This mistake costs a lot in B2B lead generation.
And you can correct your mistake by just spending 30 minutes a day!
Here is how:
The biggest mistake many professionals, especially introverts, make is neglecting personal branding, which directly impacts their B2B lead generation.
As I discussed earlier, all of your prospects are on social media.
And they are consuming content.
You can either make them aware of their issues or provide them with the best solutions.
But it's easier said than done.
People won't believe in your services until they believe in you.
Here comes the role of your personal branding.
Since you are on social media, you should prove yourself to be an expert.
And it essentially doesn't require posting social media content or copies each day.
Here is a simple formula that you can leverage to build personal branding that leads to authority.

1. Figure out where your prospects are, and which platforms suit you the most.
2. They must be interacting with some content. Find out their likes and comments.
3. Add valuable comments to those posts. It shouldn't be just a generic "great post" or "loved it." Instead, provide real value and make compelling arguments that can make someone think and respect you.
4. Ideally, rewrite those comments for posting on your profiles as solutions. It will get you the right followers.

This is how you gain trust and work on personal branding.
Remember, it takes months to build authority, but once you are an established person, your profile becomes a goldmine for your business.
So be patient and keep working!
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I was never enough.
All the poems and paintings
All the feelings and secrets
All the miles to see her
All the blissful moments
between her legs.
I was never enough.

I learned she was anxious.
She was afraid.
“Why?” I asked.
And asked again.
Because I suspected
I am paying the fine
for other men’s crimes.

Finally
through eyes filled with glass
an agitated voice
“So you want to know?”
Fumbling through her ring of keys
She unlocks the door.
Eyes on me
Whispers
“You want to know?”
The lock clicks
The door creaks open
And we stand there
Together
Looking down the stairs
Into the darkness.

Snakes, I imagine.
Or broken corpses.
Chained beasts taunting their blasphemies
In the darkness.

We stand together
For ages
Finally m Little fingers graze
And our hands find each other.
“May I turn on the light?”
I ask
A lengthy pause
A quiet voice looks at me
“yes.”

Snap.
And a dim bulb
hanging from a wire
flickers.
Darkness dissolves.

It is a basement
Dry. Dusty. Mostly empty.
We descend the fragile steps together.

Then I see her.
In the corner.
On the floor
arms around her knees.
Is she in shock?
She is alone.
There are bruises on her face.
“I love this woman,” I say.

In another corner
She is kneeling
her face on the ground
Tears on her face
Exhausted from the weeping
of disappointment.
“I love this woman, too.”

I turn
there is another
a furrowed brow
a face of regret
a face of shame
and self-destruction.
“I love this woman. Very much.”

And another
She is standing
looking into some distant memory
of betrayal. Of rejection.
Pain alive
in her chest
under her skin
so willing to love
so carelessly discarded.
“I love this woman with all the fusion of my heart.”

We face one another
her eyes look at me
and I see the edge of the universe.
“Thank you for bringing me here.
I know you were afraid
of what we would see.
You have such courage.
And now I see more of you
And I am thrilled
Because now
there is more of you
For me
To love.”

