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I Saw You Again
There you were standing between the flowers with questions in your eyes.
The piercing above your upper lip was like a shining full stop blazing on your face.
The hair swept to one side was done while you thought deeper about something.
The ring on your hand was chosen with care for a reason.
Your bow-shaped lips want to open up to utter the betrayal you feel.
The dainty wavy hat covers your hair softly to convey a message.
The kohl-lined eyes are filled with determination to get to the truth.
The hand that grasps the hair seeks the same flowers it hasn’t received for long.
The black-stringed necklace that hangs from the neck has an untold story.
The eyebrows that never merged have been plucked clean of doubt.
The happy plants around you seek answers about your presence.
The eyes carry on asking questions that should have been asked long back.
I saw you today after so many days.
I wanted to see you again for so long.
Your presence in front of me does make me weak in the knees.
But your eyes fill me with questions for which I have no answers.
Why did you come again today?
You are like that stone that is thrown in the still waters of my heart.
The waves come pushing towards me breaking on the rocks of my illogical mind.
Won’t you say something to let me know that I deserve to hear your voice?
I won’t understand if you stand there saying not a word.
I dare not come closer should you choose to step further away.
That you have come is the coming of Spring for me.
But now I should walk myself back out of the garden.
My mind plays tricks on me to make me suffer.
You were never there for me but as a beautiful memory never forgotten.
Good bye and good tidings to you.
Wish I can someday be as true as you.
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TWO GOOGLE BASICS FOR YOUR BUSINESS ☑️
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Let me give you an understatement -- Google is important for your business. 📣
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I know most of you already know this fact. But I wanted to repeat it once again. Now, my question: Are you using Google efficiently for your business? ⬇️
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I don't see that happening. All I see is that you are doing your daily Google search and getting on with life and business. ⛔️
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GOOGLE BASIC BENEFITS 🔃
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You need to get your Google basics right urgently, if you intend to compete and win against others in business.
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1⃣ GOOGLE MY BUSINESS (GMB): Go to your GMB listing and check whether you have updated all things properly there. If you don't have a GMB listing for your business,.... then a simple OMG is fine here. ◀️
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Update your phone number, add your website, add relevant pics of your business and get as many reviews as you can there on GMB from your business clients or customers.
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2⃣ GOOGLE MAPS: Add your business on Google Maps. When people search for directions to anywhere in your area, let your business name pop out on the map. ◀️
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Take care of these basics and Google will take care of your business. 🔆
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(And yes, that's me with my brother after a round of shopping outside a store in Tokyo last year. 🙂)
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WHAT'S THE ONLY GOAL THAT'S IN YOUR CONTROL ⚽️
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Do you consider goals as important? If you do, then allow me to share two insights I had related to goals. 🤾
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TWO GOAL TYPES 🛅
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On 1st January of 2019 as I sat down to journal a few thoughts, I started thinking about the importance of goals. In the process, I understood something new about goals.
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1⃣ RESULT GOALS:
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All of us read and hear about target-oriented goals. Marketing is all about target-oriented goals. We decide the goal that we want to achieve and then move ahead from there.
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I understood that this is what is ‘Result Goals’. The result that we want is put in the form of goals meant to be achieved.
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2⃣ ACTION GOALS:
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On thinking about goals, I came to understand that if goals have to be achieved then action steps have to be taken. These action steps can be ‘Action Goals’.
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WHAT'S IN MY CONTROL 🔏
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Between Result Goals and Action Goals, I tried to understand what is in my control. The answer was obvious: Action Goals. 📍
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What became clear to me was that Result is not in my hand. I can intend a good result. But Action is definitely in my control. I can take specific action. This action hopefully gets me my intended result. 📋
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So, while I am aware of my Result Goals, I choose to work on my Action Goals. 🔑
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TWO REASONS TO TAKE DAILY ACTION 🕺
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Action gets results. No action equals no result. 🎯
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All of us know this fact. And yet all of us don't really implement it. We don't put it into practice. If we did put it into practice, we would be blown away by the results. 🎳
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(By the way, it is only with daily monitoring and tweaking that results in good digital marketing.) 📣
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THAT DAILY ACTION 🎬
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Here are two reasons to take that daily action.
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1⃣ BETTER PROGRESS: You take action to achieve a goal. Whether big or small, there is always some kind of said or unsaid goal that calls out to you.
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When you take that daily action, you ensure better progress towards your goal. You skip a day of action, your progress stumbles a bit. So, act daily. ✔️
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2⃣ BETTER IDEAS: I think you already know about this. When you start taking action, your brain also starts firing up inside you. It starts presenting you with newer thoughts as you take your action steps.
