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[detective-with-one-arm]

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#ooc #rant #i am trying so hard to figure out how to make my blog desktop-friendly #and it is very much annoying me #because i am trying so hard #but it just won't do the thing i need it to do #it is themes? #is it coding? #what???? #ugh #i swear tumblr is held together with school glue and duct tape

[notthecanadianaverage]

All 65 ho! 😤

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?

I mean I guess kind of sometimes? As someone with ADHD, object permanence is a big thing so if I don't see you, you aren't real xD

2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?

Um, it varies, actually. Generally speaking, I'm not afraid. But sometimes I have lots of nightmares and the darkness is awful and I will deadass sleep with the light on. Also while I'm not afraid, if I hear sounds, I am terrified xD

3. The person you would never want to meet?

Jason Mamoa. He seems like a fine person but something about his appearance triggers my fight or flight.

4. What is your favorite word?

Hippopomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?

I think maybe either a birch or a weeping willow?

6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?

That's not yellow

7. What shirt are you wearing?

I'm wearing a green Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time shirt that my sister got for me a few years ago at Fan Expo.

8. What do you label yourself as?

Panromantic asexual. Gender identity wise, demigirl. I recently learned what omnisexual is and I'm curious, but I don't want to come out again so panromantic it is xD

9. Bright room or dark room?

Bright! Lots of sunlight for plants and reading!

10. What were you doing at midnight last night?

I was being trained at work

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

I think 18, just because mentally I'm still there.

12. Who told you they loved you last?

My boyfriend :3 I miss him.

13. Your worst enemy?

Dickface. He called me his step daughter once and I almost fucking lost it in that Tim Hortons. I had to fight so hard not to say anything. I was also fighting some pretty rough food poisoning that week so I was not in the mood to argue xD

14. What is your current desktop picture?

On my computer? I think it's a rat xD it's either me with Cortana on my shoulder or Willow peeking through some bars, I can't remember.

15. Do you like someone?

I like my boyfriend. A lot. I mean I hope I do since we have been dating for 6 years xD but I also have a celebrity squish. Patrick Dempsey. Motherfucker. Yes. That smile. Those EYES.

16. The last song you listened to?

https://youtu.be/0Eh4b0Ge-sM

17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

That power hungry cheeto. But only if I wouldn't get caught.

18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

Dickface. He is a child abuser and just a shitty person all around. I called him a stupid idiot on my birthday and lost my fucking mind because I didn't actually mean to and he looked PISSED.

19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?

I don't know who, but I would make them cuddle because I am touched starved and need a fucking hug xD

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

I'm doing this all in my phones notes so I can't add a picture, but I love my tattoos and piercings! I have both nostrils pierced, my septum and snakebites. Tattoo wise, I have the Triforce of Courage on my left hand, a small blue hard on my right thumb, a beautiful memorial rat tattoo on my left leg, Midna's Fused Shadow on my left arm and Expecto Patronum on my right wrist. I. Need. More.

21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?

Not gonna lie, I'd probably jerk off xD

22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?

If I shared it, it wouldn't be a secret.

23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?

I... don't know

24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.

I would stick with my normal Subway order: lettuce, tomato, red onions, LOTS OF PICKLES, cheese, black forest ham, mayo and salt and pepper.

25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?

Not gonna lie, I would probably get some Subway and maybe some candle making supplies.

26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?

California. I miss my boyfriend. Let's go.

27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?

Joke's on you, I don't really drink alcohol! I would instead request all the apple juice :')

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?

Pet rats for everyone!!!!

29. What is your favorite expletive?

I enjoy cunt :3

30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

My little stuffed lion. I would also grab my teddy bear seeing as they are always together.

31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be? (Tw rape for this question)

I mean... all of these experiences have made me who I am. But if i can erase one experience without changing who I am, it would be nice to not have been raped.

32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!

I would say Indonesia because volcanoes! But I am also very gay and I don't believe that is a gay friendly country... so... maybe Japan? All of this assuming that the boyfriend is with me. If not, then California.

33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

My grandpa. I really miss him... I want him to see how far I've come and I want to spend more time with him.

34. What was your last dream about?

I have been having a weird amount of sex dreams lately...

35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?

Rat mom? I like to think so! Shameless plug, but I have a blog here called @ratpotatoez where you can see my beautiful chonks. I'm also on Facebook and YouTube.

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

I mean yes? But not for like an overnight stay.

37. Have you ever built a snowman?

Yes

38. What is the color of your socks?

Fuck socks

39. What type of music do you like?

Depends on my mood. I love heavier, alternative rock but my heart will forever belong to Simple Plan.

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

I think they're both really lovely!

41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?

Vanilla

42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)

I don't like football. The only sport I watch is hockey.

43. Do you have any scars?

I am covered in self harm scars (I'm working on covering them up with tattoos). I don't really have any scars with cool stories. I had one that went down my arm but somehow it healed??? Someone in gym class accidentally took a chunk out of my arm with their finger nail and I had a hole in my arm for the longest time!!! I also have a scar on my knee from when I was really young, maybe 3 or 4. I was balancing on some bricks in someone's garden and I lost my balance, fell, and hit my knee on the brick. I remember there being blood running all down my leg as I screamed and cried. So that was fun.

44. What do you want to be when you graduate?

I don't know. I do know, though, that I want to go to culinary school. I also want to go to school for creative writing.

45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

My weight. I gained 100+lbs when I went off my anti-depressants and I swelled up like a balloon. I've felt like shit about myself ever since.

46. Are you reliable?

I sure as shit hope so!

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

Was it worth it...?

48. Do you hold grudges?

I try not to, but I think I do ._.

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

PIGEON RAT

50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?

"I just really want to punch this horse in the face, okay?"

51. Are you a good liar?

I think so, yes. Trauma does that to you.

52. How long could you go without talking?

When I get super super drained, I go mute. I can stop talking for days at a time.

53. What has been you worst haircut/style?

I once left the hair dressers with essentially what was a fucking bowl cut. Yea, I wasn't thrilled. I refused to remove my hat.

54. Have you ever baked your own cake?

Yes. At 3AM. Because fuck a healthy sleep schedule.

55. Can you do any accents other than your own?

I can do an okay British accent and an okay Indian accent.

56. What do you like on your toast?

Butter. Just butter.

57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?

Um... I don't remember the last time I drew. Actually, that's a lie. I tried drawing a "small town doctor" while playing Drawful. I drew a very tiny doctor with a city skyline behind him.

58. What would be you dream car?

Literally anything with the popup headlights.

59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.

I talk to myself in the shower. Granted, I do that everywhere xD it's the only way I can work through my thoughts. I also cry in the shower a lot.

60. Do you believe in aliens?

Yes. We can't be the only ones here.

62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

I don't really have a favourite. But I do like D. Mostly because it's the first letter of my boyfriends name, but also it reminds me of a woman I helped while working in tech support. She needed help figuring out her gif keyboard so I helped and she was so excited when I told her how to search for gifs. She then started giggling like a little girl saying she wondered what might happen if she searched for DICK. She made my day xD I think about her a lot. I hope she's doing well.

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

Don't do this to me...

Dragons are obviously amazing but haVE YOU EVER SEEN A DINOSAUR?!?!? LIKE THOSE THINGS ARE REAL. THEY WERE ALIVE. THEY FUCKING RULED THE EARTH. HAVE YOU SEEN A STEGOSAURUS?!?!?!?!?

64. What do you think about babies?

I like babies a lot. Like so much. I have super colourful hair, too, so they seem fascinated with me :') but their little chubby cheeks omg

65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of.

Fun fact: I actually really like the smell of wet dog. It's kind of a really comforting smell.

#yaaaaaay #ho #thank you #tumblr sucks

[carryonmywaywardwriters]

Love How You Hate Me - Sam x Reader

A/N: There! Finally got it to a more tolerable place. As usual, feedback is always incredible. I hope you all enjoy <3

PSA: I am NOT a minor friendly blog. If you are below 18, please come back when you’re older. I don’t want to lose my blog because you were too eager to grow up. If I discover you, I WILL block.

Series Masterlist

Warnings: Smut right from the get go. Pranking. 

Word Count: Roughly 3,400

“God, Sam.” You moaned out; not caring who heard past the thin walls in the bunker.

His long fingers turned out to be good for something. As they stroked inside of you, you were sure you saw heaven. His mouth trailed hotly across your skin. Stopping only to suck here, and nibble there. So confident that it was nearly criminal. Almost as though he'd been trained to hit every sensitive spot a woman's body possessed.

Sam crooked up into your g-spot while his other thumb rubbed firmly over your clit. Driving you to the breaking point with every touch. You clawed at him. Begging him to give you more. He didn't give in, though. Not until you were screaming his name as you came.

The erection lining up to you was thick and heavy when you were able to focus, again. Your hips lifted, trying to meet him in the middle. Desperate for more. He wasted no time, pushing into your waiting body in a single thrust. Groaning at the slick feel of you squeezing around his dick. Sliding in a little deeper at your broken whimper.

As soon as you were ready, he picked up speed. His hand braced on the bed beside your head. The other guided your hips. You moved with him willingly; demanding everything he could give in the process.