Hey, I hope its okay to post this and Id be thankful if someone shared their opinion on what Im going to tell you. I am ashamed to post this because I am unsure if its the right place to post here, but its the first time I am actually talking about it and I keep on thinking about it because now that I am aboit to turn 30 and have been in a happy relationship for 3 years, I am realizing that sexuality in general has never been an easy thing to me, I can barely enjoy or even get myself to get physically close to my partner in a sexual way ( anything beyond cuddling )
I have an ed and bpd. My familys story has always been fckd up and I wont go into details here.
TRIGGER WARNING
My father has always been a very narcissitic and choleric man and I remember as a child, I was either scared of his outbursts or tried everything possible to get his approval and be close to him. However, I never, never felt good enough.
I remember when I was a little kid, maybe 4-6 years old, my father would come into my room when I was supposed to be asleep or on my way to fall asleep. Sometimed he would just stand in front of my bed watching me. I usually would open my eyes just a little, so he would believe I was asleep. Sometimes he would come closer and touch my arms and just scratch it a little. It nevr felt 100% uncomfortable but sometimes it still felt weird. Id let it happen because i just wanted my dads approval. But I also remember that ( i dont know how many times) he would touch my torso and my nipples. I felt very uncomfortable and I always kept pretending to be asleep. There is a weird, "clear" but also very flashy memory of this specific scene in my head I can not forget...
Sometimes my fathet would play this "game" with me. Honestly anything he'd to to spend time with me, I would never question for a second as a child. I just wanted to be good enough. In that "game" he acted like he was a giant and I was ... i dont know, his prey? He would lay on my body and I of course tried to move around and get him off me. I was a little child and with his weight on me it got hard to breathe. I felt a clear border between game and "not okay" being crossed here. When i tried to free myself he would usually say stuff like " oh, my pillow is still alive?" Etc.
I feel horrible about these memories and dont know whete to put them.
A few years forward, I was maybe 12 and on the playground with my cousine, who had the same age. I remember my father always liked him more because he was a boy. So i thought that if I get my cousins sympathy, i would get it from my father too. That day my cousin asked me to put his penis into my vagina. I didnt feel comfortable and I have never made any sexual experiences to that date. I denied but he kept asking me to do so. I felt pressured into doing as he told me. I just let it happen. It happened several times that day/night as we stayed at my grandmothers house that night. I just let him do it. But i knew it was wrong and I knew that no one would believe me if i told anyone + I did let it happen,right?
I have never spoken about this because I feel like i wont be taken serious. But I know that these memories and the feelings tied to them affected me all my life. I love.my partner so much and i openly talked to him about my feelings of uncomfortableness and shame when it comes to sex. He understands. But i just dont know how to deal with any of this or what it means..

Hi,
​
Like many others, I'm searching for a new hobby.
I would like something where I can create (preferably something visual) and share to my friend/family/internet. I never had social media, and create one for a hobby can be a cool experience.
What I'm doing for now :
- Video Games : My favorite hobby, but it cost me some money, so I don't want something too expensive
- Films : I just started to watch films, I have an ok 4k TV but it's ok for me, and a Sony BDP-S3700, it's not the best but I am fine with this and I don't want to spend more for now. As I buy a lot of my blu ray in second hand, this hobby is pretty cheap (Until I upgrade my TV/Audio/armchair)
- Guitar : I play guitar since 11 year and I am a little bit bothered to play now. Sometimes I grab my guitar and play a little bit. But I think it's the end of an era and I don't want to do music anymore (Except singing, I love it but I live in an appartment with poor sound insulation, and as a metal/rock/jazz singer who need to scream sometimes, I can't do it for now)
- Bike :I love it but it's especially to stay healthy, I already have anything I need and don't want new stuff
Some ideas I have :
- Drawing : It's cheap to start, can create really cool stuff and share on social media. I don't know if I want spend months/years before doing beautiful draws. (I have ADHD, I can be bored really quick unfortunately)
- Toy Photography : This one have ALL my interest, but it seems to be really expensive. I don't have camera, and my phone is a cheap one with very bad camera. I need lens, lights, and I don't have any toys. Good toys are really expensive too, I'm afraid of not having fun if I take photos with cheap camera and ugly toys.
- Toys (Model) to assemble/paint : Can be really expensive too, but I can pair it with toy photography. I am not into Gundam, but some "Gunpla" seems really cool.
Some restrictions I have :
- I live in an appartment, so I can't do a lot of stuff outside. My mom have a house with a garden at 12km (I do it with my bike, I don't have car), so I can do things at her home, but I think I would sometimes be lazy to go to her house.
- I don't have a lot of money, but a lot of free time as I work only 24h per weeks. It's a life choice I had made, I prefer to have a lot of free time instead of a lot of money but no time to enjoy. I don't know if I am ready to do this, but maybe I can sell my best guitar (worth 950€ new)
Thanks for your help ! :)

