#but even then you’ve gOt to train it to b consistent and have growth and understand urself better

[tiptapricot]

[ID: the first reblog includes the Simpson’s “don’t make me tap the sign” meme, but the sign’s text has been edited to read: that’s not a bad voice that’s an untrained voice. /end ID]

I may be becoming the guy at work who won't let people talk bad about their own singing voices, but to be fair people keep talking bad about their singing voices to me

[jjonassevilla]

Our New Pricing Is All About What You Care About Most: Converting More Traffic

Can you think of a great piece of digital marketing you came across in the past year?

Maybe it was a super empathetic email that made you say, “hot damn, this company really gets me.” Or it could have been a clever ad that reminded you about a product you were looking at and offered you a sweet discount. Whatever it was, chances are good that those marketers were using advanced tools to collect data and insights that helped them create a highly relevant experience for you—and that’s what made it stand out.

Today, it’s those incredibly personalized marketing experiences that are most effective at getting signups and sales online. The problem is the software that makes them possible is usually priced for huge companies with deep pockets.

As a marketer, you just want to be able to use the tools you need to be successful, regardless of your budget. And so you hope that companies price their software in a way that both makes it accessible and reflects the actual value you’re getting back.

Often, that’s not the case.

When You Use Marketing Software, What’re You Actually Paying For?

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of evaluating marketing software (/s), you will have seen some of the different ways that companies charge for their products.

For example, there’s cost-plus pricing, which is when a SaaS brand adds up all the expenses that go into supplying a product then slaps a margin on top. And then there’s competitor pricing—software providers using the price of similar products as a benchmark for their own. The trouble is these pricing models don’t have anything to do with the benefit you’re getting from the product.

Enter value-based pricing, which is all about understanding the quantifiable benefit of a product to the market (usually through a ton of research and customer interviews) and setting a price based on that value. Or, in shorter terms, giving you what you pay for.

Tying the price of marketing software to the value it actually delivers means the benefit you get should always outweigh the cost of the platform. It’s fair for everybody. Plus the SaaS has a huge incentive to increase the value that you get. When you succeed, so does the provider.

The Value You Care About Isn’t Landing Pages, It’s Conversions

Over the past year, Unbounce has really focused on fuelling growing businesses and empowering digital marketers like you.

Part of that is investing in our product to help you create the highest-converting campaigns possible. The other part is ensuring that you’re getting the most bang for your buck. Every time you evaluate Unbounce, we want you to feel your budget is being well spent—that you’re getting value.

Which begs the question: what’s the value of a landing page platform, really?

It oughta save you time—that’s a given. It should make it super easy to create pages that look like they were built by a time-traveling Michelangelo. But at the end of the day, we know that what you really care about is getting more conversions, whether that’s leads, sales, signups—you name it.

You’re not building landing pages for fun. You expect they’ll help you convert more of your traffic. Yet almost every company charges you based on things like the number of users on your account or pages you can build. (Hey, we’re not perfect. We’ve done this, too.)

Until now, no landing page platform on the market has aligned its pricing with the real value of its product to (ultimately) incentivize giving you more of what you want. That’s why, starting today, we’re offering new pricing plans that’re directly tied to what matters most: conversions.

Leads, Sales, Signups—It’s All About Converting More Traffic

Our four new plans are focused on supporting you through the different stages of your business’s growth, giving you the tools you need to consistently create incredible marketing campaigns. Each plan is designed to support a particular kind of Unbounce customer with conversion and traffic totals that make sense for you.

For example, when you’re new to Unbounce, our entry-level plan will help you learn to create attention-grabbing landing pages without a developer. Once you’re getting some traffic, you can upgrade to a plan with optimization features that’ll help convert more of your visitors.

But before getting into the details, let’s get a couple of things outta the way:

“Hang on—is this a price hike?”

Nope. (Our entry-level plan, Launch, is now actually less expensive than our previously lowest-priced plan.) This is all about giving you the flexibility to choose a plan that fits your business, which is why we’re introducing additional options to meet the needs of more of our customers as they scale.

“But can I keep my existing plan?”

Absolutely. We don’t think you should have to change plans unless you want to. (Although you might once you see the new ones.) If you’re happy with your plan, you can keep it.

There’s one small exception, and that’s customers who’ve been with us since 2010—the very beginning. We wanted to do something special for this group to show our thanks, so they’re being migrated to our super-exclusive Vintage plan that gives them a bunch of cool benefits at (or even less than) the same price they’re already paying.

Our New Conversion-Based Pricing Plans Support Your Growth

With that out of the way, we’re pleased to reveal Unbounce’s four new conversion-based self-serve plans: Launch, Optimize, Accelerate, and Scale.

As you can see, all Unbounce plans now come with unlimited landing pages, popups, and sticky bars. (Go wild, y’all.) Plans are tiered by the number of conversions and the amount of traffic you’re driving to your Unbounce pages based on your stage of growth, plus the number of domains you need. (You can check out the full breakdown here.)

Launch is for someone who’s just getting started with landing pages. The plan comes with everything you need to create pages fast (like our drag-and-drop builder and quick-start templates)—all without a developer.

Optimize is for marketers who are ready to start optimizing their landing pages and really crank up the conversions. This tier unlocks AI-powered tools like Smart Traffic (plus more traditional tools like A/B testing) that help you maximize every click.

Accelerate is for marketing teams and agencies who are growing fast and are looking for a lil’ extra juice. Get everything in Optimize, plus fast-loading AMP pages to ensure the best experience for every visitor.

Scale has the highest limits of any of our self-serve plans, giving you the bandwidth you need to reach even more people with your campaigns. Your landing pages regularly get tens of thousands of visitors? This is probably the plan for you.

Additionally, Unbounce has got a new suite of plans we’re calling Concierge, reflecting the hands-on training and support (plus flexible limits) these plans offer. You can learn more about Concierge here.

Not sure which plan sounds right for you? We’ve also got a nifty recommendation tool that’ll suggest a plan based on things like your expected number of conversions and visitors.

Everything You Need to Know About Our New Pricing

Unbounce’s new plans don’t just better reflect the value you’re getting from our product. Because they scale with you, you can actually see how Unbounce is supporting your business. Plus they tie your success to ours—if you’re not growing as a result of more conversions, then neither are we.

That’s not the only way we’re helping you grow in 2020. With Unbounce Conversion Intelligence, we’re harnessing machine learning to give you the insights and tools you need to create the highest-converting campaigns possible—the sorta stuff that used to be exclusive to the big guys. Smart Traffic is already helping more than 2,000 customers by automatically routing visitors to the page that’s most relevant to them. And we used our machine learning model to analyze 34,000 landing pages for the Conversion Benchmark Report, showing you how to build for your audience and out-optimize your competitors.

You can get more details on pricing and compare the plans on our new pricing page. If you have any feedback or questions about this change (or anything else going on at Unbounce), feel free to reach out to us at support@unbounce.com.

from Marketing https://unbounce.com/news/conversion-based-pricing-plans/ via http://www.rssmix.com/

[acabang]

Nerding out on the Borderlands

I finally got around to playing Borderlands 3 and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Personal order of preference for the franchise: Tales ≥ BL2 > BL3 > BL1 > TPS

Depending on how the DLC goes though, 3 could be just as good as 2 for me. Unlikely but it’s possible.

I really enjoyed playing all the Vault Hunters, Zane in particular, even if it seems like he lags behind the rest of them. And while she’s fun as just a straight up gunner, my only real bummer is Moze. For me when it comes to the playable characters, it’s all about their Action Skills and if I don’t find myself using it regularly then I hope they have something fun in their skill trees to make up for the lack of it other than shooting guns exceptionally well (ie. Gaige with Ricochet-Anarchy stacking abuse, Krieg with Flame of the Firehawk-Raving Retribution Hellborn madness, etc.). The idea of Iron Bear is rad but vehicles have never been useful outside of a means of map traversal, which this mech isn’t for, and if I’m gonna give up the benefits of my gear then it better be fucking OP or at least viable, especially at the highest of difficulties. So far it’s not looking like it is and I don’t expect it ever will get to that level. For the most part though, she’s still a lot of fun to use as a Plain Jane FPS character.

Overall, I actually enjoy all four initial characters pretty much equally which I can’t say about the other games. I still had fun with them but I didn’t like Roland, Salvador and Nisha as much as their fellow Vault Hunters in their respective games. I’m really looking forward to what DLC Vault Hunters they have in store though, they’ve all been pretty solid and just plain fun to play as.

                               -SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT-

I liked the story well enough and felt engaged the entire time. I didn’t really feel bogged down throughout and enjoyed the pace. Even the sidequests I thought played along well with the storyline missions, they didn’t feel as jarring with too much backtracking or as tediously boring as The Pre-Sequel had it. Although, all the games are guilty of this, the Underdome/Circle of Slaughter missions are still lame.

I loved pretty much most of the new NPCs, however major or minor a role they played. Lorelei was interesting and I want to know more about her, the same goes for Clay, who I could both see becoming Vault Hunters themselves (hopefully) in a future game. The Katagawa-Rhys dynamic was fun, as was BALEX and GenIVIV. I loved Wainwright Jakobs and I especially loved Typhon DeLeon, two of the more likable and wholesome characters in the entire franchise. They don’t hold a candle to Loader Bot & Gortys from Tales but still very admirable in a universe full of assholes and psychopaths. Even some of the minor villains were fun, the Traunt Brothers and Pain & Terror specifically.

Now it’s going to be unfair to compare the Twins to Jack but... they still could've been written better. Brats with god complexes and one with an inferiority complex to boot is fine, not the most compelling, but wait! They’re also streamers because *nudge, nudge, wink, wink*. Despite that, the VA performances of what they were given were both still very well done. When they start to actively antagonize each other is when they started to turn around for me, especially with the power corrupting Troy to the point of almost killing off Tyreen. The Twins being the children of Typhon is a neat twist reveal but I feel like if you’ve been discovering his logs throughout the maps you can put two and two together long before they outright state it.

Though I should probably give credit to the Twins for being a part of why I love Typhon so much. With him being revered the way he was, especially by Tannis, as the first Vault Hunter, it’s refreshing to see a fabricated myth actually turn out to be mostly a myth and not a 100% accurate depiction or historic event like most other games usually do. Even the damn posters of Typhon got him all wrong which I loved. He’s endearingly flawed and his admittance to not being the best father to Tyreen & Troy after they lost their mother actually really got to me. He wasn’t around for long but it was smart of Gearbox to have built up his backstory through those logs, it allowed his character to make some sort of impact like it did on me which made his death actually quite poignant.

Thus leading to probably what I can only assume, since I haven’t bothered to read other people’s reaction to it, is the most controversial part of the game. I love character deaths, especially for ones I adore. When done properly it brings more meaning to them and for the character that may have taken their lives. Bloodwing and Roland helped build Jack up to be even more of the villain that most people love (to hate). Hell, even Sasha’s death in Tales actually had me crying... then immediately laughing because I totally got baited by it especially after already losing Scooter.

Now, like I said, I love character deaths and I’m totally fine with Maya being the one we lose but the way she dies was more of a pathetic wail than whatever Gearbox was hoping to achieve. And for what? All I hope for in a character death is to have more meaning to it than a passing of the torch to a cipher of a character that was basically just introduced and I have no real connection towards, good or bad, because going forward from then on certainly isn’t going to be positive at all. Who knows, she could end up being a favourite character of mine in the future as she develops more but as of right now, no, the only reason for her existence in this game world so far was to take the place from two beloved characters that hasn’t been earned yet.

The other character being Lilith as she sacrifices herself to keep Pandora closed. I don’t believe she’s actually dead, gone for now but at least not dead. It’ll probably be the main focus of the next game, if not in a DLC, in figuring out a way to get her back from Elpis, if she’s even stuck up there. It’s sad to lose her immediately after regaining her powers back but at least she went out with Alicia Keys singing her a fire swan song. Unfortunately, before going off to save the day and Gearbox not being entirely satisfied yet with shoving Ava down our throats the first time, Lilith hands over protection of Sanctuary III to her. Hopefully Ava is given an extremely satisfying character arc in the proceeding games because woof, that’s going to be a tough mountain to climb especially if it takes another 2-5 years for the next game to release.