His thrusts slammed your body further up the bed. The headboard rocked roughly into the wall. But, nothing slowed him down. If anything, you both fed off of the harsh sounds until you were crying out his name in another orgasm.

When you came back to earth, he paused just long enough to smirk down at you. Sweat stuck the chestnut locks to his forehead. His lips were a deeper pink from all the work he'd put in. Huffing deeply, he shattered the fantasy, “So... who's the one who can't last?”

Your eyes shot open at that arrogant line. Only to realize that you were alone in your bed. Again.

It was official. Sam Winchester had somehow, successfully destroyed your mind and ovaries. Using nothing more than his veiled threat the week before.

The first dream could be labeled as a fluke. By the fifth? It was undeniably a pattern.

With an annoyed groan, you climbed to your feet. A slow waddle to the mirror only proved the horrible truth. Your cheeks were still too warm. Eyes too dark and dilated. A light sheen of sweat still coated your skin.

The large jerk had ruined you. You curled your lip at the thought. Internally, you started talking yourself down.

Just because you two had one weird moment where sex charged the air didn't mean that you had to sleep with the man. It didn't matter that your body and subconscious had locked onto him. You'd sooner find a stranger.

You changed into a pair of jogging shorts and a loose tank top that had once been Alice's. Your phone was strapped to your arm, and headphones plugged into your ears before you headed out on your morning run; determined to get the younger Winchester off of your mind.

After all, remaining in the bunker after the night before would be dangerous. A small smile played on your lips as you jogged out into the daylight. Enjoy your day, Sammy...

–

“Just like that.” Sam coached in your ear as you whimpered lightly; grinding yourself against his erection.

His hands kneaded into your thighs in encouragement. It was a new experience. Being in complete control over you. Making you writhe. Forcing you to lose the never ending sass. It took every piece of self control to not turn his head a little further and clamp down on the damp skin of your throat.

You sank down on him slowly; digging your nails into his shoulders. A heavy gasp escaped your lips as your body stretched to accommodate his length. It was his turn to moan as he felt your wet heat squeeze lightly around him.

One hand gripped your ass, and the other dug into the flesh at your hip forcing your body to move how he wanted instead of the slow grind you'd tried to start. You'd been on the edge before he'd pulled you onto his lap from all the time he'd spent teasing your clit with his tongue. All it took was two deep, hard thrusts and you exploded around him with a scream.

When you started settling down, he kissed deeply along your throat. Yanking harshly on your hair enough to give his mouth access to the damp skin he'd wanted to taste. Resisting the urge to sink his teeth into the soft meat of it. Sam didn't give you much time to recover. A broken whine left your lips when his hips shoved upwards.

“Sam...please.” He wasn't quite sure if you were begging him to end the torture he'd been putting you through or if you wanted more. He just knew he didn't want you to stop.

“We're nowhere close to being done, Y/N.” He promised huskily, moving you along him with vigor.

“You're going to- oh!” Your head was thrown back as he hit a particularly sensitive area. “Kill me.” You panted out, scratching deeper into his bicep.

“That's the goal.”

In no time, he had you screaming yet again, “Sam!”

Sam's eyes opened slowly. To his empty bed. He was so hard it hurt. Far from the first occurrence. He'd started dreaming about you since your night of failed rebellion. His mind stuck on the unusual tension that had sprung up between the two of you before.

Over the week alone, Sam managed to keep you contained; much to your displeasure. You were clueless when it came to the inner workings of vehicles. Meanwhile, Sam had learned from the best- his older brother. It had been child's play.

The only downside? You were around nonstop. The dreams muddled his mind. Forcing him to zero in on you whenever you were within proximity.

The more he tried to ignore you, the more you seemed to pop up. He'd gone on a run the night before, thinking it would help clear his head. He'd almost crashed into you about a mile down. It was as if he had pissed off one of the fates again.

To make matters worse, you'd decided that he was the devil. Not Lucifer or Crowley.

You shot him dark looks, knowing he was the one who'd disabled your vehicle. However, that was far from the end. The meals had stopped; leaving him to fend for himself. His laundry ended up removed from the washer- sopping wet and soap filled- and left in the clothes basket. A million tiny things. Nothing compared to what he knew you were capable of, but it crept under his skin all the same.

As he climbed into the shower, he couldn't help but to acknowledge that he'd lucked out as a whole. You'd been more than merciful over the last few pranks. That is, until the noticed that the water running over his body carried a trace of grit.

“What the-” Sam looked up at the shower head, and sure enough, the water was the color of fresh blood. “Y/N...” He gritted his teeth tightly, tasting the hint of watered down koolaid that dripped over his face. He'd gotten too comfortable too soon.

The water ran cold before the water was usable. But, he was a hunter. He could tolerate that. Anything to get the cherry red dust off his skin. Sam settled into the spray, only to find that his soap wouldn't lather up. Closer inspection showed that it was covered in a clear sheen of nail polish. Distrustfully, he tested his shampoo. When his chest hair didn't simmer off, turn color, or any other noticeable side effect, he used it as a body wash.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the end. As he sprayed his cologne, Sam discovered it had been replaced with perfume. Not any perfume, though. It was a cloaking brand that filled his lungs until they burned.

When he turned on his computer afterwards in an attempt to find an excuse to leave the bunker, he couldn't access any of the icons on his screen. It took him roughly five minutes to figure out you'd hacked into it. You'd deleted all of his icons after changing the background to a screenshot of his usual desktop.

Having had enough, he shot to his feet. Slamming into your room, he found it empty. Every inch of the bunker left him suspicious. However, you were nowhere to be found.

Sam tugged out his cell to give you a piece of his mind. Only to find his phone stuck in Japanese. It took him half an hour to fix that one. He had no idea how you'd managed it all without him realizing, but he was too furious to appreciate the work you'd put into your revenge. He didn't even bother to call you when he was done fixing the device. Too wound up to speak coherently. Even to your voicemail.

When he went to attempt to prepare something edible to hold him over since you were on strike, the eggs wouldn't leave the carton. You'd glued them down. He smashed two, trying to pull them out. Sending the yolk all over his clean clothes. By the third, he thought he'd gotten clever. He cracked the egg over the pan. Instead, nothing happened when he'd carefully maneuvered it. Only to discover that it had been soft boiled. Just enough to throw him off, and keep him hungry.

The coffee he made ended up being a bitter tea. When he tried sweetening it a bit with sugar to make it more bearable, he discovered it was salt. The Oreo he went to eat was filled with toothpaste. Nothing in the bunker was safe to him after that.

It was an easy fix to get your car up and running. He was determined to get something to eat that hadn't been tampered with before hunting you down. As soon as the vehicle turned over, the windshield wipers went up; staining the window with black window paint right across his line of sight. He figured it would be a simple resolution. Only to find that there was no windshield wiper fluid left.

You might not have known how to work on a car, but you'd had no problem 'cleaning' the windshield until it was gone before dumping out the spare kept at the bunker. If he wanted to leave, he was going to have to scrub it off of the windshield the old fashioned way. Further delaying him.

He decided at that point that you were well on your way to being a Knight of Hell, at the very least. Crowley was less of a pain in the ass. Cursing your name, again, he slammed his head down on the horn.

--

“Hey,” Dean walked into Sam's room in the early afternoon.

“Hey, when'd you get back?” Sam pulled his shirt on. Still damp from his second shower of the day.

He'd been hoping to run into you during a jog, but you'd obviously found a way out of the bunker. The hunter hadn't seen you all day. It wasn't difficult to piece it together. You'd either sweet talked Bane into giving you a lift, or had hitchhiked the hell out of the area. He grudgingly acknowledged that you'd planned it all out rather well.

“About ten minutes ago.” Dean glanced out to see if anyone was around before he shut the door. Making sure you didn't walk by to hear what he had to say. “Now...what did you want to talk about?”

Sam had called him that morning, raving like a lunatic. Demanding to talk everything over with his older brother. Apparently the reminder didn't settle well with the younger man. He winced at the memory.

“Just needed to be sure of something.” Sam ran his hand through his damp hair. Looking more sheepish than ever before.

“Shoot.” Dean nodded warily, leaning against his brother's desk.

“You and Y/N... you're not...” Sam trailed off with a pointed little, awkward, shrug. Saying it without actually having to say, or rather ask, it.

“Oh.” Dean straightened up as if he'd been stabbed. “Oh, no.” His face scrunched at the very idea. “I mean, she's...she's something real special. I'd have to be blind not to have noticed. But, no.” A shudder ran through the hunter. After a moment of thought, he continued. “Kissed her once. Not too long after I met her. It was just... not passionate.” He wrinkled his nose at the memory. It'd been the most awkward romantic experience in his life. Then, it clicked who was asking the question. “Why?”

“I always...well, I kind of thought...” Sam trailed off, and nodded to hedge the idea out. Dean got the message loud and clear. His face contorted at the very thought. “It's stupid. Never mind.”

“Damn right, it is.” Your best friend hissed out in dismay. “What the fuck brought this on, anyway?”

“Not what you're thinking.” The younger brother managed dryly.

“Then what, Sam?” Dean wasn't convinced. There was just something about his brother's face. Sam had almost looked relieved to hear it from him.