I opened myself up to you,
Took you inside me
And cradled you.
You seemed comfortable there.
But little did I know,
You were there only to
Feed yourself.
You took what you needed,
Toying with me in a twisted game of
Cat and mouse.
And when you decided you had enough
You just threw me away;
A forgotten broken doll.
I have so much love to show you,
To give you.
But you never wanted it.
I knew when you stopped asking to see
My naturally plump lips
Painted a glossy red, black, pink, or purple,
And my long black hair done
In voluminous curls and waves,
That the end was near.
You grew bored of your favorite pieces of me,
I know.
Or perhaps,
Those pieces of me I thought you liked
Were just something for you
To laugh at.
You ignored the hints I dropped,
Cluing you in on my feelings for you.
You paid no mind to my need to feel
Close to you.
You canceled every date
With me.
You still fed me breadcrumbs,
To keep me happily and obliviously
Strung along.
I wanted you to know that
I fell for you,
And yet,
I don’t want you to know
Because I knew you would
Never love me.

Spent some time recently around some friends and their parents. Friends in 40s, Parents in 70s.
A few things struck me;
- The kids were 100% themselves in front of their parents. There was no act they had to put on. They were so comfortable and at ease.
- The parents showed enormous affection for their adult kids. Hugs and kisses and gentle touches.
- The kids could playfully joke with their parents and poke fun at them. There was clearly absolutely no chance in the kids' heads that a joke could offend the parent, or that they needed to behave a certain way.
- Their parents were also very warm and affectionate to me. I think in the hour I spent with them, the father asked me more questions and showed more affection towards me than my own father had shown in the past couple of months.
- There was no forced conversation and awkwardness, in contrast to my own family. Just natural free-flowing conversation.
Spending time among healthy people really shows you the defective nature of your own upbringing and makes me angry that perhaps I could have achieved far more success in life if my parents had made more of an effort to be loving towards me.

Featuring Denzel Crocker
As a child, Crocker's life sucked so much that he was granted two Fairy Godparents to make it suck less. However, a time-traveling Timmy Turner accidentally exposed said Godparents, resulting in them being taken away and Crocker being left behind with a fairy tracker that has "FAIRY GODPARENTS EXIST!" written on the back.
Crocker then became obsessed with fairies and proving to the world their existence, even when the rest of the world makes fun of him for this belief. Building many inventions to do this task, Crocker suspects that one of the students of his class named Timmy Turner has fairies and investigates, quickly becoming one of the child's two main arch-nemesis alongside Vicky.
He has a deep love for giving his students Fs and having them do ungodly boring tasks.
STRENGTH

• Goes through a wall of Timmy's house
  
• Runs through some bars of a cage
  
• Destroys some bookshelves and a desk while spasming out
  
• Destroys everything in the principle's office
  
• Goes through a wall of the school he works at
  
• Lifted a piano with a rope
  
• Wrangles a Siberian tiger into a hole in the sand
  

DURABILITY

• Survives a F arc falling on top of him
  
• Survives a giant boulder falling on top of him
  
• Survives Poof hitting him with a football, pushing him through a bush, a tree, and a hill
  
• Survives getting hit by a train
  
• Survives being attacked by a giraffe and a bear
  
• Survives Timmy's parents blowing up his house using ghost hunting equipment
  
• Survives being in a house when the house is hit by a missile
  

SPEED

• Runs away from a Wolverine
  
• Runs away from a hyena
  
• Runs away from a bear
  
• Shows up pretty much instantly after Timmy calls him and offers him a way to get rid of his mother
  

SKILL

• Taught himself how to talk to cows
  
• Stole a robot from a government lab
  
• In an alternate timeline where Timmy Turner was never born, became Harvard's most beloved professor
  

TOONFORCE

• Prevents the iris out from finishing for a bit
  
• Walks on air until he notices he's walking on air
  
• Does this to his classroom with just a curtains movement
  
• Goes over the phone cut-off line and then pushes said phone cut-off line away
  

INVENTIONS

• The Magic Blaster, which allows Crocker to get wishes despite being an adult, via sucking the magic out of Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof. He is able to use it to get a wish for better hair, and then a wish to be in a limo at a person's house
  