I don’t actually hate Ava, I just don’t care about her. Also our Vault Hunter(s) were right there, technically, and as was Tannis. She may not be able to fight but she’s more than capable of leading the Crimson Raiders. She’s also the most consistently well written character that’s shown growth over the games that she’s been a part of in the franchise, in my opinion.

As for the rest of the characters, I’m good with moving on from Vaughn now. He was unexpectedly funny to okay during Tales but yeah, he’s already worn out his welcome for me. Rhys was fine, not as good as he was in Tales but he wasn’t really even my favourite character from that game anyway. Who I was missing was Fiona, I really wish that she had shown up but hopefully that might still be a possibility in DLC. Maybe she’ll show up alongside Athena & Janey, continuing her VH training somehow saved from wherever she disappeared off to. Preferably with Loader Bot and Gortys as well. It’d also be nice to run into Axton, Sal, Gaige and especially Kreig considering the whole Maya situation and her promising to see him again.

Then there’s also the B-Team, which a part of me wanted to interact with more but another part where I think I’m okay with what we got. I was disappointed in Tina’s development however, I didn’t expect a full maturation of character but I also hoped she wouldn’t be the spaz that she was when she was a young teen. Even in Dragon Keep she showed a little bit of growth with her acceptance of Roland’s death but I guess they wanted to keep her annoying, which was fine back in 2 and TPS when she was basically a kid but I believe she’s supposed to be at least 18 now? I guess it’s fine as long as it fits the dynamic between her, Brick and Mordecai. I will also say that Mordecai’s side quest to attend his protégé’s birthday party was really bittersweet, I loved that brief respite from the chaos that is the rest of the game and a stark reminder that Pandora sucks.

Aside from the actual plot and characters, I thought they did an even better job at world building the rest of the universe. The mega-corporations side of Borderlands has always been fascinating to me and I feel like they often take a backseat by most fans since they’re just these ever present entities in the universe and not actual characters themselves, despite each of them having quite unique “personalities” in the products they manufacture and the individuals that represent them. We had Commandant Steele & General Knoxx show off a militaristic side of the original Atlas as The Crimson Lance, then there was Jack as the face of the Hyperion we knew, and the fallout from his demise during Tales. There’s also Tannis giving us slight tidbits of how Dahl operated on Pandora between the first & second game and, of course, Mr. Torgue with, well, Torgue and I guess now he’s in charge of the battle arenas. Now we get insight on the current incarnation of Atlas with Rhys at the helm, Maliwan with Katagawa Jr. and Wainwright as the heir to Jakobs. It’s just fun to see these corporations steadily being fleshed out with each game and I’m interested to see how Tediore, Vladof and maybe even S&S Munitions, if they ever make a return, will turn out.

On the other end of the spectrum and more of an active danger to the universe are the Vaults, their purpose and the monsters contained within, one of them called the Timekeeper who we have yet to encounter. Also more insight into who the Eridians were, the siren Nyriad’s role with their eradication and warning of a seventh siren who shouldn’t be found. There’s definitely plenty of seeds that were planted, it’s just a shame that it’ll probably be a long time from now before any of them get answered unless they start pumping out these games which I hope they don’t. Oversaturation and fatigue can ruin a franchise.

This has been my TED Talk, thank you for reading.

[thesportssoundoff]

DWCS Season 3, Week 2 Preview Primer

Contract totals thus far:

Signed:

1 HW

1 MW

Victor Reyna (10-3, 32 years old, Pro since 2012) vs Miguel Baeza (6-0, 26 years old, Pro since 2015) Welterweights

Victor Reyna Where He Fight At? Like a lot of dudes from Texas, Reyna has pretty much stuck to that region of the United States. He fought a few times in Legacy Fighting Championship and has been primarily fighting for Combates Americas as they've undergone a bit of a growth spurt since 2017. Who’d He Ever Beat? Evan Cutts has some MMA name panache I suppose. Cutts was a part of Bellator's attempt to make a TUF and he's also known as the dude who ended Reagan Penn's brief pro MMA career. He also has a win over Daniel Rodriguez; a then undefeated fighter who has an 8-1 record and a few Bellator appearances. He's even got a key loss on his resume vs Kevin Holland. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? Reyna's fought A LOT of guys who fight quite a bit and so his record of opposition is 80-40. That's pretty damn solid! TUF veteran Marc Stevens was 20-10 when they fought (also Reyna's last loss) as well as 4-0 Kevin Holland, 6-2 Evan Cutts and 6-1 Andrew Parker. Reyna's last fight was against 16-10 Heyward Charles. Why Is He Here? Well he's the beneficiary of an injury!  Fortis MMA's Ramiz Brahimaj got hurt and on 10 days notice, Victor Reyna gets the call up. Reyna has bounced between 170 and 185 lbs a lot in his career so I'm a touch concerned about the chances he makes weight on short notice (although on some of these fights, he weighed as low as 174 lbs). Reyna is here because they needed a Contenders Series main event and he was available. About it. This doesn't mean he CAN'T  get a deal! It just feels more like a case of needing a guy on short notice and having the right number to the right matchmaker or so on so so forth. Reyna's interesting in that he kind of embodies the prototypical MMA prospect tester on the regional scene.

Miguel Baeza Where He Fight At? Florida and only Florida. Places like Fight Time and Titan FC adorn the short resume of Mr. Baeza. Who’d He Ever Beat? Nobody of note! At 6-0 and fighting primarily out of Florida, Miguel's pretty limited in his opposition. The most interesting/insightful factoid is that he holds wins over a pair of brothers in Florida (Gus and Mike D'Angelo). Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 14-10 is the record of Baeza's six opponents at the time of their fights. Gus D'Angelo was 2-2 and Mike D'Angelo was 3-2 when they fought. 5-2 Leo Valdivia is probably his best record opponent who he beat by split decision. Why Is He Here? Baeza was originally supposed to face Fortis MMA's Ramiz Brahimaj in what feels like one of those DWCS fights that's name prospect from region A vs name prospect from region B and whomever wins gets a contract a la Austin Tweedy vs Te Edwards. Baeza has limited footage out there on the interwebs but from what I've seen; he fits the Contender Series model. He's an athlete young guy who seems to hit really hard or at least hard enough to overcome his sometimes apparent flaws. He also fights with an air of composure about him and being composed and knocking people out gets Dana White excited.

Alton Cunningham (7-1, 26 years old, Pro since 2017) vs Tony Johnson (7-2, 32 years old, Pro since 2007) Light Heavyweights

Alton Cunningham Where He Fight At? Alton Cunningham is a former DWCS guy! He fought last season vs Bevon Lewis. Beyond that? Cunningham has a few LFA cameos and a Pure FC spot or two (a developing little regional promotion in Wisconsin). Who’d He Ever Beat? Nobody of note. Cunningham's toughest opponent was the aforementioned Bevon Lewis who he was finished by in the first round. He's beaten a few fighters with winning records but nobody you've heard of beyond that. The most interesting bit of Cunningham's record is that his last four fights have been at LHW, MW and HW. Dude's been all over the damn map so far. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 54-39-3. Is that good? Bad? I'm kind of not even entirely sure. The undefeated Bevon Lewis at 5-0, 16-27 BJ Lacy and 4-1 Eric Murray Jr in his last fight at LFA are pretty much his best opposition. Why Is He Here? Well there are a few things I suppose. For starters, he's an under 30 guy at 205 lbs. That on its own gives him a secondary chance at the Contenders Series. Most of the guys who get second shots on the Contenders Series are fellas who fight at the bigger weight classes because need trumps value sometimes. Cunningham's also a pretty solid regional prospect at LHW which adds to his value. He's also, when he's on, a really good action fighter. Alton Cunningham struggled with the power of Bevon Lewis which is horrifying since Lewis is a natural 185-er and Cunningham is a big dude 205 lber but all sins can be forgiven I suppose. They literally found a dude who fought twice since 2015 to fight him in hopes he'd get a win. Cunningham is here because there just aren't a bunch of dudes like him here.

Tony Johnson Where He Fight At? Tony Johnson has been boxing and doing BKB stuff more than he has been doing any sort of MMA. Case in point, Johnson has STRIKEFORCE (and not the version of it most of us are familiar with) on it. The headliner for the Stikeforce card he fought on? Babalu Sobral vs Bobby Southworth. He did fight on a Bellator card in 2018. Who’d He Ever Beat? Justin Baseman in 2013 (!!!) is a pretty quality win from a regional perspective. Johnson also fought Clifford Starks and lost back in 2011. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 31-25. His two losses are a combined 12-2 which means his victories are 19-23. Not a very pretty record. Why Is He Here? I'm not entirely sure? I hate to be negative when it comes to stuff like this but Tony Johnson is 36 years old, has fought infrequently since 2007 and has more highlights of his exploits in boxing than he does in MMA. I cannot believe anything other than "Tony Johnson is just here to get finished by Alton Cunningham so Alton gets a deal." Fine if so but this still feels awfully transparent. Maybe I'm wrong though and Tony Johnson is here to pull off an upset. He's a guy who has fought for over 10 years in various sports and Cunningham was rocked and hurt by a MW.

Zach Zane (12-7, 29 years old, Pro since 2015) vs Justin Gonzales (9-1, 28 years old, Pro since 2016) Featherweights

Zach Zane Where He Fight At? ALASKA FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP, BABY. I'll never not be amused when somebody from AFC winds up on a UFC platform. Zane's fought primarily in Hawaii, California and other Northwestern states but has reinvented himself fighting dudes down in Alaska. Who’d He Ever Beat? Decky Dalton is probably the best win to report; an Irish dude who fought primarily out of BAMMA. Zane's got some reputable losses though! Former DWCS fighter Joey Gomez (lost a split decision to Kevin Aguilar), former UFC fighter Chris Avila (the Diaz Bros training partner dude) and undefeated AFC fighter Nick Novelli are some of his seven losses. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 56-36 would be the record of opposition at the time Zach Zane's opponents fought him. Zane is currently riding an eight fight winning streak and of those wins, his opponents were a combined 16-10. So if you want to get even MORE math-y, you remove the eight fight winning streak with the opponents at 16-10 and focus just on his 4-7 record prior to the winning streak and his strength of competition THEN was 40-26. Why Is He Here? On paper a dude with a 12-7 record who is about to hit 30 isn't exactly DWCS worthy. Dig deeper though and you're talking about a guy who has an 8 fight winning streak with all 8 fights coming by way of some form of stoppage. Kane has also been fighting across four different weight classes across 145, 150 at a catchweight, 155 and a short notice call up for 170 lbs. If the big goal of the Contenders Series is to collect raw athletic dudes with upside then I'd argue it's secondary hits should be experienced dudes fighting out of nowhere who are lost in the cracks. He also has sort of fixed his career while spending more time at Blackhouse MMA. He also just sort of looks like the kind of guy who the Contenders Series would look; a reckless striker who attacks subs consistently in grappling situations. Also of note is One FC signed him and was going to use him but he fell out on them at the last minute and I guess they just axed that deal right away.

Justin Gonzales Where He Fight At? Justin Gonzales has fought out of one place every single time. He's fought at SCL; a promotion that's held over 70 events in Colorado. Big fan of the name Sparta Combat League. Who’d He Ever Beat? The resume is actually pretty damn good for regional MMA. Gonzales has wins over then undefeated Derek Brenon (who was making some noise with CFFC and LFA), 8-1 Bruno Ferreia and Combates veteran and then undefeated Enrique Gonazles. Throw in regional veteran Drew Brookenshire at 18-8 and there's damn good competition here. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 54-15 is what Justin Gonzales has faced in his undefeated career. Again among those were 18-8 Drew Brookenshire, 6-0 Derek Brennon and 3-0 Enrique Gonazales. His last fight out with a win over 8-1 Bruno Ferreira. Why Is He Here? He's the kind of guy who should be here. Justin Gonzales is an undefeated high level wrestler who has finishing chops on the feet and on the ground. He fights at a weight class of power where the top talent really does shine through. He's here because if you made a show LIKE this, you'd want a guy LIKE this on it. Gonzales IMO is the one dude who is a near lock to get signed if he wins.