“She just went out, and it got me thinking.” Sam brushed it off, kicking his feet up on his bed. “Didn't seem quite right for her to go out to try and get laid if she had something going on with you.”

“Right.” He didn't buy it for a second. His eyes narrowed in obvious warning as he looked over at the taller of the two. “She's going to be back in a few hours. No paybacks, Sam. As far as I'm concerned, you two are even. I'm not getting caught in the middle of this. Again.”

“You don't want toothpaste stuffed Oreos?” Sam's smile twisted up wryly.

“You're the one who hit hard first.” Dean pointed out, loyally. “She just took it up a notch. Don't dish it out if you can't take it, Sam...” Trailing off, he turned to sniff. A second followed. He'd noticed it when it first came in, but it was getting stronger with the door shut. “Dude, why does your room smell like lavender?”

“Y/N. Hidden air fresheners. I've found three so far. ” He glowered as he took a deep breath.

At first he'd thought it was a kind gesture. A peace offering of sorts. Then, it had grown to be overwhelming as time went on. His eyes watered from the strength of the stench.

It was revenge. Plain and simple. He'd never be able to smell lavender the same way. A hell of a problem since most women seemed to be fond of it.

“Well,” Dean didn't bother to try to hide his grin. “Could have been worse. Could have been Cod, like I suggested...”

“You were helping her?” Things were rough enough with the one against him. Sam would be powerless against both.

“She didn't listen to anything I suggested.” Dean shrugged; his lip popping out in a small pout. “I guess she did okay on her own.” Okay? Sam's mind couldn't wrap around the word. You'd passed 'okay' on the prank scale once you'd hit his computer. You'd excelled at the war.

“Whose side are you on?” Sam asked, grudgingly. Wondering just how much ammunition you'd been given.

“I'm neutral territory, Sammy.” Dean grinned broadly. Then, it fell slightly as his mind started working.

“What?”

“You're my brother...I'd do anything for you...” Dean's jaw worked as he forced the words out. “I'm asking this as a favor to me, not for her. She'd kill me if she knew I was talking to you about this...” Sam narrowed his eyes a bit. Not liking where it was going. “Lay off a bit. She's having a hard time, lately.”

“You think I'm the cause?” Sam didn't buy it. Not with how you'd risen to battle.

“Part of it.” Dean answered honestly. “I think there's more to it than that, though.” His hand came up, wiping across his face lightly. “She's living for us, Sam. But, she never gets out. She never gets to meet new people...”

“Dean.... no-”

“I want her to come out on the road with us. It's been a bit since she's been out on her own. She's probably a bit rusty. With both of us there, there's no chance of her getting hurt.” Sam didn't agree. At all.

Dean was going to get you killed. He was sure of it. When he'd tried to mention it, Dean was unconvinced. Sam wasn't getting a choice in the matter. Great. Just great.

–

You'd stayed away until you were absolutely positive you had Dean as a buffer after the- totally justified- warfare tactics you'd thrown towards his brother. You hadn't seen him until Dean called you to dinner.

The table was lined with take out. He had no idea what you'd contaminated during your prank frenzy, and didn't bother to find out. Smart man. You were the only one who knew what all had been hit.

It was hard not to take great pleasure in the bit of hesitancy Sam had when he saw you. It took him too long to sit. As if the chair would fall apart beneath him. You weren't that juvenile. You'd simply hit where you knew it would hit the hardest. His chair hadn’t been included in the mix.

Small talk filled the room as you all scarfed down the Chinese. About the current hunt. The upcoming one.

“We want you to come with us.” Dean stated simply, making your fork stop before it could reach your open mouth. Slowly, you lowered it back to your carton. Your brows pinched together as you replayed the word 'we' in your mind. “Right, Sam?” Dean looked pointedly at his brother, who appeared to be more put out than anything. But, he nodded, and even tried to send you a friendly smile. Now, that's new. Your eyes narrowed distrustfully in response, making Sam turn to his brother with a look that said 'told you'. “See? It'll be great.” The older brother did his little fake smile, as if he was truly convinced the hunt wouldn't end in death of you or Sam. “Please?”

“I want my own room-”

“Deal.” Dean agreed, slamming his hand down on the table hard enough to make you and Sam both jump at the sound. Wide eyed you stared at him. He cleared his throat lightly, and pulled his food closer to him. “It's settled then.” He took a bite, looking down to try and play cool.

“You didn't even hear the rest of my stipulations.” You pointed out, a small smile pulling your lips almost downwards as you tried to hold it back.

Dean's head shook fiercely, “Doesn't matter. We'll do it.”

“We will?” Sam turned to his brother as if he'd sold his soul again. A grunt followed a thump, before a pained look your way. You had little doubt that Dean's boot had hit Sam's shin. A pitiful, entirely false, smile was sent your way before he gritted out, “We will.”

“Well then,” You grinned towards Sam, mischief glinting in your eyes. “Who am I to say no?” If looks could kill, you would have been a goner.

Dean carried an air that was a little apprehensive, but determined. You? Sam would describe it as devious, and plotting.The older man saw something else, though. 

You appeared more thoughtful as you glanced over at Sam after a moment. Almost hopeful. As if you wanted the chance to prove yourself to the other half of the Winchester duo. He turned his eyes back to his sibling. Sammy kept peeking your way when he thought it was clear.

Something had shifted. It was subtle, but undeniable. Dean chewed his food, looking between you two for a second time. He definitely hadn't imagined it. As if it hadn't been bad enough before...

Part Five

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✎ it’s ya girl denise !!!!! and guess what!! yes it’s already in the header but hfsdk i’ve hit my first anniversary!!! it’s crazy that i’ve actually sustained my account for a year! im rly so so grateful tht i’ve built up this… thing…. :^) the tumblr fam + the friends ive made through this acc was a hugeee part of my 2017, and im sure it’d be an even bigger part of my 2018 ! i’d like to thank everyone for being willing to read my pile of bullcrap tht i pour out of my head, ive said this before n i’ll say it again: i never ever imagined tht i’ll have a successful writing acc on here! i’ve tried writing on other platforms (like wattpad) before but it nv rly worked out well long-term bc it became a chore for me to post n update my stories…. but it’s never like tht on tumblr bc of you sweet buttercups!!! thnk u all for constantly reminding me to take care of myself n for checking in on me randomly nd !!! for keyboard smashing your souls out + screaming @ me when i post content!! every little action you guys do rly impacts me a lot, n even when u guys just come by n drop a msg in my inbox my heart just combusts n 💞💛🚨💎💗💥💘‼ (okay enough yapping)

i honestly dont know how follow forevers work but ! i’d like to mention people tht hv, in one way or another, helped me to keep this account going! i cant mention e v e ry o n e but do know tht as long as you’ve made a single note on my dash or hv positive views on my content, you’d be in this list if i cld fit everyone!! i love you all and thnk u so much for everything!

💛: scroll 2 the bottom for a msg! 💗: bithc i’d fling myself out of the solar system for you ilysdm wth ⛅: i actl stalk ur page every few days n send in anon asks bc im a coward but haa thnk u 4 being an inspiration to humanity 💫: we dont talk a lot yet but i absolutely adore ur content!!! n i hope you’re well n happy bc u deserve all the love u can get !

a-c :

@andromedaneedsoxyjin 💗 @adoretexts ⛅ @ajuimaginary 💗 @boosoonhao 💛 @bfwooz 💗 @blondshua 💫 @bookwan 💗 @cheolshu 💫 @chittafont ⛅ @choco-seventeen 💛 @caratvocals 💛 @cosmicae 💗 @chillihansol 💛 @camera-seventeen 💫

d-o :

@dumbbelle 💛 @dreamingseventeen 💛 @gyuofficial 💫 @hansolmates 💗 @hoshidotcom  💫 @hyungwon  💫 @hxshi  💫 @honeywonu 💗 @jeongahn  💗 @joshsua 💫 @jiso2 💗 @jeong-hanie 💫 @joshpup 💗 @johshuas 💫 @jeonghney  💫 @kristian-do 💗 @kingyu97 💛 @kwoncity 💗 @lxveille 💗 @myungho ⛅ @neoyeppuda 💛 @oatmealupdates 💗

p-s :

@princeshushu @paintedshua 💛 @peachseong ⛅ @pasteluji ⛅ @pjimims ⛅ @rappershua 💫 @seventeendom 💫 @soongyuz @shuvee 💫@saythename17scenarios 💗 @starshua @sailorimagines ⛅ @swimmingfool 💫@sebongie-loves ⛅ @softmanscoups 💫 @softhaos ⛅ @soongyuz 💛

t - # :

@ttherose 💫 @taekemeaway ⛅ @tswoondere 💫 @vitaminhosh 💫 @versigny ⛅ @warmau ⛅ @welovekpopscenarios 💗 @writers-leir ⛅ @writingdummy 💗 @whatsoodo ⛅ @wonuz ⛅ @17cuties ⛅ @17cafe 💗 @17mounteens 💗

❥ @boosoonhao

love!!! okay hello hngh we hvnt talked the most yet but i dont think i’ve expressed my utmost love for you enough so yes let me tell you how much i l o v e your content, plus u post quality works so often it makes my little heart so !!! content !!! im not sure when you made your account n i think i discovered your blog a little late but thnk u for your effort in everything you do, u rly inspire me to keep working on my drafts :”) i lov you n i hope we get closer this year! even if im an awkward ass! 