• The F blaster, which shoots out an F that pushes Timmy through a wall
  
• The Crocker Pot, which captures magical creatures and makes a mean batch of chili
  
• A freeze ray he freezes his mother with
  
• The Fairy Flyer, a device that allows him to fly
  
• Mind control devices that Vicky uses to control Viv and Roy's parents
  
• Rocket boots
  
• A anti-mind reading helmet , which when Timmy tries to read his mind using it just causes him to read his own mind
  
• MOTHER, a machine that gives the user the powers of animals
  

Full Respect Thread
Compared to other tv show inventors, Crocker suffers from the fact that many of his inventions only work on fairies.
I would keep that in mind while making threads involving him.

So we started dating when I was 15, it's been 8 years now, we were in the same school. A bit of back story for this to make sense: I'm from India, and I moved to this tiny country in the gulf when I was 3. I grew up there. One thing about the gulf: you don't really get the citizenship unless you work for the government, you're muslim, or you have money. None of which was true for my family so we still have an Indian passport (we barely ever visit India). My boyfriend on the other hand is a citizen of that gulf country, but his financial situation is not great. I wanted a better education for myself so after high school I decided to go to Canada to study. Soon after covid hit and we did long distance for 4 years. 2 of those years were just on and off because we broke up twice thinking we'd never be able to meet. But in the long run, our future looks so vague. I have struggled a lot as someone who left very young, so I know I owe it to myself to get the Permanent Residency of Canada, so I atleast have one place I can call home. I have never felt happy though. But if I give up on this I think I'll regret it. He can't move to me right now, like I said he's a citizen already and his financial situation isn't great he has to support his family for now. So we decided we'd meet one last time which happened 3 weeks ago. I went back with a visa and we spent 2 weeks together. These 2 weeks I thought would give me closure but they just made me more upset because of how happy we were together. We tried so much and we barely ever fought. It makes me very upset to think that I have to give up on such a good relationship but I really don't know what else to do. I don't know when or if I'll ever be able to go back to where I grew up because the opportunities are limited and my parents don't live there anymore. Even if I do decide to go back it'll be a long time before that happens. I also can't depend on him to come to me because of the reasons stated above. I'm really confused and I know my situation is very specific but I keep thinking is there something more we can do? maybe if we wait a few more years one of us can move for the other or we can talk to our parents? because once it's actually over then what? there's no chance for us at all? Looking for advice.
P.S: I posted this on relationship advice with less context and this one person said I'm disregarding his feelings and only focusing on my career and thinking of myself, I'm keeping him as an "option", and I don't love him, one day he'll be over me and never want me back, I need to compromise etc etc. If you're thinking of saying those things please click off or put yourself in my shoes. I've been an immigrant my whole life, so life has never been as smooth and simple for me.

I saw it twice in the theatres (and once bootleg - I know boo hiss) but can’t wait for next Tuesday! I would love to hear what other people are wanting to follow up on in consecutive viewings - the power to pause and rewind seems like magic!