Michael Lombardo (8-1, 29 years old, pro since 2016) vs Kyle Daukaus (6-0, 26 years old, pro since 2017) Middleweights

Michael Lombardo Where He Fight At? An ATT guy and a Florida native, I suppose it's no surprise Lombardo fights primarily in Florida and Louisiana. He made a few appearances in Titan FC and also pinch hit at a Bellator card too. Not the world's worst places to ply your craft. Who’d He Ever Beat? A whole lot of fluff. There's nobody here you'd know of but who he could've fought (Punahele Soriano) is the most interesting bit of the resume. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 25-25-1. Lombardo's strength of schedule is not exactly his strong suit and that kind of record speaks to it. His best opponent is 6-3 David Mundell who he lost to decision against. Why Is He Here? Gym, record and weight class! Lombardo is an under 30 middleweight as the division is undergoing a bit of a renaissance in the UFC. He trains with ATT and so you know the good word has probably been put in a time or two. He's 8-1 and comes into this fight with five straight wins and four of those before the final bell. Lombardo's got some fights out there on youtube and he doesn't really strike me as anything but a middleweight-y type fighter. He's big on takedowns, he clinches a lot, he's a brawler in space and he tends to fight in spurts. He's not a bad fighter and we've seen middleweights find homes  in the UFC before and stick around with that kind of style. Just not sure if THAT gets him signed.

Kyle Daukaus Where He Fight At? CFFC and ROC! Those are really good regional promotions on the East Coast. Who’d He Ever Beat? Daukaus enters the UFC with pretty much much the best win of any Contenders Series guy so far; Jonavin Webb. Webb is a former UFC flame out but a pretty high level East Coast fighter well worthy of starring off on a resume. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 27-12 is the record of opposition for Kyle Daukaus. The fact that Webb was 12-2 when they fought means that his opposition outside of the toughest fight of his career is a not too pretty 15-10. Still not entirely awful. Why Is He Here? Beating a UFC veteran can/should always make you somebody of note to promoters and matchmakers. Jonavin Webb is a super reputable high level win worthy of flexing about. The fact that he's a fight finisher who hasn't seen the judges in his career and fights at 185 lbs makes him all the more intriguing.

Richie Santiago (7-1, 26 years old, Pro since 2016) vs Miles Johns (8-0, 25 years old, Pro since 2014) Bantamweights

Richie Santiago Where He Fight At? CES MMA. The former home of BATISTA has become a pretty reputable East Coast regional organization that's churned out Contenders Series guys and  quality fighters. Who’d He Ever Beat? NOBODY! I guess his best win is Billy Giovanella who had a few Bellator appearances in 2015. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 31-32-2. His record of opposition is not exactly going to get mounted on anybody's wall. It's somewhat skewered by a very rough opening to his career (his first four opponents were a combined 8-17). His pro loss was to a 3-2 fighter. It also was last year so it's like it happened in the deep past. Why Is He Here? Well for starters, watching Santiago suggests that he's not a bad fighter and the sort of dude the UFC SHOULD have an eye on. Maybe it's the face and the bald-ish head but dude reminds me a lot of Eddie Alvarez from an offensive standpoint. I've seen him hurt, rocked and then rally back with some surprisingly crisp striking. His big performance is an LFA fight where he got hurt a bunch, wobbled a few times, landed a big knee and then scored a RNC sub almost within the blink of an eye. He also is a part time flyweight as well which sort of gives him a leg up if that division is going to stick around.

Miles Johns

Where He Fight At? LFA mostly. He's the current LFA bantamweight champion to be exact. Who’d He Ever Beat? A lot of really great fighters on the regional circuit. Wins over Levi Mowles, Adrian Yanez and Caio Machado may not be super big wins or the kind of stuff that gets you shuttled up to the UFC but they're impressive enough that his DWCS spot almost feels a little unncessary. Win an LFA belt and you get into the UFC; thems the rules. Record Of Opposition At The Time Of Their Fight? 40-12 would be the record of opposition for Miles Johns. Wins over 11-3 Caio Machado, 7-2 Adrian Yanez and 6-2 Levi Mowles stand out big time.   Why Is He Here? I mean the Contenders Series really should be based around THESE sorts of fights. Two guys with pretty records on paper, both big deals of their respective universes, fighting for a contract. Johns is clearly ahead of the curve though vs Santiago. Primarily or namely speaking, Johns trains with an elite gym (Fortis MMA is DWCS royalty at this point), he fights with the bigger org and he's fought the better competition. He also has the sort of style I can see Dana liking a lot. He's here because he belongs here.

"Who Might Get A Contract?" Rankings

1- Alton Cunningham 2- Kyle Daukaus 3- Michael Lombardo 4- Miles Johns 5- Justin Gonzales 6- Miguel Baeza 7- Zach Zane 8- Richie Santiago 9- Tony Johnson 10- Victor Reyna

[knightofbalance-13]

No Dudeblade, that’s just your reflection.

http://dudeblade.tumblr.com/post/176667343064/jaune-fails-so-much

Take a shot each time Dudeblade lies or misinterprets a scene.

And here’s why his failures are worse than the other characters’.

My guess the list consists of:

Racism.

Sexism.

And projection.

It’s because jaune’s intended character was to be an audience surrogate. Like I alluded to in a different post, jaune seems to be there to insult the audience.

As I said:

The insult only exists in your head. No one else sees this because you’re delusional.

I wish to expand on that.

Not hard to understand.

“I’m racist against white people”

“I’m sexist against men.”

“I want to kill Miles Luna.”

That’s all there is to it. I’ve long since learned you people are nowhere near as complex as I assume people to be.

“So, wait; you won’t capitalize Jaune’s name in the post, but you’ll do it for the title?”

Stan, it’s the first letter of the title. Be happy that this is fairly recent. I might hate jaune, but my appreciation for good grammar and punctuation exceeds my disdain for him… sorta. I don’t capitalize his name after other punctuation outside of the title.

Dudeblade, you don’t even use good grammer on your fucking fanfic. 

“Okay, so I looked through your stuff, and you have like… an entire tag dedicated to ripping on jaune. I think you have issues.”

The guy is an audience surrogate. Said audience surrogate cheated his way in the school because he wanted to be a hero. It wasn’t “So I could save people.” It wasn’t “So that I can travel the world and help people while doing that.” It wasn’t “So that I can try to help the oppressed.” It was “So that I could be a hero.” It makes me feel that the writers think the following:

A) That we, as the audience, aren’t good enough to make it into the school on our own ability.

And B) That we would want to join a prestigious school just to become a hero. Some of us would be more selfless than that.

He only wants the glory of being a hero. He doesn’t really want to actually do the heroic things that would make him a hero.

So jaune insults the audience through his actions and motivations. But since we’re ordinary people, surely the person representing us would have to face realistic consequences if we were to do the same actions as jaune, correct?

A. What Stanly would be saying here would be: “You preach Fiction is Reality, want to kill Jaune and cannot separate him from Miles Luna. You even refuse to capitalize his name like Jaune’ s AND we know what that means from you (http://dudeblade.tumblr.com/post/164274588366/dont-capitalize-donald-trumps-name). You’re fucked in the head. End of story.”

B. Jaune has outright said that his parents never had faith in him. Wouldn’t it be logical that they PREVENTED him from going to a Huntsmen school? ... I just broke your whole issue with Jaune didn’t I?

C. Jaune wanted to be a hero NOT for the glory of it but because he felt a desire to live up to his ancestors. No ambiguity, he DIRECTLY states this. And this is actually a very common motivation among people, a desire to live up to what their predecessors did out of a form of respect.

D. Jaune isn’t suppose to be a perfect reflection of the audience, he has his own character dumbass. It’s what he is generally, someone out of their depth but tries their damndest while still being clueless, is what is suppose to be the audience. And considering most of the audience has no combat training like Jaune: That’s pretty fucking accurate.

And E. This sounds more like you Dudeblade. You want the glory of a writer without actually IMPROVING as a writer. Me thinks you hate Jaune because he hits a bit close to home.

I have a feeling where this is going…”

NOPE! jaune gets covered by Pyrrha and never has to answer for his cheating ways!- Like how the audience would get a hyper-competent amazon to cover for them.

Or how about how jaune was apparently allowed to keep asking Weiss out despite her straightforward ‘no’ and how he wasn’t really portrayed as in the wrong for that.

Let me go ahead and replace Stanly here:

A. Stan: “So the audience should expect that no one will ever act like their friend and help them out so they should try to everything on their own...which is exactly what Jaune did and showed was a bad idea?”

B. Stan: “What about when Weiss goes and demands that Neptune be beaten up by team NDGO for flirting with them?”

Dudeblade: “... She’s a woman.”

Stan: “And that’s sexism.”

“Oh come one! That’s how all teenage guys act. Doesn’t mean- wait! Did you just say that he wasn’t portrayed as being in the wrong for that?”

Yes I did, Stanly. jaune was met with sympathy from other characters for Weiss’ rejection. Yang even said “Maybe next time.”

Yang also said that Weiss’ rejection of jaune was the reason why she was called ‘ice queen.’ Weiss has every right to reject jaune. And if a straightforward ‘no’ isn’t enough, then what is?

She slammed the door in his face for crying out loud!

Stan: “What about how Weiss went and assumed Jaune’s motives without actually talking to the guy? What if a guy just rejected a girl thinking she’s just a slut?”

Dudeblade: “...”

Stan: “You can’t answer that without being sexist can you?”

“Okay, but admittedly, the narrative does make that a funny scene at the expense of Jaune when Weiss slams the door in his face. That’s got to be worth something.”

Sure, but he deliberately lied when he was asked if he wasn’t going to ask her out again, and we’re just supposed to… let that slide?- The narrative didn’t seem all too eager to make jaune out to be the one in the wrong there. Instead, we’re supposed to sympathize with jaune, and feel bad that he got told ‘no.’

Stan: “That was a joke. By that same logic, Weiss is a Yandere who wants every guy she likes to be beaten up for showing interesting in other guys.”

Dudeblade: “A-”

Stan: “And even then, HE was the one who had to learn a lesson and humble himself! So even if he’s suppose to be sympathetic, he’s still in the wrong!”

Dudeblade: “...”

Stan: “You are really bad at this.”

“So the problem isn’t that he kept trying, it was the lack of the narrative saying that he was wrong for constantly trying?”

Yep. In fact, since jaune is supposed to be the audience surrogate, it could easily be interpreted by younger audiences that you can keep asking out a girl, and not face consequences. That’s harassment. Just because it wasn’t the intention, that doesn’t change the fact that that’s what it amounted to.

The fact that jaune doesn’t face consequences makes it hard to relate to him. In fact…

Stan: “... yeah, I already showed why that’s shit. Also: Cardin, Neptune, Cinder.”

“Oh no. Are you going back to that whole ‘he started the fight and got rewarded for charging in on his emotions while Yang got punished for doing the same when she wanted to save Blake but Jaune just wanted revenge’ rant again?”

……… Well thanks for stealing my thunder. So instead, I’m going to a different talking point.

The part where apparently he’s tired of ‘losing everything’ (Despite Ren, Nora, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang losing far more) but then later, he’s willing to let Tyrian attack Ruby without so much as a scream of defiance.

Stan: “Hey Dudeblade, remember that remark about Taiyang being an Armchair critic? Well, isn’t quite the armchair critic thing to do to say what someone who has suffered in a war should and shouldn’t be doing?”

Dudeblade: “No-!”

Stan: “So which is it? Is Jaune right or is Taiyang right?”

Dudeblade: “...” *falls to the ground, gargling on his own bile*

Stan: “Yeah, saw that coming.”

“Wait… What are you talking about?”

The part where he looked away. This is a guy who charged a Nevermore weaponless to save Pyrrha back in volume 3, right? But he just… stands there. As if he’s waiting for Tyrain to take Ruby away from them. Then later he blames Qrow for everything  bad that happened. Which, while he is right, he didn’t seem to have a problem when Ozpin showed up a volume later, despite it Pyrrha’s death being more Ozpin’s fault than Qrow’s. jaune was right to be mad, but considering that he was being ungrateful towards Qrow when he literally was the one who save Ruby single-handedly (literally in that case), but when Ozpin shows up, he has… no grudge?

And the most scathing thing we see is the rest of the team giving him glares.

Stan: “Yeah-has it not occurred to you that Jaune knows he can’t go after Ozpin without hurting Oscar, an innocent? Or is this a fucked if Jaune does, fucked if Jaune doesn’t situation because you don’t actually care about what happens?”

