single entry competition and win first prize valued at $8000!
“Who am I” is a question asked by countless people searching for their souls. One such person who stands out from the crowd was a poet called Bulleya.
“Soul Searching” contest for teams win anywhere up to $100,000.00 cash shared by the winning team
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The eternal question… |
The journey through self discovery is one taken by many people all across the globe for all times. “Who am I” is a question asked by countless people searching for their souls. One such person who stands out from the crowd was a poet called Bulleya.
His poem (translated in English) is as follows:
Bulleya, who am I?
I am no believer in a mosque
And I have no pagan ways
I am not pure. I am not vile
I’m no Moses and I’m no Pharoah
Bulleya, who am I?
First and last, I see the self
I recognize no second to it
No one is more knowing than me
But, Bulleya, who is it that I am?
Bulleya, who am I?
Water nor dust are neither what makes me
I am not flame. I am not wind
I am not pure. I am not vile
I’m no Moses and I’m no Pharoah
Bulleya, who am I?
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STi “Soul Searching” contest for teams - Part 2 |
The “Soul Searching” Contest for teams is an extension of the Facebook contest for a more focused drive. Now that you’re selecting and finalizing your teams, I thought I’d recap the important aspects of the contest.
How does the contest work?
- You can either lead a team or join one. Teams have to be between 5 to 10 members each.
- The team captains can register teams into the sheet before adding member user-names to it.
- All team members must be signed up as JV partners and their JV partner panel user-names should be added to the team’s sheet.
- Each individual in the team will participate in the essay writing contest. The collective votes and traffic of all team members will decide the winning team
- All entrants must join the Social Traffic fan page before joining as a prerequisite to submitting their entries.
- The team contest will be run using Google Forms and Spreadsheets.
- At the end of the contest, Social Traffic will manually count each team’s points (votes + traffic) and average them per person in the team. The team with the most average points per player wins the Team’s Contest.
How to participate?
All individuals within the teams have to submit a 450 word essay on;
“Who am I?
Who am I not?
Who do I want to be?
What am I going to do about it?”
What are the rewards?
The Social Traffic Fan Page will grow fans as the competition heats up, since every contestant has to be a part of the community to participate. The page itself will be used to promote the courses and books. All course sales that take place through the Fan Page will earn 40% commission through a dedicated affiliate account that we’ll set up. All of the commission earned through this will be pooled together.
Through the Facebook Social Traffic Fan Page the winners will get the following rewards:
- 1st team earns 50% of the total commissions earned
- 2nd team earns 35% of the total commissions earned
- 3rd team earns 15% of the total commissions earned
With so many teams competing against each other for points (votes and traffic to their entries), this could easily lead to thousands of dollars in commission to the winning team.
To get a clearer picture, understand that only 100 sales conversions from the Facebook Fan Page would mean 100 X $800 commission = $80,000. This $80k will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams respectively, and they will divide their rewards amongst their team members. Losing teams won’t get anything, and won’t even get commissions for the sales they were responsible for converting.
Tips on choosing the right team members:
Once your team members have been nominated they cannot be changed. If someone tries to leave a team half-way through the contest, he/she will not be able to leave until the duration of the contest is complete. This means that whoever you have in your team will remain a part of it – of he/she is a good resource then your whole team will benefit. If he/she is a negative force then this will dilute the whole team’s score.
This is why it is important to make sure that you do not invest in half-hearted people by allowing them into your team. People who have not built a reputation of a can-do attitude will have a difficult time finding a team that accepts them. Your team is like a party. The biggest and best parties are the ones where everyone wants to be, where all the good players are, and where the best music is playing. Make your team that kind of party and see the results.
If this goes viral that could be $10,000 a piece, so don’t choose your team members lightly – this is serious business. The wrong team can not only make you lose the contest, but also lose the commissions for the sales that you did convert.
The best thing is that you already know how to promote and ace this contest – you know how to market better than anyone else out there on Facebook and Twitter. You’ve learned the ropes and know the ride well.
Get started today. Pick your partners, find your best team players, and get them to join your team. It’s not every day you get a chance to be involved in a launch of this magnitude. The opportunity is in front of you.
Enter your team here
Entries close Friday 25th September.
Join the single entry competition here. Win first prize valued at $8000!
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