Wednesday, May 31 - Tuesday, June 06

TOP 20 POSTS

score	comments	title & link
44	23 comments	[:snoo_smile: fun] Congrats to Fortunate Youth on 14 years of amazing music!!! What's your favorite FY track?!?!
25	5 comments	[:mic: live] Hirie with Alborosie at Caliroots 2023 board mix
23	2 comments	[:mic: live] The Skints raged in Pomona, CA last night
22	4 comments	[:mic: live] Collie Buddz with the most epic pizza parties at Cali Roots! Who was there for a slice? 🔊🎶🍕🕺😁💨🤙🏽
21	3 comments	Rebelution 6/1 - Austin, TX
19	3 comments	[:mic: live] Big shout out to B-Hard from Bumpin Uglies for our last AMA! Also catch Weekend at Wolfie's this week if you're in PA! Who's gonna be the next AMA this weekend?!?!! 🤔🫢
18	4 comments	[:mic: live] Tribal Seeds 05/6/2023
15	1 comments	[:lion: IAmA] New AMA on the way! June 9th-12th! Make sure to stop in and check it out! 🌴❤️💛💚🌴
15	3 comments	[:bong-1: thoughts] Mr. Spicoli had it right 🤘
12	2 comments	Pepper "Get Me Ready" [LYRIC VIDEO]
11	1 comments	[:weed-3: official] A few more additions to the CD collection
10	7 comments	[:weed-3: official] Weekend At Wolfie's coming in hot this weekend from Bedford, Pennsylvania!
10	2 comments	[:mic: live] Collie Buddz - Good Life @ Florida Groves Fest 23'
10	4 comments	Anybody able to catch any of The Skints headline shows?
9	0 comments	[:mic: live] Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow @ Reggae Rise Up Florida
9	2 comments	[:mic: live] Stick Figure "Once In A Lifetime" live @ Cali Roots 2023
9	0 comments	[:weed-3: official] NEW MUSIC FRIDAY WEEK 6/2/23 PRESENTED BY: REGGAE THEORY
7	1 comments	[:mic: live] The Movement - “Break in the Glass” - Gas Monkey Bar (live, 9-18-19)
7	1 comments	[:dreamcatcher: art] reggae poster contest 🎨
7	3 comments	[:weed-3: official] J Boog ft. Peetah - “Sunshine Girl” (2012)

 

TOP 10 COMMENTS

score	comment
9	AlexE1089 said Too many great ones to choose from! Older song: Peace, Love, and Unity, Newer Song: Good Times Roll On What about you?
7	Cali_Reggae said “Life comes at you pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
6	Rasta-Trout said I can't pick just one, but their sugar shack sessions are amazing
6	jj10009 said Love is the most high
5	bentripin said Damn they all so babyfaced.. makin me feel old af here. FY is not a band that I rank songs with, when everything is just so damn good its too much effort.
5	DGAF999 said Skankin, Friend, Good Times, Farmer, and SO many more songs!
4	TheBushidoWay said Jeff Spicolli, one of my role models from my formative years
4	AlexE1089 said Been there since he started doing this a couple years back, always look forward to it!
4	magiccheetoss said I was there during this set! Those mushrooms were 🔥
4	JackB3113 said So many great tunes but I think my most played is [Irie State](https://open.spotify.com/track/51h52WPRclQXV0vTcKdxtQ?si=hWLF3ZqjS_GpslMTp98iXw)

 

Hello. I create this tred as hope about that something can will change. I do not talk on английски and at once can say that I write this text through translator. I said the last hope and it so, I am 23, I only recently finished studies, and for me cancer of bowels 4 stages. I do not know as correct to talk it, it will work, or in general will remain at back of the internet to nobody necessary, but if there is such possibility I can try, it is lucky fools. All that I want, to pay it the funerals, to pay off with debts, and leave a bit money of my mother, because a father is not present ( he too died from a chasse pair of years back ) I do not know as she will be without me. She does not work, and sits with a cadet. I how many could worked, worked in the restaurant of public food consumption for 13/14 clock in twenty-four hours. A salary was, and I was enough to maintain family, but accumulations no are present, insurance for me is not present, at most that a mother can get it some additional salary from work, and other offering. Well, in short. I have nothing to lose, and I do not want to put pressure on pity for someone. It's just that my request to reddit is possible and not only to him. If someone has the opportunity, make my life a little better, and maybe you will completely change the lives of my loved ones. I want the best for them and for myself. I would like to give them some gifts, and maybe if I have time to go on vacation with them during the summer. But perhaps nothing will happen, and this thread will remain gathering dust somewhere and no one will see it. In any case, I have nothing to lose. My BTC : bc1qysyvn27td05ntvuhthed0xcx6qvllunf79m2gy My ETH : 0xBEBcfBac52fA145d63D259711Bb6393b92680C3E

What's going on?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface.
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan?