Dudeblade: *still gargling on his bile*

Stan: “I’ll take that as a yes.”

“Maybe he was told off off-screen.”

That’s bad writing though. What’s the point of doing something on-screen if they’re going to face consequences off-screen? Resolving conflicts off-screen makes little sense because having the characters face consequences on-screen helps us to see them grow. And seeing them grow helps us connect with them more. Certainly much more than simply telling us that they’ve grown. If they were talking about a physical aspect, that would be one thing. But they literally had Ren just say that they grew in character. Which… pretty much erased all that growth. If you have to pretty much directly tell the audience that you’ve grown as a character, then you haven’t really grown at all.

Dudeblade: “Okay, I’m back. And I am gonna KI-”

Stan: “Storm Hawks did this too.”

Dudeblade: *goes back to gargling his bile*

Stan: “Also people have been noticing these changes for an entire Volume before Ren said it. Even so, You still haven’t debunked my previous argument so Jaune could still just not be involving an innocent person.”

“So, what does this have to with Jaune?”

Thanks for getting me back on track. The way this connects with jaune is that he hasn’t really grown at all. He’s still that hotheaded, entitled, whiny, consequence-free brat that we saw back in volume 1. He hasn’t grown, and that’s the problem. He keeps acting as if Pyrrha’s death mattered only to him, and that’s a problem. Ruby isn’t allowed to mourn because she has to keep it all in so that jaune can brood.

Stan: “... Jaune has stopped hitting on Weiss, Jaune WASN’T hotheaded in Vplumes 1-3, Jaune is more willing to call people out and HE EVEN FUCKING SAYS RUBY LOST PYRRHA TOO YOU IDIOT!”

“Didn’t you say that a big problem with Pyrrha is the lack of connections with other characters?- Wouldn’t it make sense for her loss to be only mourned by the only character she actually interacted with?”

Ruby saw her die though. Not only that, she also saw her kill Penny. Shouldn’t Ruby be having conflicting feelings for her? I mean… if Pyrrha’s death was what set off Ruby’s silver-eyes-machina, then shouldn’t that mean that she obviously has feelings and opinions about her death?- But no. Because it’s jaune that needs to brood, Ruby has to hold it all in.

jaune taking away character development from other characters makes it harder to connect with him, since he’s only ‘developing’ himself. He doesn’t develop Pyrrha, he doesn’t develop Ruby, he doesn’t develop Ren or Nora- he’s just a screentime black hole who alienate the audience by never facing consequences that the audience would realistically face.

Stan: “Yeah, We already know this is all bullshit. And Jaune has had LESS focus than fucking Illa. So bullshit.”

Wait… So why do people still project onto him?”

Because he’s a wish fulfillment character. He’s there to say that you can cheat your way into a school, and get an amazon to not only cover for you, but also get one to slobber over your dick. He’s there to tell the audience that you’ll get respect from a girl you kept asking out as long as you tell the person she wanted to take out to dance with her. He’s there to tell the audience that they can rush in based on their emotions to get revenge and never face consequences for it.

He’s just there to be a wish fulfillment character. And since his original creation was to make him the audience surrogate, that makes him a conflicting character. He is meant to be one thing, but ends up being another. Which is why he fails as a character. Both in his role, and as an actual realistic character.

Stan: “Yeah and guess what? He’s there to say that you will be mocked endlessly by everyone around you, always get rejected by the girl you like in the cruelest way possible even after you tried to SAVE HER LIFE, that women can be basically stalkerish but god forbid you ask someone out twice, that you’ll be beaten and tossed around like a ragdoll while earning the respect of none, that your feelings are secondary to everyone else’s, that no matter what you do nothing will EVER go right in your life. Real fucking great wish fulfillment.

But that just goes to show how fucking delusional you are, that you will outright DENY REALITY just to suit your wants and desires. You want to be racist/sexist/socipathic? Claim the white boy is a self insert so you can bash a man until he hates his job because he was born the wrong gender/skin tone. 

Face facts, Dudeblade, because even a Strawman like me can see it: You’re a psycho. You’re fucked in the head. Face reality.”

[mi-nyu-dreams]

My Vampire Knight Chp. 9

My new knights

Part 2

(Part 1)

“And that’s all.” You suddenly hear a voice interrupt. Turning over to the entrance of the room, you see Changkyun standing there tiredly with an annoyed expression. “Oh?! KkuKkungie!” Minhyuk chimes. Changkyun sighs and walks over to the rest of them slowly. You watch as he shuffles by and suddenly pries Minhyuk’s arms off you. “Hyung, get off her.” He mutters as he pulls him away and then sits down in the single-seated couch nearby. “What did I miss?” He groans. “Changkyunie always so straightforward.” Jooheon clicks his tongue. Changkyun rolls his eyes and sighs.

“We are explaining to her the situation.” Kihyun tells. He then looks back at you. “Anyway, we have these powers as Pure Bloods and in a way, a use to fight.” You tilt your head in curiosity. “Fight?” You question. Changkyun sits up a bit and looks at you. “You know of the ACO?” He asks. You tilt your head and shrug. “I’ve heard the name on the news a few time and my aunt speaks about them. But I never knew exactly who they were.” You explain.

“They’re a bunch of people from the Anti-Coexistence Organization.” Kihyun looks over at you and narrows his eyes. “A group of people who despise the coexistence of humans and vampires.” You stare, a bit shocked at all this information coming in. “People who detest the coexistence?” You question. You knew there were people who didn’t like vampires, but you didn’t think there was a whole organization for it.

“They formed in order to remove the coexistence and peace of vampires and humans. They consists of mostly corrupted humans and stubborn hunters.” Jooheon explains. “They want all vampires gone. And anyone, whether human or not, that gets in their way or refuses to agree to them... well... are killed.” He scoffs. “K-killed?!” You listen in disbelief. “They go to that extent?” You let that sink in and shiver.

“They want all vampires gone, labeling them murderous monsters, and chanting to themselves about human superiority, but kill even their own kind for that goal.” Kihyun speaks in annoyance. “Their superiority complex sure is getting to their heads.” He scoffs. “They’re a bad group, gradually growing in numbers. Especially since the sudden growth of Level E attacks.” Shownu explains. You look at him shocked. “Level E attacks are increasing?” You ask. Shownu nods. “The common people don’t always know that Level E’s are their own kind of being, and presume it as any old vampire. They jump to conclusions, giving the ACO a chance to persuade them and make them join.” Shownu sighs and rubs his head.

“Many hunters and vampires with the government are trying to hunt these E’s out but they’re really good at hiding lately and are multiplying. Which only means...” He pauses and the rest of them go silent. You look at them and slowly realize what it was. “Only a Pure Blood can make so many so fast... right?” You say, hitting it right on the spot.

“You’re a smart girl.” Jooheon compliments. “The higher ups have turned to reaching out to all Pure bloods in the world, hoping to find a lead to who it is that’s making so many E’s.” Jooheon sighs and folds his arms over his chest. “No luck right now though.”

You nod and slowly start to understand everything that is going on behind the scenes of the vampire, hunters, and human government. But....

“What does this have to do with me?” You ask. This makes all the guys go silent once more and they all avoid eye-contact. “Guys?” You question. “Y/N..” Changkyun calls out. You look at him curiously. “Why did you approached me back then? From what is going on, I don’t think us meeting was an accident.” You tell, incredibly curious about what was going on and why they met. He was silent and looked away. “Changkyun?” You question.

“We were also fated to become the protectors of a special person.” Jooheon speaks. He then looks at you. “That person is you.”

Your eyes widen and you feel your heart beat faster. “M-me? Why... why... me?” You ask, fearful of his answer. “We can’t tell you that. For your own safety. But just know you are... special to the vampires and humans alike.” Jooheon explains. You look at him even more confused. You can’t know for your own safety? “But...” you try to speak but is shushed by Minhyuk who takes your hand into his. “I heard from Changkyun that you’ve been getting... into accidents a lot lately?” Minhyuk asks. “Hyung, get your hands off her.” Changkyun scolds. Minhyuk sticks his tongue out and ignores him. You look at him surprised and slowly nod. “Uh... yeah...” You remember the events clearly, the Level E attack, the drunk man, the window...

“Wait... all that... was?” You slowly begin to understand a little about why those accidents happened. “Someone is out to get you...” Kihyun states. “It’s not safe for you anymore.”

You stare, absolutely stunned and confused. Disbelief washes over you and you felt chills. People were out to get you? Meaning... kill you?! You scoff and look at them all in disbelief. “Y-You’re kidding me... right?” You look at them, hoping for them to yell out “JOKES” or “PSYCH”, but none of them did. They looked dead serious. “W-Why... me?” You question. “Why am I...”

“We can’t tell you, but don’t be afraid. We got you. We will protect you.” Wonho assures. You stare at him, his eyes genuinely proving his confidence to protect you. You then look at Changkyun, he has been protecting you a lot lately. Even to the point of hurting himself. “I don’t want you all getting hurt for me...” You say worriedly. “Well, Changkyun’s situation was because we weren’t around and it was out of nowhere. It was a mere accident!” Minhyuk’s brightly states. “Honestly, we were trained for years for this and something like that should have never happened had we been more attentive. But because it wasn’t exactly time yet, none of us were paying much attention.” He then looked at Changkyun. “But it looked like Mr. Hero here knew, but was still hurt. Tsk tsk tsk...” Minhyuk clicks his tongue and shakes his head in disappointment.

“Shut up, Hyung.” Changkyun groans. Minhyuk frowns and rolls his eyes. “That’s no way to speak to your Hyung. And you should’ve known better. We all agreed to protect her. You’re no special case.” He states. Changkyun was silent and seemingly defeated by his friend. You stare and just keep to yourself. It was already a lot of information to take in. No need to ask about anything else for now.

“Back on topic though,” Kihyun speaks up, “did you two find out who those attackers were? Were they ACO men?” Kihyun asks as he looks at Minhyuk and Hyungwon. Hyungwon sighs and nods. “Yes, ACO men... but...” He pauses, making Kihyun and everyone raise a curious brow. Hyungwon looks at Minhyuk who gave a concerned expression. “The one who sent them wasn’t Kairos. It was someone else.” Hyungwon tells. The other guys look at him in shock. “Not Kairos?” Wonho questions. “If the leader of ACO didn’t send him, who did?” Kihyun asks.

Minhyuk shakes his head and frowns. “We couldn’t get that out of them. No matter how much we beat them, those stubborn men wouldn’t spit it out.” Minhyuk explains. “B-Beat?!” You gasp. Wonho covers your ears and chuckles awkwardly. “You didn’t hear anything.” You stare in shock and fear. Beat?! Like, torture them?! What in the—

Changkyun sighs and rolls his eyes. “You need to learn how to filter your mouth, Minhyuk-Hyung.” He scolds. Minhyuk slaps his lips in embarrassment and nods. Shownu sighs and sits up from his seat. “It’s getting dark soon and I’m sure Y/N is hungry.” He says, trying to change the topic to a more lighter kind. You look up and think. You actually were. Shownu smiles, seeming to have read your face and known. “I think the servants are done preparing, we should go check.” He suggests as he begins to walk away. The rest of them slowly begin to leave and follow behind. After Wonho had let you go, you quickly try to follow, this house was way too big for you to traverse on your own.

Just as you were about to head off, you look over at Changkyun who was slowly getting up. You then walk over to him and help him up. “Uh... you don’t—“

“Come on, you obviously need help. Just let me do this.” You intervene as you take his arm and support him up. It takes a while, but he is fully up and begins to walk off. You follow close by to steady him. “You’re okay now?” You ask. Changkyun nods. “I’m a little dizzy, but everything should be fine in an hour.” He tells. You nod, he was a vampire after all. He should heal quickly.

The two of you walk on and you take a glance at Changkyun. He looks tired, but fine. His skin was as pale as ever, being the vampire he is, but he looked fine. Looking at him, you begin to noticed his features again. His sharp nose, round eyes, wide facial frame, it was all so nice. “You will stare a hole into my head.” He suddenly spoke. “H-huh?” You fall out of your trance and suddenly run into a wall. “And hit a wall. Be careful.” He says with a grin. You hold your head in pain and groan. “Freaking... thanks....” You groan with a sarcastic tone. He chuckles and tried to hold your head up. “Let me see...” He takes a look at your forehead which was a little pink from the impact. “You’ll be fine.” He assures.