❥ @choco-seventeen

chOcoOooO oh choco my juliet hskjdf hi it’s my annoying ass here to bother u again with my over-the-top affection for u!!!! you rly were one of the blogs tht made me start my own writing blog, n even when i did i nv knew i’d ever talk to u?? maybe through anon heuk but i rly thought u’d be tht holy figure up there tht i’ll never reach! i mean u are still tht holy figure but thnk u for being so friendly n nice n cute n for bcoming a friend 2 me!!! i lov u so much + okay pfft your works pffttt i wnt to frame them up in gold n hang them in my living hall wadafack bih

❥ @caratvocals

oh look another one of my inspirations whom motivated me to start out making fake texts!! kura my love hello !!! i knw we hvnt talked a lot in the recent months…? but my appreciation n love for u still ! remains ! the same !! i love your bubbly n kind personality n it’s rly similar to seokmin’s…. you’re the sun tht never goes out! thnk u for spouting random cute words bc wow thAT shiT you do makes me so soft n your texts??? my honey your texts are so legit i cackle whenever i read them !! i never know how you make them so realistic but i’d like to thank you for putting so much effort into your work ; n your scenarios omg when u released your first fic i wanted to roll in the grass n scream ! it was so good, the chan apocalypse one and the jeonghan day 27 (? i think?) one! i lov all your works basically, thnk u for being so inspiring n cute n for being yourself i lov u !!!

❥ @chillihansol

hanni hanni hanni HANNI !!! my virtual sister! the loml !!! i’ve got so many things to thank you for honestly, you’ve been tht pillar of support for me whenever my mind is just going haphazard ! n u always try to help whenever sth comes up n ure so kind abt everything i wna migrate to where u live omf // + i’ve seen u improve in your writing so much in such a short period of time i am shook tbh wht kind of black magic are u doing ?? ok but im so grateful to hv met u omg when i think abt u i honestly just…… burst into ugly tears bc wht did i ever do in my past life to deserve you ilysdm thnk u for coming into my life n staying here through all my bullsht

❥ @dumbelle

my ring ring ding a ling!!! my disney princess !!!! i love you so much do i need to say anything more!!! thnk u for always checking in on me with cute lil msgs n chatting w my boring ass ! you’re so sweet n kind n so crazy n wow i love crazy :^)) you’ve been posting such unique content on your blog…. i mean the moodboards + the speech text bubbles + the cute lil scenarios below tht?? wht the heck tht is so cute ???? the first time i saw  one of your moodboard i started chuckling 2 myself @ the dinner table n i wnted to shove the fork down my throat is2g ok ilyssm

❥ @kingyu97

feesha!! i rmb when you were still tht f anon tht i met indirectly through clar n lani, n you lil shits wouldnt tell me who u are !!! tht was a funny experience im not gna lie but tht aside, thnk u for always showing your support in my works + being my lil chat buddy!! you brighten up my days so much, sometimes u randomly pop into my inbox when im feeling under the waeather n it just… rly…. makes me smile n then sob in 54 languages bc i lov u n i hv done nothing to deserve everything u do for me n i just…. i just love u ok pls stay in my life ilyily

❥ @dreamingseventeen

yEt another one of my senpais ! my inspiration 2 write!!!! i’ve loved your works ever since i discovered cos, it’s rly one of the fics tht i rmb every detail abt bc i reread it everytime it fades from my dory memory!! i feel so honored tht i got to talk to n be friends with succch an amazing author like you, n i love how you’re just so sincere n genuine in everything tht u do! thnk u for supporting me + encouraging me when im hesitant to do stuff, im so grateful for you and i love you ! i hope you keep writing (although your cat walks all over you n your desktop kekk how cute), pls do rmb to stay healthy !!

❥ @neoyeppuda

i’d really want to make 2 separate dedis to the both of u clar n lani but this post is getting toooo long so i’ll try to be concise but at the same time (hopefully) be able to tell u 2 how much i love u!!! the both of u hv been supporting me for a while n i heard abt you guys a lot before, n when yall came into my inbox i shrieked when i found out tht it was the admins of neoyeppuda like woa i feel like a celebrity just noticed me?? the same feeling i got with choco when i interacted w her for the first time! thnk u both for being so sweet n kind n crazy with me, im so thankful tht the both of u are my friends :^) lani you’re so damn beautiful both inside out n i hope u dont forget tht, i knw things may be hard but it’ll get better - talk to me whenever alright ♡ clar you’re the adorablest fluffiest person ever ilysm thnk u for always hitting my soft spots haaaa :”))) i hope 2018 goes well for the both of u, n pls take care!

❥ @paintedshua

sophie!!! my lovely lavendar soap bar! i think you’d be able to expect wht i wna say already but thnk u for chatting with me at random times of the day / night abt random ass topics tht come off your head (or maybe mine?) ! it makes me so happy tht we’re able to talk so… calmly abt crazy topics n talk so crazily abt calm topics….. i dont think tht made sense but yes u get it hnghh thnk u for building this friendship with me! one tht i treasure with all my heart n soul!!! i hope you continue having happiness n bliss in your life bc u obviously deserve all the good u can get

❥ @soongyuz

priya!!!! wow i can write a freaking 87439-word essay for u bc i think?? tht you’ve been my longest (i dont think tht this is the correct term but) mutual? you’ve been here as heart anon, and let me tell you!!! those days!!! i wasn’t in the best emotional condition (?? ok this doesnt sound right too buT lets move on) then n your heart anon asks were so cute n so innocent n just so!! full of marshmallows n rainbow sprinkles !!! n then a priya emerged from tht n im so damn grateful tht you’ve been with me for so long, thnk u for absolutely everything tht you’ve done for me, i love u so much ♡ i hope you arent too stressed abt school + i hope ure taking care of yourself!

#omg this whole thing is longer than my graded essays hsfdkjh #i rly rly hope i didnt miss anyone bc i spent 3 days on making this #bc tumblr kept screwing up the tags ha #n yes tht's bretman in the header bc i love that bith #ohshit idk wht to tag this under so um #f: announcements #i wanted to write to so many other people but i didnt know i'd write this much for each person so the ppost is rly just too!! long!! #n i dont wnt to crash anyone's app hsdjkf im sorry if it does!! i put the read more divider all the way at the top so hopefully tht #would #minimize crashes #btw thnk u everybody for everything!! #i love u all!

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Lab 4

I went to http://vcchavez.vps.cs.uri.edu and here’s what I found:

1. In the image above you can see I highlighted the heading “Hello World” and right clicked.  I scrolled to the bottom of the tab that popped up and clicked “Inspect” to make the Inspect Element appear. Under the Elements tab the correct line was already highlighted for me.  If I looked over to the right under the Styles tab under the word ‘body’ you can see I highlighted the line in blue that reads “font family: ‘Megrim’, cursive. 

2. Here, I repeated the same steps as before: I closed out of the Inspect element, right clicked on the crimson background, clicked “Inspect” and was brought right to the coding regarding the background.  Under the Styles tab under the word ‘body’ it reads, “background color: Maroon” along with a small square sample of the color next to it.

3. Here you can see the link of the “missing image”.  I searched all over the coding and couldn’t figure out how to fix this error. I looked through all the given material and even googled it to try and figure out what I was missing, with no luck.  Here you can see I was able to highlight the issue on Inspect Element.  I originally thought I had to change the ending to .jpg bc that was the ending of the other photos, and this was only .pg... but nothing.  I usually finish my labs very early so I waited a little longer on this one, and that was definitely a mistake lol! I have never done coding before and everything up to this point has been pretty simple so I learned the hard way that I should not have waited.  I would love to know in my Lab feedback that I’m given on how to solve this issue.  I’m sure I am just overlooking something simple.  Luckily this is the only part of the lab that tripped me up. 

4. This page is mobile friendly.  I can tell by switching the view from desktop to mobile when clicking the little Desktop and Phone icon directly next to the Elements tab.  In both settings, I was able to see the entire web page and scroll without anything being cut off.  

5. Here in the above 2 pictures you can see I changed my background.  I scrolled down to the  "</style" tag: to where is said body { background-image:url('IMAGE_NAME_HERE'); background-repeat:no-repeat; } and I replaced  "IMAGE_NAME_HERE* with the URL of an image located on the Web. If you click HERE I included the link of where I got the image.  In the pictures to follow I will show you how I added a widget to my blog (watermelon cursor) 

This is the website that I went to to find coding to include for my new cursor. 

This is all the way down at the bottom of the custom theme coding. I clicked on the empty line right above </body> and this is the coding before I messed with it.