On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because Reddit is an invaluable resource of information for many, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.
What can you do?

1. Complain. Message the mods of reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
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Original Prompt

CW: Mentions of child abuse
Chapter 14
When Bea's thrashing and screaming woke Ophelia up, the elf bent over her girlfriend to try and wake her. Bea's sudden emergence from sleep had caused their faces to collide violently. Fortunately, Ophelia was a highly accomplished potion master. Fixing a pair of broken noses was as easy as getting herself and Bea into the bathroom and dropping some bubbling green liquid into each nostril. The concoction bubbled and fizzed in their noses for a few seconds and the damage was healed.
Ophelia started to clean up the bloodshed while encouraging Bea to vent. She stripped the bed, pulling the sheets and blankets that had gotten splashed on into a hamper while listening to the retelling of Wan's mental ambush. Ophelia worried about how much worse things might be now because of her mistake. She was a fool to agree so quickly to a deal with Wan, but did not regret getting her love to safety.
The elf paused her cleaning efforts when she heard the sudden voice hitch. She looked at her girlfriend just as the human was recounting the part where Wan threatened her brother. Bea's fist collided with the wall with a loud thud and Ophelia dropped the hamper to get closer.
"Beatrice, please, take a deep breath." She held her hands and pressed their foreheads together, breathing slowly to help guide her. Bea was so passionate, so full of emotion, that Ophelia had to be a soothing voice. To calm the storm constantly raging within her. The endless battle with her past. Bea's pain was one of the things that had brought them together in the first place, but the elf knew that it was not something that could be maintained.
After a few deep breaths, Bea's anger broke. Ophelia felt her hands let go and was quickly pulled into a hug by strong, shaking arms. She was glad that her girlfriend was able to express more than anger. It had not been so when they first met. She held Bea and rubbed her back, letting her cry. It was healthy for her to release the tension and the worry. To process it all. Ophelia could only imagine what it had felt like to have someone like that monster in her head.
"Wan very well may be lying," Ophelia said, guiding Bea to the kitchen after several minutes, once she had calmed a bit, "It is what he does best. But if he's not, then he said a hundred generations ago and he's still bound by his deal...so is he after the last heart?"
"Yeah. Why didn't he just take mine when he possessed me?" Bea asked.
"A heart cannot be taken, only given." Ophelia started to steep some tea. "Either by the person themselves, or someone who loves them. When he took your aunt's heart it means someone had given her to him."
"You're the only person who can give him my heart then. None of them qualify."
"Could someone give him your brother's heart?" Ophelia asked, worried that something may happen to the one person she knew Bea still cared for among the Accardos.
"Not Mario, he hates magic too much." Ophelia watched Bea's face scrunch up in thought. She sat a cup of tea down in front of her. "Davide loves Leo enough, I guess. But he doesn't do anything without Mario's approval." She froze and Ophelia could see a look of disgust and concern cross her face. "Christian...the sick fuck lusted after us as kids. Would that count?"
"If he considers it love it might." Ophelia squeezed Bea's hand, not wanting her to spiral and relive that trauma again. "Would he give up Leo for something?"
"I don't know. He's always been twisted so...probably? If Wan promised him something else he wanted." Ophelia winced as Bea met her eyes. They both had the same thought; or someone* else*.
"If Wan gets his last heart, he would be free to do something like that."
"Why would Wan want me to stop Christian if he might give him what he wants?"
"For a laugh? To put you into a contentious situation with your family?" Ophelia did not like trying to follow Wan's train of thought. There was too much uncertainty. Too much speculation. There was still the chance that he was just lying about everything.
"If I had a gun I'd go end it once and for all. Drag his ass into a parking lot and unload the whole damn-" Bea was silenced when Ophelia set a hand on hers. She nodded and took a deep, slow breath, then sipped the tea.
"It is still the middle of the night," Ophelia said, "Let us go back to bed. We need to rest and we can talk about this some more once we have slept."
"Yeah, good idea," Bea conceded. She got up and Ophelia took her hand. They kissed and went back to bed.

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