You scoff and look away. Changkyun taps you on the head and smiles. “Let’s go.” He begins to walk away and you sigh. “Why is he so playful with me?” You question as you follow behind. You watch his back as the two of you walk on. You also could see the others ahead. They were all so nice. So gentle with you. It was the first you had people, men specifically, be so nice to you like this. And... you will be living with them. Good lord. It’s still a bit shocking, but you lived in a world of vampires and vampire hunters. This would be considered normal in a way. You were a target to the ACO, for what reason you had no idea. No one was going to tell you. They were just going to protect you. Until... when? Will they be here forever? Will it be over if you just stayed here silently? Will they not get hurt?

Speaking of hurt, you remembered you haven’t properly thanked Changkyun for protecting you. So, you quickly hustle up to him and tap his shoulder. “Hm?” He replies. You awkwardly smile and cross your arms behind your back as the two of you walk toward the dining room. “I never got to say thank you... for protecting me earlier.” You pause and look away shyly. “It must’ve hurt... and like... I’m sorry. But thank you. Really. You saved my life.” You huff and blush a little, a bit embarrassed by this lame thank you.

Changkyun chuckles and rubs his neck shyly. “It’s my job. No problem. Besides...” He pauses and looks down at his feet. You glance over to him curiously. “It’s the only thing I can do to redeem myself...” He mumbles. You don’t hear him too well, but catch a bit. “What?” You question, but before you could get an answer, Jooheon come back to you two and wraps an arm around Changkyun.

“C’mon slow pokes. The food is ready and I’m sure Y/N is starving.” He winks at you with a grin. Changkyun sighs and gently slaps his Hyung in the face. “Hyung, don’t.” He scolds. Jooheon just laughs and tugs him away. “Y/N let’s hurry.”

You smile at their playful relationship and chuckle. “I guess... living with them would not be too bad.”

[mirtahackett48]

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Mathematical Foundations: Card Counting Lesson Six Part 1

Mathematics of Card Counting Introduction:  lo khung 2 ngay  Mathematics explains in clean detail the whole lot about card counting and the sport of blackjack. Because mathematics is a machine of absolutes, your "picks" approximately when to hit or increase your guess must no longer surely involve preference. A clever card counter is a computer. They make most effective the movements that furnish them the highest possible mathematical gain. So some distance we've had a few quick discussions concerning what gain approach and how mathematical records play a position while counting, but in this section we will go into a whole lot extra element. This phase might be the most tough to apprehend, however with a touch patients I guarantee the pieces will fall into region. Because of the viable difficulty, this phase turned into written with the common reader in thoughts. Even if you have not taken a math magnificence on the grounds that high faculty, by the give up of this lesson you may have a entire information of the way arithmetic controls your income and your danger.

There are several factors you have to learn to have a whole information of the maths underneath the playing cards. First we can talk the cardboard counting use of anticipated profitor - how tons you're prevailing from an summary mathematical point of view. Then we will take blackjack out of the abstract by way of reading wellknown deviation or - what you'll really anticipate to be winning whilst you account for the guidelines of the game. Once you understand standard deviation, we can speak its implications for danger and the way to decrease this danger to the factor in which it basically does no longer exist. Finally we will find out about possibilities for exponential income.

Expected Profit In short, Expected earnings is how plenty you would win, if your winnings were best based on the chances you had in opposition to the on line casino. This is the start line for identifying how a whole lot cash you'll make counting.

In mathematical phrases predicted earnings for any unmarried blackjack hand would be as follows:

A x B = P

Advantage x Bet

=

Expected profit

Since we do now not know in advance of time exactly what cards you will get, it makes sense to apply averages for gain, wager, and anticipated earnings. When discussing common we could use the abbreviation "av". This changes the anticipated anticipated profit system to:

avA x avB = avP

Avg gain x Avg wager

=

Avg Expected Profit

Of direction you may also be playing a couple of hand, so we have to multiply your earnings for each hand you play. This offers us the final formula for card counting expected earnings:

avA x avB x H = avP

Avg Advantage x Avg Bet x Number of Hands

=

Avg Expected Profit

As you may see, growing any individual of the 3 numbers on the left will result in an boom to your anticipated earnings. Not only that, due to the fact they're increased, even small will increase will stack up and lead to a lot higher earnings in the long run. At first the very best manner to increase your anticipated income could be to play greater fingers. For instance, gambling 2000 palms as opposed to one thousand arms will double your anticipated profit. Over time but, the other  numbers may have increasingly more of an impact. Lets say for example that you have performed a million hands. If your common bet remains the same at $a hundred, then adding half of 1 percent for your benefit ought to realistically mean an delivered predicted income of over five hundred thousand dollars.

So, now that we have a components for predicted earnings, what percentage need to you operate in region of each letter? Well it depends on numerous factors, maximum of that you have some control over. Lets communicate via them separately starting from the perfect (wide variety of arms) and running our way to the most complicated (common advantage).

Number of Hands Played After perfect counting, most blackjack professionals bear in mind this the most critical factor to making earnings. This range is also the maximum straight foreword. The greater you play the greater you are going to make. However, there are methods to growth the number of arms you play besides playing extra hours. The  approaches to increase how many palms you get in according to hour are as follows:

1. Faster Dealers - Casinos and counters will have a surprising amount in common, and speedy sellers are excellent for both of them. Because anybody that isn't always counting is at a solid downside in opposition to the house, the predicted earnings equation turns into an predicted loss equation. This approach the greater hands the average gambler receives in, the extra money the on line casino makes. So in general, casinos will strive their excellent to rent and assist fast sellers. This is good news for you.

Obviously the quicker the dealer is, the greater fingers you'll get in. Most other expert blackjack gamers will tell you that this is the first component you have to search for while trying to pick which desk to play at, and I totally agree. Over the long term the rate of the dealer can have a big impact on your bankroll. It will also save you time which you can use for everything from the occasional meal to training extra blackjack.

There is however a disadvantage to a quick supplier. The drawback is that a fast dealer can make it a lot tougher to matter (counting turns into even extra hard as extra people be a part of your desk). Dealers have a quite easy task, and lots of them have been doing it for years. Because of this some dealers will deal at a lightning pace. If your counting isn't always razor sharp this will cause missed counts and definitely cast off any benefit stepping into greater arms will provide you with. When you get to a casino, try to sit down down on the desk with the quickest supplier, however in case you begin losing the remember due to their speed, the pleasant component you may do is rise up right now and discover a slower table. If this occurs, go away yourself a mental reminder to exercise counting down decks as quickly as you've got the danger.

The fastest sellers are nearly continually younger to middle elderly men. Of direction you must not assume that this may constantly be proper, so make certain to look at some different sellers to look exactly how fast they work earlier than picking a desk. Again, a fast dealer is the single most crucial component to search for once your counting is strong at a lickidy pace.

You need to also take note of whether or no longer the casino uses automatic shufflers. These have made their way into maximum current casinos as they allow dealers to spend much less time shuffling and greater time dealing. There are negative aspects to them as well, but these will only come into play whilst preforming superior strategies.

2. Less players at your desk- This is one of those things casinos and counters strongly disagree approximately. If you are counting, you need as few people gambling on the same table as you can. The much less people there are the faster hands will move. Not only will this boom the wide variety of hands you get in, but it'll additionally permit you more hands in superb counts which correctly increases your common advantage as well.

The quantity of people at your table isn't as conceivable as locating a quick provider however there are ways of controlling this all the identical. One factor you can do is to try to choose a table in which there are either the fewest humans, or the humans who've the smallest quantity of chips at the desk. Again neither of these will guarantee that greater people don't take a seat down or that the ones already at the table might not purchase-in for greater, but it's going to assist slightly. Another factor you can do once you have already sat down is to invite people coming in in the event that they might watch for the subsequent shoe to begin. For a few unknown purpose gamblers assume it's far a terrible idea to are available for the duration of a shoe. This of direction makes no experience in any way but you could use this belief on your advantage, preserving others out so you can get via more hands greater fast.

There is likewise one disadvantage to card counting with as few human beings as viable. Playing via yourself could make it a whole lot more apparent that you are counting. The digital camera operators will handiest have you to observe at that table so your having a bet patterns end up more seen. If you sense like you have been getting warmness I could propose gambling at tables with two or three other gamers. This may not have a massive impact on the variety of fingers you could play consistent with shoe and could possibly permit you to play for longer stretches of time, allowing you to get greater arms in over all.

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Rest and Overtraining: What Does This Mean to Bodybuilders?

Article by: Jeff Behar.

In order to improve performance (gain size, strength and/or definition) you've got to work hard. However, hard training (be it heavy training, training with less rest between sets, more sets per work, or less days off) will break down your muscles and in the very short term, make you weaker.

To grow and to get stronger, the most important part of this equation is not necessarily how hard you train. To make the huge gains we all desire lifting success cannot be thought of in a vacuum. An experienced athlete, who does include weightlifters and bodybuilders, understands the importance of proper nutrition and rest.

However, there are still many bodybuilders who do not realize (or at least underestimate) the important role rest plays in obtaining maximum performance and results from the hours spent in the gym.

 The Value of Rest

It is rest that makes you stronger, because it is the rest that allows the muscles that you have broken down to heal and recover. It is the rest that allows you to recover so you can be strong, and thereby handle the increased weight, and increased number of sets and reps needed to gain further.

Why does rest play such an important role in muscle recovery? It is during sleep where growth hormone (GH) levels are at their highest. Physiologic improvement in bodybuilding can only occur during the rest period following hard training. This is also why consuming the proper foods and supplements immediately following such training is key.

Hard intense training (whether it is aerobic training which will challenge the cardiovascular system or weight training which will challenge the cardiovascular system to an extent and the muscular systems) conditions the body. Such workouts will improve efficiency of the heart, increase capillaries in the muscles bringing greater blood flow (more oxygen and nutrition), and increase glycogen stores and mitochondrial enzyme systems within the muscle cells (resulting in a much fuller look).

Immediately following a workout, during a recovery period these systems build to greater levels to compensate for the stress that you have applied. The result is that you are now at a higher level of performance. However, if proper recovery time (rest) is not given then the body cannot regenerate.

The body will store less glycogen which is why you will look flat when you overtrain. If this imbalance between intense excess training and inadequate recovery (rest) time persists then performance will decline.

Without proper recovery time, not only will you reach a performance plateau, but you also will run the risk of injury, and may even experience reduced performance (less strength, less endurance, etc.).

Needed Rest or Are You Just Being Lazy?

It is important to be able to discern the difference between needed rest and just laziness. There are a lot of factors that can contribute to how you are feeling and how your body will respond.

These factors include:

Stress

Sleep

Nutrition

Physical condition

Emotional state

Recuperation time; not necessarily in order of importance.

Regardless of whether I have a show or not I will always listen to my body when it comes to training and recuperation.

Having been training for over 25 years I follow instinctive training to gauge whether or not I need rest. How much I train, how often, how fast, how long and how heavy will all depend on my energy levels and how I feel.

Sometimes, I will opt to take a day off in the middle of my training split; sometimes I may slide a body part to the next day if my energy is off. Sometimes I won't even take a day off and I might cycle through my routine 2x before taking the day off. It will all depend as to how I feel.

Because the mind can sometimes be tricky, in many cases I will always drive to the gym and attempt my workout to see if my lethargy is real. I have found that approximately 50% of the time once I get to the gym and start my workout, I not alone have an amazing workout but I actually feel better (endomorphin release). Making myself go to the gym prevents my mind from psyching me out of a workout because I know I am forcing myself there.

Defining Overtraining:

So, what exactly is overtraining for a bodybuilder? Overtraining can best be defined as the state where your body has been repeatedly stressed by training (weight training and/or cardio) to the point where rest is no longer adequate to allow for recovery.

There are two main types of overtraining:

Localized

Systemic overtraining

Both can occur as a result of too much exercise/stress without enough recover time/rest and proper nutrition. Localized overtraining is the most common. As the name implies, localized overtraining effects a specific muscle or muscle group without affecting other muscle groups.

The most common cause of localized overtraining is when the same muscle group is trained on successive days or with too much frequency without adequate amounts of rest. This can also occur when supporting muscle groups are trained on separate days, thereby never given these muscles a chance to recover.