Here is where I copied and pasted the coding into the space above </body>.  The coding I added was <style type="text/css">* {cursor: url(https://cur.cursors-4u.net/cursors/cur-1/cur11.cur), auto !important;}</style><a href="http://www.cursors-4u.com/cursor/2005/05/12/cur11.html" target="_blank" title="Watermelon"><img src="http://cur.cursors-4u.net/cursor.png" border="0" alt="Watermelon" style="position:absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px;" /></a>

And here is the final image where you can see that my little cursor did turn into a watermelon color.  Very cool.  Much cooler than the plain white cursor I had before.  

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Experts Share the Most Efficient SEO Tips to Drive Website Traffic to Your Web site [Professional Summary]

If you have a site, the concept is for individuals to see it. A web site s web traffic mirrors just how well a service is doing online. It is likewise an indicator of client actions, and also will help you formulate an advertising and marketing approach that will certainly get you a far better position in the online search engine outcomes.  The basic idea of SEO optimization is obtaining a lot more web traffic to the site. But with 1.24 billion web sites in the world, how do you make sure that your website gets excellent web traffic?  Right here are my top 7 SEO suggestions that will help drive traffic to your site:  

7 Search Engine Optimization Tips to Drive Traffic

 Key words: In the majority of searches, at least 50% of individuals utilize 4 words or even more. This indicates that just key phrases are trivial. You require long-tail keyword phrases that are specific to the search.  When it concerns broad key phrases, there is tough competitors around which implies that you need to provide something more to attract attention among the group. A long-tail search phrase is necessary so that people get certain outcomes wherefore they are trying to find.   High Quality Web Content: In this affordable globe, there are lots of people that compose on the exact same topic. What should you do different to obtain noted on top of the search listings? The response is composing great, well-researched material.  The material on your site need to likewise be diverse to prevent any type of internal competition among web pages for search engine listings. You require to organize your site in manner in which when individuals search for something certain, all relevant info is quickly accessible. Likewise ensure that your material is on a regular basis upgraded as online search engine routinely look for updates to supply the most effective outcome to its individuals. Writing good web content can increase up your web traffic and eventually influences your SEO.  Meta Description as well as Title Tags: Title tags resemble a book title. This is the clickable link that appears on search engine result pages. If we take Google s instance, an optimal title tag should be less than 60 personalities.  A meta description is what shows up listed below the title in internet search engine results. This is what produces the first impression on a customer, and also trust me, impressions matter. If you have a great as well as succinct meta description, there s a far better opportunity of individuals seeing your website and additionally helpful for Search Engine Optimization.  Enhance Pictures: Photos are what include shade to a website as well as make it less monotonous. I can t also think of a websites with pictures. For a much better online search engine listing, see to it that you optimize the photos by including summaries, alt tags, and titles. Its beneficial for your website SEO initiatives.  An online search engine can t determine a photo s web content. It is the text with a photo that assists them price exactly how appropriate a page is. For this, make use of original, optimally sized, high quality images.   Back links: For an online search engine, back links are a recommendation of a site. A visitor blog site on an additional website that connects back to yours will certainly drive web traffic to your web site.   Getting a listing in on-line directories will certainly also drive web traffic to your web site. The summary of your service in a e-directory will have a web link to your site. Ensure you constantly upgrade your details in these directories to produce traffic and raise your SEO position.  SSL Certificates: For an online search engine, an SSL certification is very important. What an SSL certification generally does is it alters your web site s http:// to https:// that makes it more credible and also safeguarded. If you want an internet search engine to trust you, a SSL certificate is a must.  Mobile Kindness: According to Google, there are much more mobile searches than on desktop computers in 10 countries consisting of Japan and also the US. In order to capitalize on this expanding pattern, your internet site requires to be mobile friendly.  Obviously, apart from these standard SEO suggestions, there are numerous various other manner ins which SEO can aid drive web traffic to your web site. Below, 91 Search Engine Optimization experts share their finest Search Engine Optimization ideas for website traffic generation.

Aaron Wall - SeoBook

Right now I would certainly state whatever you do, do it under the narrative of blockchain. It doesn t need to be genuine for real believers to value it.

Michael Brenner - Advertising And Marketing Expert Team

The most reliable Search Engine Optimization pointers to drive traffic to any site is what I call the 3V method: Quantity, Worth as well as Variety.  Allow s start with the non-negotiable: worth. You merely can not create lousy material. Yet what figures out whether something has high quality or worth? For me the easy response is that your material requires to respond to a question that your target market asks. If you can produce a solid response to that question, after that you can generate web traffic to your site. However there are some ground rules I such as to comply with: Title are crucial to obtain focus. Images assist to sustain your composed content. And much longer articles have a tendency to place much better.  Second is Quantity: the fact is that regularity matters. That s why committing to a high-volume method works. You can not sacrifice quality however I advise every business commit to a frequency of updates on their site. Daily, once a week and even blog posts released multiple times a day can have a significant effect on your internet site web traffic.  Lastly, you require to have a great range of content kinds as well as styles. If you do a Google search, you will certainly see choices for websites, photos, videos, news, and more. So attempt and also publish research, stats, information, videos, infographics, checklists, as well as much more, together with your written short articles.  If this sounds like a lot of job, it is! However all advantages come from hard work. Much more significantly, all it takes is dedication. The sites that have quantity, worth and range rank for search terms as well as see greater web traffic (as well as conversions).

Radomir Basta - Four Dots

There are lots of points you can do around to attain this, yet I ll distinguish a number of foundational steps or seo ideas to take, to start driving more severe web traffic from internet search engine inquiries.  First off, make your site as practically polished as feasible.  Individuals in some cases simply enhance their web site externally, yet stop working to dig much deeper as well as minify code, enhance the server, relocate javascript to the footer, remove unnecessary tracking scripts no one is utilizing and more.  These tweaks, when collected, will produce a considerably far better user experience in regards to page lots speed, and this is a straight signal for boosted internet search engine positions. After all, your final objective as a web site proprietor is to make customers really feel comfortable when checking out your web pages, therefore is Google s.   Along with this, I still can t imagine a full Search Engine Optimization campaign without releasing an appropriate web link structure technique integrated with PR/branding efforts.  Release outstanding as well as appropriate sources on your sites, advertise them both through social media campaigns as well as hand-operated outreach initiatives, and also it will work marvels for both the web page you are seeking to enhance as well as the website authority generally.  Visitor uploading is still the best search engine optimization service for boosted brand name awareness and well-targeted back links. Simply focus on sites with a relevant audience and you ll be fine.  Ultimately, producing landing web pages for all pertinent topics with traffic capacity must enhance the website s keyword reach, and place it for new and possibly better transforming keyword variations that differ across markets, locations, language as well as cultural obstacles, specialist occupancies or topical savviness.

Arnie Kuenn - Vertical

Procedures. I will certainly presume some of the various other factors are covering much more technical aspects of SEO. Consequently, I am mosting likely to make an instead basic referral or ideas that can make all the difference for those of you trying to grow the web traffic to your internet site. My recommendation is: produce web content as well as TITLES that people are REALLY looking for.  Yes, a lot of us have our checklist of targeted key words phrase that we have enhanced web pages for, however I am discussing everyday searches associated with your sector that individuals carry out when researching your service or products. Oftentimes this comes in the form of a concern.  Pro ideas: put on t worry excessive about search quantities. I would much instead place in the leading 3 settings for 100 reduced quantity phrases, after that rank on page 3 for 100 high quantity expressions.

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SEO: 5 Killer Ways to 2019

When you are tired of listening to the term SEO (search motor optimization) maybe you ought concentrate on SMO. Most SEOs use third-party tools to figure out exactly what people are looking for, just how users are looking for points, and use that to boost their content. SEOs have understood user research intent to fall broadly straight into the following categories and right now there is an excellent post upon Moz about this. The phrase "SEO" can also refer to "Search Engine Optimizer". To get more exposure within visual searches, make sure that will likes, shares and comments upon social media posts all have got SEO relevance. Because there was a great deal of positive reviews and I am along the way of understanding local SEO and local company lead generation online. The business offers excellent SEO packages that will help rank the clients' web site within top three pages associated with search engine pages. Google's always tweaking its search algorithms, so there is no guarantee that SEO techniques that worked in the past will keep doing work in the future. The particular growth of Google's featured little, voice search, Local SEO, plus PPC gives better lead in order to diverting traffic to your web site as compared to the natural listing.