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When you take daily action, you are then assured of much better ideas coming to you on a daily basis. Your mind starts buzzing with good ideas. So get your daily dose of great ideas with daily action towards that goal. ✔️
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HAPPY 🆕 YEAR DEAR INSTAGRAM FAMILY 📣
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Let me wish you my dear Instagram family of digital marketers, business owners and so many well wishers in general a very happy new year. May you have a satisfying and positive 2019 that fills you with hope and happiness throughout the year. 🔑
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Today is Day 1 of the New Year. Allow me to share with you what I did first thing in the morning today. 🗓️
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1⃣ GOALS: Yes, I opened my laptop and the 1st thing I did was write my goals for January 2019. Not for the whole year, but only for January. I wrote my RESULT GOALS and ACTION GOALS for the month.
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I intend to measure how fast I am progressing on my decided actions. I believe actions will bring desired results. 📋
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2⃣ FOCUS WORDS: I have written down some Focus Words that have meaning for me. Two of them are: SPEED and ULTRA DISCIPLINE. I keep them in mind for efficient action.
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This is what I accomplished today on the 1st day of 2019. 📐
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Hope you too set your own goals and work towards achieving them this New Year. 🎉🎇
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Hope you have a solid business year as digital marketers and business owners. 🦄
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Cheers everyone 🙂 🥂
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IS YOUR BUSINESS IGNORING SOCIAL MESSAGES 🤔
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I am curious about something. You are running a business and your business also has online social media presence. 👀
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But I find that most of you business owners (big or small) have ignored all those messages left on your social accounts by people. Those messages are just lying there waiting to be answered. Is this some business strategy? I am curious. 👂
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CALL OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT 📣
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Fact is: 89% of social media messages to brands go ignored. Why is this so? 🔦
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1⃣ TOO BUSY? If you are too busy managing your business, then you better hire some digital marketing professional or digital agency. They will manage your social accounts and reply to messages on your behalf. Spend some money, or face negative impression.
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2⃣ LIMITED RESOURCES? If you have limited resources, then stick to one social media account for your business. Now take out 15 mins daily from your hectic schedule and reply to messages personally or get someone to do it.
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3⃣ TIME WASTE? If you think replying to social messages on your accounts is such a waste of time, then think again. You don't reply to critical or positive messages about your business, then you appear inconsiderate and aloof. Bad impression.
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THE REPLY ADVANTAGE ✏️
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▶️BUILD TRUST: Once you reply to messages, people nod their heads and begin to trust you. Good for business.
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▶️APPEAR HUMAN: Once you reply, then you appear human to people who check out your business account on social media. They know you are not some machine bot posting stuff.
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Now go ahead and reply to all those messages. ✒️
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🔥 If you like this post and want such digital marketing posts for your own blog, send me a mail. Let's open minds together. 🔐
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WHY SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING IS GOOD FOR YOUR BUSINESS ✔️
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If you are posting on your social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram here (or any other social platform), then you are doing social marketing. 💻
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When you post regularly (preferably daily) on your social accounts about your business (service or product), then you find that you begin to develop a following. This is the point where social media marketing begins to positively impact your business. 📈
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SOCIAL MARKETING BENEFITS 📌
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1⃣ BUSINESS EXPOSURE: Almost 90% of marketers say their social marketing efforts have increased exposure for their business. Now you understand why you see so many brands and new businesses posting regularly on their social accounts. People see their posts and their business makes an entry into their mind space. This is the beginning of a good relationship. ⬅️
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2⃣ MORE TRAFFIC: About 75% of marketers say they’ve increased traffic with the help of their social marketing initiatives. Whenever you come across brand posts, most of the time you will find that those posts have a link to their business website. This obviously take you to their website, and their traffic increases. Business benefits. ⬅️
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3⃣ CREDIBILITY BOOST: Naturally, when you are posting about your business regularly on your social accounts, you build credibility. People who see your business posts start trusting what you say. Why? Because you say things with confidence and educate them well about your business. People like it. ⬅️
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This is why social marketing is good for your business. ☺️
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🔥 If you like this post and want such digital marketing posts for your own business blog, send me a mail. Let's open minds together. 💡
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The most beautiful lines of the poem-i wanted to see u for so long,ur presence infront of me makes me weak in the knees,,u r like that stone which is thrown into the still waters of my heart,u were never there for me but as a beautiful memory never forgotten and most painful- line-i dare not come closer u should choose to move further away..Nice effort through this composition-i
@Manika: Thank you 🙂 At times the right words come to express what I want to say.
Beautiful poem! 😊
@Sayeed: thank you. I couldn’t even categorise it as a poem. 😊
This poem is painful..It seems to be telling an unsucceessful story about two lovers..It ends at an unpleasant n unsatisfied note..The pic.chosen for the depiction of the girl could be of a prettier girl..i felt..Sad tale told through this ‘unrhymed poem’
@Manika: True. This ‘unrhymed poem’ ends on an unpleasant note. I couldn’t do anything, but go with the flow. 😊