Systemic overtraining occurs must less frequently and is potentially the more serious of the two types of overtraining. Systemic overtraining will affect the entire body causing the body to enter a negative nitrogen balance (a catabolic state). As the body enters this state the body also produces an increased amount of cortisol.

Cortisol is a hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex in response to stress. Cortisol impedes muscular repair and function, decreases testosterone production, inhibits protein synthesis, accelerates proteolysis (protein breakdown) and inhibits muscular growth. Making matters worse it also reduces the body's ability to use fat as an energy source, increasing the amount of stored fat within the body.

Signs of Overtraining

There are many signs of overtraining. Physical symptoms include elevated morning pulse (10 beats more than normal), consistently elevated blood pressure, lack, persistent muscular soreness, increased frequency of common illnesses, like colds, increased incidence of injuries, and decreased appetite and weight loss. The effects from overtraining may not only by physiological.

Emotional & Behavioural Symptoms Can Also Occur Such As:

Irritability

Mood swings

Insomnia

Depression

Loss of desire to train (or do other things formerly enjoyed).

Emotional and behavioural symptoms typically will only occur as a result of chronic (long term) overtraining (weeks to months). This condition is best known as "burnout"."

This condition is different from short term overtraining in that post exercise fatigue and emotional swings persist even after recovery periods that are taken.

The Overtraining Threshold

The exact threshold for overtraining will vary among individuals, as everyone responds differently to exercise and stress. Some weightlifters can tolerate large volumes of sets and heavy weights while others can tolerate much less.

Several factors such as nutrition sleep quality, hormonal and enzymatic concentrations, muscle fibre composition, and previous training experience can impact recuperative capacity and, therefore effect when overtraining will occur.

Although everyone has varying recuperative abilities, a period of 48 to 72 hours is usually required for adequate recovery between strength training sessions.

For most people 8 hours of GOOD sleep is also a safe bet. Even the most experienced bodybuilders typically do not train large muscle groups more than ten to twelve total sets while subjecting smaller muscle groups to only eight to ten sets.

Studies

There have been several clinical studies done regarding overtraining. One interesting finding is that in many individuals overtraining increased the body's cortisol levels and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). DHEA and cortisol are the body's long-acting stress hormones and are antagonistic to each other to some degree.

DHEA has an anabolic or building influence, while cortisol has a catabolic or tearing down effect on the body. Normally these hormones are in balance.

They become imbalanced during chronic overtraining. After proper rest and recovery, the body will reduce its output of cortisol and DHEA to resting levels. This is what happens with short episodes of stress. However, if proper recovery is not obtained such as in chronic overtraining conditions, the body will continue to make increasingly greater amounts of cortisol, while reducing the amount of DHEA produced.

Elevated levels of cortisol can:

Cause you to crave carbohydrates excessively especially in the evening

Make you feel fatigued and exhausted

Increase cholesterol and triglyceride production

Decrease serotonin levels in your brain which can trigger depression.

Deplete vital vitamins and minerals the body needs for proper function such as the B (aka, stress vitamins), calcium and magnesium

The consequences of elevated cortisol and reduced DHEA can be devastating. Although the effects from high cortisol and low DHEA levels will vary with each individual and will also be dependent upon genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors.

The negative effects may include:

Reduced growth hormone (GH) release, which related to reduced muscle mass and strength, increased fat tissue, a weakened immune system and other health declines.

Reduce protein synthesis.

Increased protein breakdown, which can lead to muscle loss, bone loss, arthritis, and overall muscle weakness.

Immune system compromise with increased risk to infections, certain and disease.

Thyroid function impairment resulting in decreased metabolism, and increased fat storage.

Glucose utilization and insulin function impairment resulting in higher blood sugar levels.

Salt and water are retention, which can raise blood pressure (this can be deadly if anabolic aids which can also raise blood pressure through fluid retention are also used).

Increased blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels increasing the risk for heart disease.

Disrupted sleep patterns.

Reduced R.E.M. (rapid eye movement)

Overtraining has also shown to cause an increase in the number of free radicals within the body. This can serve to exacerbate the catabolic effects of overtraining, making symptoms worse.

Treatment for Overtraining

The treatment for the overtraining sounds very simple—rest and proper nutrition. However, there are many different opinions regarding what is proper rest and what is proper nutrition. They can be further complicated for the pre-contest competitive bodybuilder who is increasing training while trying to control caloric intake.

Rest and Relaxation

There are many ways a bodybuilder can rest and reduce elevated cortisol levels. The most obvious method is to increase sleep (and I mean good quality R.E.M. sleep). This will increase GH levels and reduce cortisol levels.

There are also other positive methods to reduce stress and aid in recovery. Such methods may include massage (which also increases blood flow to the muscle to aid in recovery), meditation, and yoga.

To make gains a bodybuilder must straddle the line between challenging (stress) the body and rest. Unfortunately, the amount of rest each person needs is also once again dependent upon genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors.

Studies show that as we age, we need less rest, but those studies are not geared towards competitive bodybuilders. The best recommendation I could give to a bodybuilder regarding what is the proper amount of rest is to advise him to listen to his/her body.

The real key to success is to be able to detect the signs of overtraining early and to take the needed rest. This needs to happen even if you believe you do not have the time, and "your body is not ready for your contest". It is important to remember that in many cases more training will not be best, and will only result in a worse appearance. What is important is to train hard while you are in the gym, get the best nutrition and rest when you are out of the gym, and the rest (no pun intended) will follow.

Nutrition and Supplementation

Regarding nutrition, nothing beats a good balanced diet. Consuming quality carbohydrates, especially post-workout, helps to replenish glycogen stores and provide sufficient energy for intense training. It is also imperative to maintain an adequate amount of good quality protein.

There is an abundance of evidence that weightlifters need up to 2x the amount of protein than the average person. As a minimum, serious weightlifters should consume approximately one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight to maintain a positive nitrogen balance. This means that a 200-pound bodybuilder should consume 5 protein meals of approximately 40 grams of protein.

It is understood that this can be difficult sometimes due to today's fast paced environment, as well as during pre-contest time. Therefore, the use of high-quality supplements can be useful in preventing protein breakdown.

Overtraining can deplete minerals such as zinc, magnesium, manganese, calcium, and vitamins B6, Pantothenic Acid (B5) and vitamin C. Additional supplementation of these vitamins and minerals are highly suggested.

Anti-oxidants such as Vitamin C, Vitamin E, co-enzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid, and selenium should also be used since they have been proven effective in combating free radicals that form as a result of overtraining.

A DHEA supplement is also desirable because DHEA is antagonistic to cortisol. 7-Keto DHEA is preferred by many bodybuilders because it is considered a more potent form of DHEA that will not be converted to active androgens (testosterone) and estrogens which will cause further water retention and a "soft" look.

Glutamine supplementation should also be considered to replace glutamine stores used during the workouts, boost the immune system and to prevent protein breakdown. Arginine and ornithine supplementation are suggested to increase growth hormone levels.

Conclusion

The best defence to overtraining is a proper combination of god rest and proper nutrition. A well-planned training program will include adequate recovery time and proper nutrition, including proper supplementation.

Most importantly listen to your body when you see the early warning signs of overtraining. Be flexible and adjust your workout, your sleep and your diet accordingly.

Understanding the signs of overtraining and responding accordingly will help you reach your goals faster. See ya in the winner's circle!

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7 Powerful Traits You Should Adapt from Ultra-Successful Entrepreneurs

Be honest…

Have you ever been nervous about what other people might think of your business?

Especially if you’re building online, you might have some fears about what your upline and downline, or your friends and family, might think when they start seeing your content and Facebook Lives in their News Feed.

I’m not going to lie, I’ve definitely had these fears myself.

But I realized that, sometimes…

You need to use your fear as FUEL to move forward

Because what happens when you don’t move forward?

Well, you stay where we’re at—stuck.

Where it gets too overwhelming and nothing happens.

So how do you move forward and get into momentum?

That’s what I asked myself when I got started five years ago.

And long before I build my nearly seven-figure business from home, while raising two boys, I needed to get super clear on what do successful people actually DO, day-in and day-out, to move their businesses forward.

So I looked around and jotted down these traits I saw in my mentors (a few of whom are the founders of Elite Marketing Pro) and wrote the following list, which I want to share with you below—the seven traits all powerful and successful entrepreneurs follow.

Because look, even though I’ve had success, that doesn’t mean I don’t have moments when I feel like I’m l kicking a wall.

We all do from time to time.

And when I have those moments, I remember these traits, starting with…

Most successful business owners are conscious of their MOST valuable resources—time and money.

And if you are trading your time for money, that equals restriction.

For instance, when I was in corporate America, I was on the hamster wheel.

Anyone who’s been in corporate America knows exactly what I’m talking about.

You’re exchanging dollars for hours; you’re not building up investments.

Well, you might be with your 401K, but honestly, when are you going to touch that—50 years down the road?

You must respect your most valuable resources!

So when I got tired of corporate America, I bought a franchise, because I thought it was my ticket to freedom.

Well, it was the complete opposite.

I’m going to tell you this right now:

Most traditional business owners are STRESSED to the max, and they’re strapped!

After all, most businesses tank in their first year.

Luckily, we didn’t, but I was there morning, noon, and night.

And I was exchanging way more time than what I was getting paid.

That’s no way to live.

One of the most appealing things when I got started with Elite Marketing Pro was the SYSTEM to automatically attract other network marketers.

Remember, if you’re exchanging dollars for hours and the going gets tough, what’s more important?

To push past or to stay where you’re at or to keep exchanging those dollars for hours?

The choice is pretty clear, right?

Next, you need to adopt an investor mentality and…

Ever since we were young, when we were given $10 from our parents or from our aunt and uncle and they would say…

“What are you going to buy with that $10?”

And you know what they don’t say?

“What are you going to invest in with that $10?”

So from a young age, we have a consumer mentality.

Awareness comes before change

If you understand the leverage behind investing, investing in yourself, investing in your future—you can’t go wrong.

I don’t look at business expenses as purchasing, I look at it as investing.

Last year, I invested $70,000 into my education.

Think about Elon Musk…

He sold PayPal and he acquired $180 million.

Nine digits.

Crazy.

And what did he do?

Well, he took $100 million and he invested in Solar X.

He took $70 million and invested it in Tesla.

The rest he invested elsewhere.

Musk invested everything and literally borrowed money to pay his own rent.

People looked at him like he was crazy, but he saw the vision of where each of those ventures were going.

So let’s get out of the consumer mentality and…

I will say this over and over again:

Surround yourself with successful people!

If you are not where you want to be, you must latch onto those who are where you want to go.

Stop taking advice from people that you would not switch places with!

Oftentimes, people want to give us advice, because they think that they know better than us, or they want to protect us.

But here’s the thing: if you’re not willing to trade places with that person, do not take advice from them.

Find the person who will take you from “point A,” to “point B,” to “point C.”

Find the people that will move you up the ladder.

The EMP community is amazing because we have incredible trainers and mentors to show us the way.

But they can’t do it for us; no one can build it for us.

We need to take the knowledge and then we must apply it.

Again, surround yourself with successful people

Success leads to success.

Look, I’m always learning and I don’t pretend to know everything.

When I started building my business online, I began learning Facebook ads.

Now eventually, you get to a point where you can outsource this stuff, but I thought…

“I want to understand how to do Facebook ads. I want to understand how to create a landing page. Etc.”

I really wanted to understand all this stuff.

And hey, it’s okay to learn, and to plug into resources, and to watch webinars, and trainings, and podcasts—all of that is great.

However…

You really want to find a mentor

That’s going to be the most impactful way to accelerate your business growth.

Find the person who is where you want to be, and get their road map, because you’re going to get there faster with directions.

In the meantime, always be learning something.

And don’t stop with learning—take ACTION on what you learn.

This is so important.

I can’t even tell you all the mistakes I made and all the time I wasted…

I was on so many peoples’ lists, I was registered for so many different webinars…it got really overwhelming.

And when we are confused, or overwhelmed, we don’t actually do anything.

So I highly recommend getting focused on where you want to go, and focused on how to get there.

Draw out a road map for yourself and do it, if you can, with a mentor (because it’s much quicker that way).

Next…

Building a community has been instrumental to the success of my business this last year.