On the similar note, great SEO articles needs keywords but if a person overdo it, Google and individual visitors will hate it. Seeking to keep a healthy keyword thickness of 1-2% is recommended. SEO will be optimizing digital documents for individuals who use search engines. Search engines has stated publicly they think brands” are good for SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, as people trust them plus want to see them offered in search results. Even as we appear ahead to SEO in 2018, discover our predictions for exactly what we think will be a single of Google's biggest years however for search. Meta explanation plays a major role within search engine rank of your post so composing an SEO friendly meta explanation is essential for ranking element. SEO is not just about building search engine-friendly websites. When you're working on SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, you need to be conscious of the existing factors that will influence your ranking. We would certainly like to increase visibility, we all want it to look in Research Engine Results Page (SERP), We all should go with these alleged SEO techniques. Using his distinctive connections in the business entire world, he helps ecommerce brands develop their audience through influencers, inbound links, on-page search optimization and specialized SEO -- all rank their brands higher on Google. Whether or not we are talking site rate, personalized SEO, or even Google's RankBrain, we are still speaking about delivering the best achievable experience to the user. In the year 2018, the particular SEO marketers will change their particular game and will definitely change their focus beyond the position and revenue issues. 1 SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION may target different kinds associated with search, including image search, movie search, academic search, 2 information search, and industry-specific vertical research engines. From my perspective SEO people are going to have the harder time ranking this yr than last based on almost all the changes that are happening. I do find though that will Content is still king plus putting plenty of articles out that will hit your target market's fairly sweet spot could be the way to proceed. A prosperous SEO effort needs to proceed beyond building content to position on highly searched keywords plus should possess a heavy concentrate on providing answers for styles of unique queries that a lot of people might search simply by voice. The particular digital marketing landscape is continuously changing, and SEO is improbable to be the exception within 2018. Once we all know it, Search engines has always been mysterious regarding revealing a clear list associated with the ranking factors, so SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION managers need to be inquisitive, cogitative, and sharp-witted to discover the right solutions and create their strategies successful. Lower-quality content can severely impact the accomplishments of SEO, in 2018. These types of factors may involve site content material strategy and its user relevance, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION optimization, length of time given that online presence was established and even more. In the next 12 months, we are going to see how the focus will be upon mobile SEO, featured snippets, tone of voice search optimization, content marketing, interpersonal media, user experience, and AI and machine learning. A very essential SEO trend to know within 2018 is the mobile-first catalog. To avoid getting penalized and ensure that will a website is fully enhanced, these top SEO trends with regard to 2018 must be regarded. Being a good experienced SEO content writer, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION copywriter, copy writer, technical writer, reactive content writer, blog writer, Superb special interest in digital advertising. That means this increases user experience which increases SEO and rankings. Carrying out technical SEO intended for local search engines is actually a similar process. In Local SEO, citations are referred to as mentions” of your local business on other websites and web pages. That getting said, if you want in order to increase your search ranking, and stay relevant and competitive in your own industry, then you have in order to stay abreast of the present SEO trends and techniques. SEOs will need in order to collaborate closely with designers plus developers to prioritize technical SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION and usability search engine standing factors to gain a aggressive edge. This SEO offpage technique involves submission of content and websites on high quality webpages to get authoritative backlinks. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION may generate a sufficient come back on investment However, search motors are not covered organic research traffic, their algorithms change, plus there are no guarantees associated with continued referrals. The increase in Voice Searcher will need hard work simply by SEO experts. Therefore, it would end up being a good ploy to make use of effective SEO processes to increase your own website traffic FAST. We've gone heavy on off-page SEO techniques revolving around articles. SEO trends that a person could use in 2018 in order to rank your page on the internet are usually brand loyalty. The best possible presence originates from SEO marketing techniques geared toward mobile searches. So really time for you to gray the lights, cue the spectacular movie trailer voice and acquire ready, as next year within SEO is looking pretty highly advanced. This shows how slow local businesses have been around the web in updating to SEO and web technological updates. SEO is important because may make your website relevant in order to your keywords throughout the lookup engine ranking process and will certainly lead to improved search motor ranking. Many spamming web sites have the tendency to make use of such Black Hat SEO procedures. From targeting the proper keywords using Google Keyword Adviser to sharing valuable information- content material marketing was and will regularly be one of the most essential SEO trends for a lengthy time to come. Whilst classical techniques will continue in order to be effective, the SEO developments and tactics mentioned on this particular page can significantly change the particular way we perform search motor optimization. Content advertising is maturing and trying away infographics and video marketing may just add value for your own SEO techniques. ⭐ One of the best strategies adopted by businesses nowadays is an SEO focused content material strategy. John - we have around one, 000 video podcast episodes, plus currently kicking off a improve in our site specifically to enhance our SEO (we've decided is actually easier to rebuild than in order to try to fix our frankenstein monster).

Updates searching algorithms and within people's searching patterns and the particular mobile over desktop preferences are usually changing the nature of SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION. The option to this question is in order to create a YouTube channel plus make video content using movie SEO strategies. It's also a great idea to start your method to SEO with On-Page considering that you have much more handle of your own website's problems, so you'll be able in order to eventually begin a successful linkbuilding campaign on a website that will is well-structured and provides useful information to its users. I feel that specialized SEO mistakes that affect get budget - and also dirty Google with non-SEO-friendly content like as social landing pages, Wp media archives, offer pages plus cloned e-commerce product pages -- will have a more harmful impact on sites moving forwards. 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Unfortunately, SEO - plus search in general - is usually typically soloed into focusing upon The Google” and not actually considered for other tactics. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION is all about providing proprietors with a positive content expertise in the right moment in their own user journey across different systems and devices. Whichever SEO trends plus techniques you choose to make use of, it's important to keep within mind that whatever your SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION approach is the underlying objective is definitely an informative plus enjoyable user experience. For this to take place a variety of local SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION strategies, have to be applied to get the site rated on search engines like Search engines, business directories such as Yelp, Superpages, Google My Business list etc. But before we speak more about how they function, here's what SEOs mean whenever talking about links. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION and SEM will continue in order to shift as major search motors like google are continually modifying their parameters for rankings. RankBrain is more associated with a ranking signal than a good SEO masterpiece, nevertheless, it will have some effects on SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, and can be especially helpful if users don't know completely what they're looking for, or even simply can't find the correct words to use. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION - Seo: the process associated with making your site better with regard to search engines. Google announced last 12 months that RankBrain had become their particular 3rd most important ranking aspect, and our SEO predictions recommend it will grow in significance for 2018. Creating and promoting linkable resources is an excellent way in order to increase your SEO through the obtain of backlinks. You can get SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION results by executing Pillar #1 and Pillar #2 well, yet backlinks are fuel on the particular fire. This way, a person and your SEO can guarantee that your site is made to be search engine-friendly through the bottom up. However, a great SEO can also help enhance an existing site. These days, most people states, SEO is dead, but I actually believe, SEO could be the pillar associated with any online business and not really gonaa die. SEO shouldn't impact upon the time it takes in order to create good content. If you really want to improve local SEO and enhance your business's credibility, it has to be an on-going process. Primary on the more personalized user experience since the driving factor behind SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION strategy should make for a good interesting and exciting year within SEO. SEO providers help in all growth trip to reach the goal over time and gather more traffic in order to the site with quality content composed and displayed on the site. One easy way, but mainly overlooked off-page SEO technique in developing local links is creating specialized niche profiles. This way, as an SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION specialist, you could associated along with necessary changes and adjustments intended for your tactics so that a person could preserve your present rank through not just Jagger, nevertheless for future updates as nicely. Google Lookup Console is, slowly but definitely, getting better Google's getting the much more aggressive about producing rank tracking more difficult (some rank tracking folks I'm helpful with told me that Q4 2017 was particularly gut-punching), plus the SEO software field will be way, way more densely loaded with competitors than ever just before. In this post, we all would be talking about On-Page SEO and some of the very effective ways of boosting your ranks on Search Engines. Some Webmasters will pay lots of money to a so-called professional SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION expert to have their Web sites on top within the ratings. Meta keywords would end up being the least priority in positioning factors in SEO. The SEO Trends associated with 2018 are turning to be able to impact approach on various other procedures related to Digital Marketing. These types of advanced SEO techniques might not really be the easiest to carry out - they actually require even more effort than basic keyword analysis and link building - yet they are incredibly effective.

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The Secret Behind My 1,866,913 Monthly Search Visitors (It’s Not What You Think)

How many visitors do you think NeilPatel.com generates each month?

Maybe a million… maybe 2 million?

I bet you’re going to guess 1,866,913.

If that’s what you guessed, you are wrong. This blog actually generated 2,530,346 visitors. 1,866,913 is the number that came from search engines.

So, what’s the secret to my ever-growing Google traffic?

Sure, I have optimized my on-page SEO, I’ve built links, written tons of blog post… I’ve done all of the stuff that most of my competition has done. But doing the same stuff as your competition isn’t enough.

My secret sauce is that I optimize for user signals.

Last week, I broke down some of the user signals Google looks at, as well as providing benchmarks to aim for if you don’t want to be penalized by Google.

If you aren’t familiar with user signals, check the article I linked to above.

So, how do you optimize for user signals?

Well, I know everyone has different types of websites, so I thought I would share the process I use to optimize NeilPatel.com.

Are you showing people what they want?

Google Analytics is an amazing tool. I’m so addicted to it that I log in at least 3 or 4 times a day. Heck, I even log in on weekends.

But here’s the thing, it only tells you half the story. It gives you numbers, but it doesn’t help you visualize what people are doing and what they aren’t.

For example, here is what my main blog page looked like according to Crazy Egg:

What’s wrong with the image?

Everyone is going to the blog to learn more about marketing. Above the fold, I have a box that showcases an SEO Analyzer. But there is one big issue: it’s barely clicked compared to the drop-down that lets you filter the blog content.

The SEO Analyzer had 128 clicks versus 359 clicks to the content filtering option.

Because you didn’t care for it as much, I removed it from the main blog page. And now when you head to the blog page you can see the filtering options above the fold.