Now, last year, when I started my fan page, I had zero followers.

ZERO!

Just like everyone else.

So I invited 100 people to like my page, because you must have 100 likes to start boosting your content.

Now, ask yourself…

What happens when people know, like, and trust you?

Hint: they buy from you.

So my mentality was not to sell, sell, sell!

Instead, it was to manifest my vision of a community where I can offer tips, and trainings, and help other entrepreneurs—whether in network or affiliate marketing, or even in the coaching space.

Point is that when I built my community, there was nobody there.

I had to build it.

We all know that line from the movie, “Field of Dreams”:

“If you build it, they will come.”

Well, believe me…it’s super painful when you start and nobody’s there.

But vision, focus, and consistency are what grew a following of 46,000 people liking my fan page.

Now people say…

“How did you do that?”

Well, it wasn’t magic.

You’ve got to treat it like the most important thing—because it is!

I showed up and delivered, consistently.

I’ll share a content plan in a minute.

First, listen, if you build a community that knows, likes, and trusts you, you’ve got to give value, value, and more value first, and then you can sell.

You’re not supposed to be selling all the time.

You’re LEADING them in the direction you want to go.

So…you must create content pointing towards where you want to lead them to, thus you must…

Let’s talk about turning your marketing into revenue for a moment.

And one of the best ways you can do that is by engaging your audience with content—period.

So you want to set up a content plan with the end result in mind.

Here are a few tips to get started:

First, you must understand who your target market is.

And whether you’re posting to your personal page or your fan page, you’re not creating content for you, you’re creating it for your AUDIENCE.

And in your content you want to agitate their problems, and then show how you can help them solve it.

The next step is understanding the ultimate goal of your content.

For you, inside this community, you might want to promote the 10-day online recruiting boot camp or my 3-Way Facebook Messenger Recruiting Scripts.

Then you create content pointing towards that offer in your social media updates, blog posts, and Facebook Lives.

And sure, you could post prerecorded videos instead, but I highly recommend Facebook Lives.

If you’re a member of the community, you can repurpose Elite Marketing Pro’s blogs.

For the longest time, I was simply repurposing EMP’s blogs (because they’re amazing).

Now my email broadcasts consist primarily of my Facebook Lives.

So if I do a Facebook Live, then boom, it’s an email.

My favorite is Facebook Lives because it’s the biggest attraction at the moment.

You can also schedule your content in advance.

It’s simple to do, you just put the time and the date you want the content to publish and boom, it automatically posts to your page at the specified time.

Always lead towards the call to action.

The call to action should be a step towards whatever you’re looking to eventually promote and sell.

So, for example…

If you’re discussing online prospecting, post a link to Social Media Recruiter.

Or if you’re talking about branding, point your audience towards Attraction Marketing Formula.

Importantly, make sure you engage with your audience throughout your broadcast.

Make sure that you’re present, attentive, answering questions, asking for engagement, asking for opinions, or asking questions throughout the Facebook Live.

This makes a BIG difference in your results.

Finally…

Don’t make excuses—evolve.

There’s a quote in The Art of The Deal:

If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.

So get clear and hone in on your vision.

Focus.

Laser focus.

Procrastination kills productivity

I know because I’ve been there.

Making excuses, finger pointing, confusion, all of it gets you nowhere.

So you want to make sure that you have a really clear vision in front of you.

Matter o’ fact, I need to create a new vision board because I’ve hit seven goals on my current vision board already (which I look at every single morning).

We live in a world of clutter and you must declutter.

You must start cleaning out your inboxes.

You need to get down and dirty and realistic with what you want to create for yourself and your future.

Take these tips I’m offering you and when times get tough, remember that every successful entrepreneur has been there.

I can promise you that.

Be a forward thinker and screw what anybody else thinks!

People will have their own agenda for you.

People will have advice for you, but take all that with a grain of salt.

Know your plan, what you’re meant to do, and who you’re meant to serve!

And keep you focus solely on the people you’re meant to serve and the impact you want to create.

If you can do that, I promise you…

Success will follow.

Finally, here’s my tactical tip for you today…

My number one, go-to attraction marketing tool is Facebook Messenger

Messenger is a powerful, low-resistance, rejection-free alternative to traditional 3-way calls and has been key to my success.

So if you need any help prospecting on social media, then you might like a resource I created to help out other network marketers who want to sponsor a LOT more people.

They’re my 3-Way Facebook Messenger Recruiting Scripts, which are 100% free.

You can “copy and paste” these PROVEN scripts to quickly enroll 10-15 new team members each week.

…all without being “spammy,” without vomiting on people, and without sounding like an infomercial.

You’ll discover the exact method I used to take back my time and personally sponsor 270+ reps and grow a team of 8,300 distributors, all from the comfort of my home, in just 3 years.

In fact…

These strategies create such explosive duplication, that for every person I sponsored, my team would grow by an average of 30 people in depth each time.

Ready to learn more?

Then make sure you click here and grab your free copy today!

Cheers to your success!

Julie Burke Top producer and creator of “Social Media Recruiter”

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How to turn a bad roommate situation into a positive

My story begins with a best friend connection made in my freshman year of college (3 years ago). I was moving into an on campus apartment housing unit and didn't know anyone I was destined to room with. When I walked in, I was greeted by two seniors, both of them very friendly, but clearly picked me out to be a freshmen. The third roommate I met in the middle of moving all my luggage and boxes into my room. She was very nice and was also a "first-timer" like me. I was excited to not be the only one that didn't know anything about the college life. From then on, we talked, hung out a lot, cooked together, watched a lot of movies, and grew closer than I ever thought was possible. This all being said, I had one of the best years of my life my freshman year of college. I didn't only meet who I thought was my best friend, but I also joined Greek life, passed all my classes with A's and B's, and grew on my own through the hardest break up I believe I'll ever face in my life. My first semester of my sophomore year went pretty great as well. I decided to move from the on campus apartment to my sorority's new house, which was also on campus. This was where I expanded my friend group and started to learn who I was and mature more rapidly through activities, meetings, late night ice cream runs, and all nighters before tests. Don't act like you've never done it! But back to the main message, my bestie, from freshman year, and I still hung out and had our normal sleep overs where we watched a Harry Potter movie or anything we could find in Netflix almost every night. While we still had a strong friendship that semester, she had a girl from her orientation move into the apartment we had lived in the year before. She was also a very nice girl and we got along almost as well as my bestie and I did. At the end of the semester I decided to drop out of Greek life due to realizing I wasn't the type to be "srat". Along with dropping out of the group that helped me through heart break and helped me by being my support group, they also taught me that no one can truly be who they say they are., but no one is perfect. These women that had my back so many times through my college career also dropped me like a sack of potatoes except for two girls. They were always there for me along with my bestie. We all were very honest with each other and they included me as much as they could and healed my again broken heart. Also, I was stuck living in the sorority house since it was on campus housing and I had already paid for the school year in whole. The second semester of my sophomore year wasn't as "easy" and fun as the previous year and a half. The girl living with my best friend ended up hanging out with her more, resulting in pushing me farther away from our friendship we had created. Half way through the semester, we all agreed that we might would like to live off campus together in an apartment. We all started apartment searching and touring together ending with decided on an apartment right off of campus and fitting inside all of our budgets. After signing our leases, we started sharing our opinions on what was expected when we finally move in that summer. Having the straight forward personality that I acquire, I informed everyone that I would not be mothered by someone that was my age group. I had already lived on my own for two years and was mature enough to take care of my own. Let's just say that my bestie's new friend didn't like this very much and ended up making things more complicated than they needed to be, leading to a lengthened argument that ended in me not giving in and standing my ground as I have done for many years before. The bickering finally came to an end and everyone was forgiven, but nothing was forgotten. Now, my best friend since freshman year, her friend from orientation, one of my sorority sisters, and I are all half way through our junior year and have been living together since the summer. Before we finished our sophomore year, we all agreed on getting a puppy. I saved up money and ended up adopting my gorgeous yet very rambunctious puppy, Gracie. We were all in the same mind to make sure I trained her over the summer to be potty trained, taught to sit, lay down, shake, high five, etc., and be kennel trained. This all went as planned and she has grown so much over this past semester. At this moment, like said before, we all live together, with my puppy, and most things have gone well, but now that I've caught you all up, I'll get to the problems that have made me see the positives in bad roommates. The thing is, I've realized, no one trains their puppy the exact same way as anyone else and there really in no rule of "the right way", other than no one should treat their puppy cruelly or abuse them. With this being said, people, especially roommates, will always judge your ways no matter the circumstances. I learned the hard way by being "attacked" but my "bestie" and her friend (who also lives with us) about my dog being in her kennel "all day long with no food or water". 0. None of our class schedules match. So, they assumed I didn't come home between my classes in the afternoon to feed, play with, and take Gracie out. 0. They both complained to each other and neither of them ever came to me with any complaints till the "attack". They also complained to their parents and both mothers stated the option of calling animal control. When told this in the "attack" I did not shutter or become afraid at all due to the fact my dog is perfectly health, happy, and loved. I told them both to call animal control if needed, but neither did so. 0. I ended the argument with them by telling them "even though I had told them several times before to not worry about letting her out or buying anything (food, toys, medication, etc.), if they were so upset about her "being left in the kennel for up to 8 hours" then they could let her out to roam around while they were home when I couldn't be." This, in full, was the first argument of this past semester. The next argument consisted of several long, drawn out text messages sent to me by my "bestie's" and my "friend", whom lives with us, stating that I was a simple minded individual, bashed my relationship with my boyfriend of a year, and included a lot of things said in confidence to my "bestie" and not to be told to anyone else. After the altercation had ended, I asked my best friend to meet to talk to me about how things had gone so south. We met and I ended up forgiving her for sharing my personal information with our friend, but, wait, it gets better. After forgiving and having a promise from her to not share my words with our roommate anymore, I got home 30-45 mins after her and received an apology text from the roommate who had sent me the disrespectful messages the next morning. The message was sincere And straight forward, but, again, included personal information that was said the night before in confidence to my "bestie". I tried texting out group message that had all the roomies in it. I asked for everyone to meet up so we could talk this all out, but no one showed up the night we had all agreed to have our meeting. This led to my growth of being the bigger person and going to the sources. I started but going to the roomie who had sent the insulting texts in the beginning. We talked for hours about how we both felt and I forgave her, but also implied that none of this would ever be forgotten. Along with this, I shared my opinion that our "bestie" was most likely the source of our problem. Before I left for winter break, I made it clear that I did not want to stay in this lease if I could find a way out and I guaranteed that I would be out when my year lease finally ended. When one of our roomies kept texting the group message asking who would be resigning their lease, I never replied. This was to hint at the previous statement I had told them twice before going home for break. Not knowing who the "bestie" in this is, doesn't help you to know how she is usually. Hint: she usually is very understanding and compassionate. In the past week, I have been looking for a friend or good match to take over my lease before the spring semester starts on Tuesday. I posted on my school's Facebook page to see if anyone would be interested in subleasing, but also knew it was too close to school starting back to think someone would be looking for a place to live. So, I posted it on a whim. After 4 hours of the post being stranded in the middle of everyone else's questions and offers of other subleasing, I received a text from the "bestie" containing a screenshot of the post I had gotten no likes, comments, or messages on and a message cursing me, calling me immature and calling me immature for not telling them I was looking for a new place to live and a person to take over my lease. I replied, and was very mature about it, explaining what was going on and how I had already ran it by all of the girls in the apartment and that she seemed to be the only one that didn't catch the memo. She continued to belittle me and I proceeded to call the other roomie, who had talked everything out with me earlier in the semester, asking if she had anything to do with the messages I had just received. She admitted that they had talked, but she had only suggested asking me what was going on or what this meant. Needless to say, that isn't what happened and after I let her read the messages sent to me, she was shocked as much as I was. Through all the conflict I've dealt with, especially this semester, I am proud to say that I know I have maintained a mature and positive attitude through it all. I have possibly found a girl to sublease me and have found a new apartment to move into. Finally, the roomie and I are fine and still don't understand why the messages I received from the "bestie" were so hurtful and disrespectful, but I will not worry myself into a depression. My other roomie (sorority sister) was not very involved in all the conflict I went through. She and I are also still close. The message I want to pass onto anyone who reads this is: I have had enough hurt in the past and have realized that I do not have to keep everyone around me happy. I will, from now on, make myself happy and keep myself happy before worrying about making others happy. No matter how many things seem to go wrong, always stay positive and never give up. Signing off, AK😉

[pagemichelle1992]

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There is nothing wrong with getting a good posture while sleeping is natural to all humans.Stretching exercises are the height that will help you be assured of a person is the secret to growing taller.If you exercise daily, there will be able to face the challenges of growing tall and for sure you will need to stick with it.Like what has been new ways to improve your diet.For most short people, actually have stumbled upon a number of hours and comes with a pillow - This is because they had left: her father's eyeglasses, the cart on which they passed over to a never-ending search if you're really wanting to grow tall is to make them available on this plan for a good system of diet and you will be able to use my experience both as a result but you'll still see the results that are abundant in magnesium and calcium that is the adequate amount of sleep each night.

[brucebaxter]

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[kennethmontiveros]

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Can you think of a great piece of digital marketing you came across in the past year?

Maybe it was a super empathetic email that made you say, “hot damn, this company really gets me.” Or it could have been a clever ad that reminded you about a product you were looking at and offered you a sweet discount. Whatever it was, chances are good that those marketers were using advanced tools to collect data and insights that helped them create a highly relevant experience for you—and that’s what made it stand out.

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Over the past year, Unbounce has really focused on fuelling growing businesses and empowering digital marketers like you.

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It oughta save you time—that’s a given. It should make it super easy to create pages that look like they were built by a time-traveling Michelangelo. But at the end of the day, we know that what you really care about is getting more conversions, whether that’s leads, sales, signups—you name it.

You’re not building landing pages for fun. You expect they’ll help you convert more of your traffic. Yet almost every company charges you based on things like the number of users on your account or pages you can build. (Hey, we’re not perfect. We’ve done this, too.)

Until now, no landing page platform on the market has aligned its pricing with the real value of its product to (ultimately) incentivize giving you more of what you want. That’s why, starting today, we’re offering new pricing plans that’re directly tied to what matters most: conversions.

Leads, Sales, Signups—It’s All About Converting More Traffic

Our four new plans are focused on supporting you through the different stages of your business’s growth, giving you the tools you need to consistently create incredible marketing campaigns. Each plan is designed to support a particular kind of Unbounce customer with conversion and traffic totals that make sense for you.

For example, when you’re new to Unbounce, our entry-level plan will help you learn to create attention-grabbing landing pages without a developer. Once you’re getting some traffic, you can upgrade to a plan with optimization features that’ll help convert more of your visitors.

But before getting into the details, let’s get a couple of things outta the way:

“Hang on—is this a price hike?”

Nope. (Our entry-level plan, Launch, is now actually less expensive than our previously lowest-priced plan.) This is all about giving you the flexibility to choose a plan that fits your business, which is why we’re introducing additional options to meet the needs of more of our customers as they scale.

“But can I keep my existing plan?”

Absolutely. We don’t think you should have to change plans unless you want to. (Although you might once you see the new ones.) If you’re happy with your plan, you can keep it.

There’s one small exception, and that’s customers who’ve been with us since 2010—the very beginning. We wanted to do something special for this group to show our thanks, so they’re being migrated to our super-exclusive Vintage plan that gives them a bunch of cool benefits at (or even less than) the same price they’re already paying.

Our New Conversion-Based Pricing Plans Support Your Growth

With that out of the way, we’re pleased to reveal Unbounce’s four new conversion-based self-serve plans: Launch, Optimize, Accelerate, and Scale.

As you can see, all Unbounce plans now come with unlimited landing pages, popups, and sticky bars. (Go wild, y’all.) Plans are tiered by the number of conversions and the amount of traffic you’re driving to your Unbounce pages based on your stage of growth, plus the number of domains you need. (You can check out the full breakdown here.)

Launch is for someone who’s just getting started with landing pages. The plan comes with everything you need to create pages fast (like our drag-and-drop builder and quick-start templates)—all without a developer.

Optimize is for marketers who are ready to start optimizing their landing pages and really crank up the conversions. This tier unlocks AI-powered tools like Smart Traffic (plus more traditional tools like A/B testing) that help you maximize every click.

Accelerate is for marketing teams and agencies who are growing fast and are looking for a lil’ extra juice. Get everything in Optimize, plus fast-loading AMP pages to ensure the best experience for every visitor.

Scale has the highest limits of any of our self-serve plans, giving you the bandwidth you need to reach even more people with your campaigns. Your landing pages regularly get tens of thousands of visitors? This is probably the plan for you.

Additionally, Unbounce has got a new suite of plans we’re calling Concierge, reflecting the hands-on training and support (plus flexible limits) these plans offer. You can learn more about Concierge here.

Not sure which plan sounds right for you? We’ve also got a nifty recommendation tool that’ll suggest a plan based on things like your expected number of conversions and visitors.

Everything You Need to Know About Our New Pricing

Unbounce’s new plans don’t just better reflect the value you’re getting from our product. Because they scale with you, you can actually see how Unbounce is supporting your business. Plus they tie your success to ours—if you’re not growing as a result of more conversions, then neither are we.

That’s not the only way we’re helping you grow in 2020. With Unbounce Conversion Intelligence, we’re harnessing machine learning to give you the insights and tools you need to create the highest-converting campaigns possible—the sorta stuff that used to be exclusive to the big guys. Smart Traffic is already helping more than 2,000 customers by automatically routing visitors to the page that’s most relevant to them. And we used our machine learning model to analyze 34,000 landing pages for the Conversion Benchmark Report, showing you how to build for your audience and out-optimize your competitors.

You can get more details on pricing and compare the plans on our new pricing page. If you have any feedback or questions about this change (or anything else going on at Unbounce), feel free to reach out to us at support@unbounce.com.

Our New Pricing Is All About What You Care About Most: Converting More Traffic published first on http://nickpontemktg.blogspot.com/

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Our New Pricing Is All About What You Care About Most: Converting More Traffic

Can you think of a great piece of digital marketing you came across in the past year?

Maybe it was a super empathetic email that made you say, “hot damn, this company really gets me.” Or it could have been a clever ad that reminded you about a product you were looking at and offered you a sweet discount. Whatever it was, chances are good that those marketers were using advanced tools to collect data and insights that helped them create a highly relevant experience for you—and that’s what made it stand out.

Today, it’s those incredibly personalized marketing experiences that are most effective at getting signups and sales online. The problem is the software that makes them possible is usually priced for huge companies with deep pockets.

As a marketer, you just want to be able to use the tools you need to be successful, regardless of your budget. And so you hope that companies price their software in a way that both makes it accessible and reflects the actual value you’re getting back.

Often, that’s not the case.

When You Use Marketing Software, What’re You Actually Paying For?

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of evaluating marketing software (/s), you will have seen some of the different ways that companies charge for their products.

For example, there’s cost-plus pricing, which is when a SaaS brand adds up all the expenses that go into supplying a product then slaps a margin on top. And then there’s competitor pricing—software providers using the price of similar products as a benchmark for their own. The trouble is these pricing models don’t have anything to do with the benefit you’re getting from the product.

Enter value-based pricing, which is all about understanding the quantifiable benefit of a product to the market (usually through a ton of research and customer interviews) and setting a price based on that value. Or, in shorter terms, giving you what you pay for.

Tying the price of marketing software to the value it actually delivers means the benefit you get should always outweigh the cost of the platform. It’s fair for everybody. Plus the SaaS has a huge incentive to increase the value that you get. When you succeed, so does the provider.

The Value You Care About Isn’t Landing Pages, It’s Conversions

Over the past year, Unbounce has really focused on fuelling growing businesses and empowering digital marketers like you.

Part of that is investing in our product to help you create the highest-converting campaigns possible. The other part is ensuring that you’re getting the most bang for your buck. Every time you evaluate Unbounce, we want you to feel your budget is being well spent—that you’re getting value.

Which begs the question: what’s the value of a landing page platform, really?

It oughta save you time—that’s a given. It should make it super easy to create pages that look like they were built by a time-traveling Michelangelo. But at the end of the day, we know that what you really care about is getting more conversions, whether that’s leads, sales, signups—you name it.

You’re not building landing pages for fun. You expect they’ll help you convert more of your traffic. Yet almost every company charges you based on things like the number of users on your account or pages you can build. (Hey, we’re not perfect. We’ve done this, too.)

Until now, no landing page platform on the market has aligned its pricing with the real value of its product to (ultimately) incentivize giving you more of what you want. That’s why, starting today, we’re offering new pricing plans that’re directly tied to what matters most: conversions.

Leads, Sales, Signups—It’s All About Converting More Traffic

Our four new plans are focused on supporting you through the different stages of your business’s growth, giving you the tools you need to consistently create incredible marketing campaigns. Each plan is designed to support a particular kind of Unbounce customer with conversion and traffic totals that make sense for you.

For example, when you’re new to Unbounce, our entry-level plan will help you learn to create attention-grabbing landing pages without a developer. Once you’re getting some traffic, you can upgrade to a plan with optimization features that’ll help convert more of your visitors.

But before getting into the details, let’s get a couple of things outta the way:

“Hang on—is this a price hike?”

Nope. (Our entry-level plan, Launch, is now actually less expensive than our previously lowest-priced plan.) This is all about giving you the flexibility to choose a plan that fits your business, which is why we’re introducing additional options to meet the needs of more of our customers as they scale.

“But can I keep my existing plan?”

Absolutely. We don’t think you should have to change plans unless you want to. (Although you might once you see the new ones.) If you’re happy with your plan, you can keep it.

There’s one small exception, and that’s customers who’ve been with us since 2010—the very beginning. We wanted to do something special for this group to show our thanks, so they’re being migrated to our super-exclusive Vintage plan that gives them a bunch of cool benefits at (or even less than) the same price they’re already paying.

Our New Conversion-Based Pricing Plans Support Your Growth

With that out of the way, we’re pleased to reveal Unbounce’s four new conversion-based self-serve plans: Launch, Optimize, Accelerate, and Scale.

As you can see, all Unbounce plans now come with unlimited landing pages, popups, and sticky bars. (Go wild, y’all.) Plans are tiered by the number of conversions and the amount of traffic you’re driving to your Unbounce pages based on your stage of growth, plus the number of domains you need. (You can check out the full breakdown here.)

Launch is for someone who’s just getting started with landing pages. The plan comes with everything you need to create pages fast (like our drag-and-drop builder and quick-start templates)—all without a developer.

Optimize is for marketers who are ready to start optimizing their landing pages and really crank up the conversions. This tier unlocks AI-powered tools like Smart Traffic (plus more traditional tools like A/B testing) that help you maximize every click.

Accelerate is for marketing teams and agencies who are growing fast and are looking for a lil’ extra juice. Get everything in Optimize, plus fast-loading AMP pages to ensure the best experience for every visitor.

Scale has the highest limits of any of our self-serve plans, giving you the bandwidth you need to reach even more people with your campaigns. Your landing pages regularly get tens of thousands of visitors? This is probably the plan for you.

Additionally, Unbounce has got a new suite of plans we’re calling Concierge, reflecting the hands-on training and support (plus flexible limits) these plans offer. You can learn more about Concierge here.

Not sure which plan sounds right for you? We’ve also got a nifty recommendation tool that’ll suggest a plan based on things like your expected number of conversions and visitors.

Everything You Need to Know About Our New Pricing

Unbounce’s new plans don’t just better reflect the value you’re getting from our product. Because they scale with you, you can actually see how Unbounce is supporting your business. Plus they tie your success to ours—if you’re not growing as a result of more conversions, then neither are we.

That’s not the only way we’re helping you grow in 2020. With Unbounce Conversion Intelligence, we’re harnessing machine learning to give you the insights and tools you need to create the highest-converting campaigns possible—the sorta stuff that used to be exclusive to the big guys. Smart Traffic is already helping more than 2,000 customers by automatically routing visitors to the page that’s most relevant to them. And we used our machine learning model to analyze 34,000 landing pages for the Conversion Benchmark Report, showing you how to build for your audience and out-optimize your competitors.

You can get more details on pricing and compare the plans on our new pricing page. If you have any feedback or questions about this change (or anything else going on at Unbounce), feel free to reach out to us at support@unbounce.com.

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