I am looking to see what you click on and what you don’t. Simple as that.

If I keep showing you something you aren’t clicking on, I am wasting the opportunity to present you with something you do want to see. Which means I either need to adjust it or delete it.

Now, let me show you my current homepage:

What’s wrong?

Go ahead, take a guess…

Well, looking at the image you’ll notice there are tons of hot spots in the footer. That’s where the navigation is. With there being all of the clicks on the navigation, I should consider adding a navigation menu bar in the header.

Are you getting the hang of how to make your website more user-friendly? Well, let’s try another one.

Here’s an element in the sidebar of my blog posts:

That element only has 1 click. That’s terrible considering that the blog post generated 10,016 visits. And to top it off, that click came from a repeat visitor.

My goal is to convert more first-time visitors into leads, which makes up the majority of my visitors, but they are the lowest percentage of my leads.

So, what did I do? I deleted that element and you no longer see it in my sidebar.

Are you optimizing for mobile?

Let’s face it, more people are visiting your site using mobile devices than laptops or traditional computers.

If that’s not the case, it is just a matter of time.

So, have you optimized your site for mobile? And no, I’m not just talking about having a responsive design because everyone is doing that these days.

If you look at the image above, you’ll notice that I removed the image of myself and a few other elements. This helps make the loading experience faster and it helps focus people’s attention on the most important elements.

Similar to the desktop version, my mobile homepage has a 24% conversion rate. When my mobile version included a picture of me above the fold, my conversion rate dropped to 17%… hence there is no picture of me. 😉

Now, I want you to look at the mobile version of my main blog page and compare it to my homepage.

Do you see an issue? The blog page generates a lot of clicks on the 3 bars at the top… that’s my navigation menu. My developer accidentally removed that from the mobile homepage, hence the contact button in the footer of the homepage gets too many clicks.

Hopefully, that gets fixed in the next day or two as that could be negatively impacting my mobile rankings.

On top of optimizing the mobile experience, you need to ensure your website loads fast. It doesn’t matter if people are using LTE or 4G, sometimes people have terrible reception. And when they do, your website will load slow.

By optimizing it for speed, you’ll reduce the number of people who just bounce away from your site.

If you want a faster load time, follow this.

And don’t just optimize your site for speed once and forget about it. As you make changes to your site, your pagespeed score will drop, which means you’ll have to continually do it.

For example, you’ll notice I have been making a lot of change to NeilPatel.com (at least that is what the heatmaps above show). As I am making those changes, sometimes it affects my pagespeed score negatively. That means I have to go back and optimize my load time again.

A second in load time delay on average will cost you 6.8% of your revenue.

Are you focusing on helping all of your users?

Not every person who visits your website is the same.

For example, a small percentage of the people who visit NeilPatel.com work at large corporations that are publicly traded and are worth billions of dollars.

And a much larger percentage of my visitors own small and medium-sized businesses. These people are trying to figure out how to grow their traffic and revenue without spending an arm and a leg.

And the largest percentage of my visitors don’t have a website and they are trying to figure out how to get started for free.

In a nutshell, I have three groups of people who visit my website. The first group tends to turn into consulting leads for my agency, but they make up the smallest portion of my traffic.

One could say that I should only focus on helping them and ignore everyone else. But I can’t do that for a few reasons…

I started off with having practically no money and people helped me out when I couldn’t afford to pay them. I love paying it forward and helping people who can’t afford my services because I have been there, and I know what it’s like.

If I only focused on the large companies, who would link to my website and promote my content? You can bet that Microsoft isn’t going to link to me on a regular basis. If you want to generate social shares and backlinks you have to focus on the masses.

Little is the new big… if you can please the masses, they will make noise and the big players will eventually hear about you. So, don’t just treat people with deep pockets kindly, treat everyone the same and truly care about your visitors.

Once you figure out the types of people coming to your website (and if you are unsure just survey them), go above and beyond to help them out. Create different experiences for each group.

On NeilPatel.com, I’ve learned that people who work at large corporations are busy and they want to listen to marketing advice on the run. For that reason, I have the Marketing School podcast.

And a lot of beginners wanted me to break down my steps over video, so they can more easily replicate my tactics. For that reason, I create new videos 3 times per week giving marketing and business advice.

Many of you want to attend the conferences that I speak at, but can’t afford to buy a ticket. For those people, I create weekly webinars that are similar to the speeches I give at conferences.

And best of all, I know the majority of you find it hard to follow along with all of these tips as it can be overwhelming. So, I created Ubersuggest to help you out.

In other words, I try to go above and beyond for all of my visitors.

Yes, it is a lot of work, but if you want to dominate an industry it won’t happen overnight. Expect to put in a lot of time and energy.

Are you taking feedback from people?

You are going to get feedback. Whether it is in the form of email or comments, people will give you feedback.

It’s up to you if you want to listen… but if a lot of people are telling you the same thing you should consider it.

For example, I get a ton of comments on YouTube from people asking me to create videos in Hindi.

And…

Now, I am not only working on adding Hindi subtitles to my videos, but I am also working on translating my blog content to Hindi.

I’m not doing these to make more money… I’m not doing this to become popular… I’m just trying to do this to help out more people.

It’s the same reason why I have Spanish, Portuguese, and German versions of this website. I had enough requests where I pulled the trigger even though I am not focusing on generating income in those areas.

But here is the thing that most people don’t tell you about business. If you just focus on helping people and solving their problems, you’ll notice that your income will go up over time.

Businesses make money not because their goal is to make money… they make money because they are solving a problem and helping people out.

Another piece of feedback I have been getting recently is that my blog is too hard to read on mobile devices.

For that reason, I’ve assigned a task to one of my developers to fix this.

Conclusion

Traffic generation is a business. It’s not a hobby. It’s competitive, and it’s difficult to see short-term gains.

If you want to rank at the top of Google, you can’t treat your website as a hobby. You have to treat it like a business.

And similar to any business, you won’t succeed unless you pay attention to the needs of your customers. That means you have to listen to them. Figure out what they want and provide it.

That’s what Google is trying to do. They are trying to rank sites that people love at the top of their search engine. If you want to be one of those sites, then start paying attention to your visitors.

Show them what they want and go above and beyond so that they will fall in love with your website instead of your competition.

If you aren’t sure if you are making the right changes, monitor your brand queries. The more people that are searching for your brand terms on Google is a big leading indicator that people are happy with your website.

Just look at NeilPatel.com, I get over 40,000 visitors a month from people Googling variations of my name:

And I generate over 70,000 visits a month just from people searching for my free tool, Ubersuggest.

That’s how I’m continually able to make my traffic grow. Yes, I do pay attention to what Google loves, but more importantly, I pay attention to your needs and wants.

Are you going to start optimizing your website for user signals?

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The Secret Behind My 1,866,913 Monthly Search Visitors (It’s Not What You Think)

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Redefining team to build a culture of innovation

Minimum Viable Culture for Startups 

I had the great honor to present at Denver Startup Week last week with Rachael Shayne about creating a culture of innovation. 

This super-long blog post is first and foremost for those 80-100 people who participated in our session and asked for a content share with links and downloads, so you can work on your worksheet on your own time.

So here we go....

Innovation is the lifeblood of every organization and simply because you’re a startup doesn’t mean you’re innovative. There is no default culture, let alone an innovative one. As Stewart Butterfield (Slack CEO) said, “Every company builds two things; the products they sell and the culture inside the company.” Yes, Culture with a Cap C is tossed around casually as both noun and verb. So, let us be clear. You need this and it doesn’t have to be hard to figure it out. Founders, this is your guide to building an enviable, inclusive, innovative culture. Inclusive because if you care about innovation, you should care about diversity (the 3D kind, we’ll explain in a minute). There is no reward for diversity without inclusion. Use your nascent existence to break corporate templates and do this well so you can avoid the course-correction down the line. This automated workshop can be done in as little as two hours. The commitment to culture, though? That’s daily.

When we work with corporations and startups to help solve creative, cultural, and innovation problems; so many leaders begin by unpacking their culture in the form of a riff on Netflix’s famous culture deck. In their zeal to emulate what they see as a successful codification of culture, they miss the real tradecraft required to build their own custom culture that delivers financial and innovative results.

Simply put, there are four pillars to MVC enabling you to excavate value from your team, your customers, and your community.

1. Collaboration: Architect 3D Diversity 2. Empathy: Create Shared Purpose 3. Curiosity: Provide Psychological Safety 4. Creativity: Reward Behaviors

This framework allows you to focus your energy creating better solutions and products for each of them (a.k.a. innovation). The worksheet is here for download and we’ve given you primers below for each section to help facilitate your own exploration and understanding of how to architect your culture.

1. COLLABORATION: ARCHITECT 3D DIVERSITY

1-D / Inherent Diversity - Who you are as a company

This is about seeking out employees and equity-holders who have different backgrounds, origin countries, and genders.

THOUGHT STARTERS:

Use alternative sources to find teammates


Ask non-average interview Qs (have them self-identify non-standard experiences which can contribute to the company but aren’t a formal requirement)

Ask candidates for unique perspectives or experiences 

Look for culture-ADDS, not culture-FITS (discomfort is good: do they challenge beliefs you take for granted? Ask volatile questions and engage in healthy debate.) 

Reach into other categories by attending meetups and events for other industries

Work from an alternative location 2x/month; easy = art museum; hard = another state or country 

Look for alternate education experiences


2-D / Acquired Diversity - What I know


This is about gathering a circle of influence (mentors, advisors, equity holders or content) that brings in new perspectives.

THOUGHT STARTERS:

Read alternative news sources with views unlike yours - read one magazine monthly in a topic you have no experience or interest in

Select two Medium authors to follow who write about ANY topic other than what you are working on

Find mentors in the non-profit (if you’re for-profit) or for-profit sectors (if you’re non-profit)

Encourage employees to engage in new or polarizing cultural experiences; send them to outlier movies, concerts, or exhibitions 


3-D / Open Diversity- How I listen This is about actively listening to the edge cases and inviting them into your process.

THOUGHT STARTERS:

Treat freelancers as part of the team, not as vendors; and solicit authentic feedback

Invite giggers and advisers to company events (especially the important ones)

Have Slack channels where they can engage with you 

Have regular, short 1:1’s with freelancers just like you do with employees 

Build an alumni community; help them in their next venture 

Seek out neuro-diverse and elevated-sense inputs (teens, elderly, sensory-challenged, artists)

Creating an online consumer community for your brand

Read comments, Tweets, IGs and other content from your consumers; create a dashboard of trending customer input

Engage in authentic exit interviews, by non-direct reports, with two-month follow-ups 

Day-in-the-life-of- _______ job swap with another department


2. EMPATHY: CREATE SHARED PURPOSE

This is about your ability to understand what motivates you, your customers, and your collaborators to accelerate your success.

It start with defining and demonstrating your shared purpose to appeal to people’s intrinsic motivation.

Because we believe ________ it is really important to us that ___________ which is why we _________, to allow employees and customers to experience _________.

Have your three go-to stories:

Where We Came From

Why We’re Here

Where We’re Going

These stories are remarkably powerful -- and you should be tired of telling them. What they do is connect people to your purpose in a way that can be remembered and re-told, and that, my friends is the best form of engagement and marketing.

An example we made for Lyft to illustrate this pillar:

Because we believe LIVABLE CITIES ARE ABOUT CONNECTING COMMUNITIES it is really important to us that PEOPLE CONNECT THROUGH BETTER TRANSPORTATION which is why we MAKE FRIENDLY, ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBLE, to allow employees and customers to experience REAL CONNECTION.

Their three stories:

Where We Came From: The change from Zimride to Lyft was the result of a hackathon in 2013 that sought a means of daily engagement with its users, instead of once or twice a year.

Why We’re Here: To create a transportation revolution.

Where We’re Going: The end of urban car ownership.

3. CURIOSITY: PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

This is about creating psychological safety; it’s the perfect blend of EQ and CQ. In fact, you can coax a habitual reaction of “I can try that” and “I’ll figure it out” when confronted with the unknown. Provide psychological safety by creating a community of courageous, values-led humans. That community, then, fosters curiosity in each other creating the safety to explore the unknown.

A. Communication I am using _______ to communicate with our employees, co-founder, investors, and customers.

THOUGHT STARTERS:

Commit to communicating openly and often: platforms, meetings, 1:1s, blog, events, collateral

Choose flexible, asynchronous platforms that get everyone out of email (so, Slack)

Idea Mondays: Mondays kind of suck. So on the first Monday of every month, ask everyone to turns off their phones and shut down their email to devote their entire day to … innovation. 

Daily, visible dashboard of values-metrics or other visible examples of commitment and growth to things that matter

Investor newsletter that employees get copied on

Weekly Founder smoothie walk-n-talk (get real about your feelings, energy, fears, insights, ideas)

Create a starter pack for new employees, advisors, giggers, Board members (from Wifi passwords and belief systems + swag, pics of you and team living your values, a case study about a success and a failure at the company, founding-today-future stories, to a human-centered org chart to understand who is who)

B. Community I will create community by _______.

THOUGHT STARTERS:

Idea boards

Announcement Gong (If someone has an idea on doing things better, or wants to share positive news, they sound the gong. When the gong sounds everyone has to stop and listen. This is particularly effective in red flag systems where an employee finds something that is not working or can be done better

Assigning everyone a Sensei


Establishing principles for generating and sharing of ideas:

Vulnerability 

Building on each other 

Divergent thinking 

Withhold judgment 


C. Collaboration

We will learn how to have critical conversations by _______ and will master that skill in ___ months.

THOUGHT STARTERS:

Collaborating can be messy; you have to learn to elicit potential ideas from people who are different than you are -- and you have to be curious about their answer/s

Hire a coach or learn how to have inclusive, critical conversations -- it’s a skill

Feel good Fridays: Every Friday each team member shares 3 things that went well, 1 thing they learned and 3 things they are looking forward to next week. As a result, people reflect on the positives, share success together, and actually get excited about coming to work next week. 

Do a culture workshop: Sometimes we’re so entrenched in an organization we need an external perspective to understand what our culture really is. Doing a workshop with your employees, and even customers, to talk about how to improve your culture is a really good place to start. 

Duvet Day Holidays: it’s vital for your team to re-charge their batteries. Give people a couple of ‘duvet days’ a year where if they feel like staying in bed, they can, sparing the fake-sickness messages


4. CREATIVITY: REWARD BEHAVIORS

Effective reward structures encompass verbal, nonverbal, and monetary ways of reinforcing your core values. These are extrinsic rewards for courage, collaboration, empathic experimentation. REWARD = ENCOURAGEMENT, the most obvious key to culture.

Behaviors you may want to reward:

3D diversity in hiring people

Idea generation

Experimentation 

Failure 

Sharing of learning/inspiration

Collaboration 

Commitment to the culture 

Supportiveness 

Community building, inclusiveness

Critical conversation mastery

Meeting nudges

X day streak of no desktop dining


What you may want to reward these behaviors with:

Bonus 

Promotion

Appreciation (recognition, digital badges)

Additional holidays and duvet days / free days 

Experiment Days (try anything for a day under $100)

Equity

Equity Acceleration

Cash

Working from home 

Job rotation

International assignments 

Flexibility

Autonomy / Pet project support

Education 

Social initiatives/community service

Board meeting observation

Brekkie with the Founders, Investors

Early computer upgrade

Cell phone allowance

Team dinner


Bottom line: you need to be fluent in your three core stories, commit to the edge, and embrace the discomfort that comes with ideas, change, and opinions outside or your personal echo chamber. The results are worth it. Invite in a diversity of thought and background and create an inclusive culture where diversity is welcomed in the forms of curiosity, courage, experimentation, discovery, and, yes, innovation. 

FINALLY: Take your own Culture Algorithm Survey HERE or even better, send other people in your company community there. We designed a 16 question survey that helps companies track how their culture evolves, and how it compares with other companies. 

#diversityinnovates #inviteinclusion

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Outgrow Review and Bonuses

Outgrow Review and Bonuses

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“Build Viral Traffic Effortlessly And Reach A Wider Audience With Simple Smart Calculators”

Outgrow is an interactive marketing platform that lets marketers and digital agencies create quizzes, calculators, and assessments to boost their marketing efforts.

Overview :

Product Creator Simon Warner Product Name Outgrow Front-End Price $47 – $197 Sales Page CLICK HERE Niche Software Bonuses Yes, CHECK NOW Refund 30 Day Money Back Guarantee Recommend Highly Recommend

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What Is Outgrow?

If you want to access the tools that multi-million dollar companies use every single day to produce an ongoing supply of fresh targeted leads or dream of possessing a business that grows organically with no time wasted. And if you suspect that the most optimal way to get noticed is not just doing what other people are doing.

And do you know the fact that more content isn’t helping your business and your prospects are depressed about list-posts, e-books, spending the first 30 seconds on a website quickly searching for a way to mute a video?

This is why I want to share a new product that you can easily use for dealing with your problems.

Introducing: Outgrow

Outgrow is an interactive marketing platform that lets marketers and digital agencies create quizzes, calculators, and assessments to boost their marketing efforts. These tools help companies generate new leads, increase their social footprint and engage their customers. The producer’s seen numerous examples of Outgrow customers getting up to 50% conversions using calculators and quizzes.

How Does Outgrow Work?

Special Features of Outgrow:

When using Outgrow you can figure out some of its key features:

THE STUDIO : Build calculators and quizzes to suit any niche. Choose from numerical, outcome, or graded calculators. Publish anywhere to generate leads, traffic, and sales without any hard selling.

PRE-OPTIMIZED : Every quiz or calculator you create in Outgrow is perfectly optimized for mobile and desktop wherever it’s viewed; it’s ready to convert.

BRAND AWARE : If there’s one thing Silicon Valley does well, it’s branding and no matter where you put your quiz or calculator Outgrow keep your brand strong.

EMBED ANYWHERE : Outgrow gives you the freedom to embed your quizzes and calculators almost anywhere full-screen quizzes, pop ups, you could even place a smart calculator in a ‘Frame!

SIMPLE ANALYTICS : Outgrow has simple customer tracking built in, so you can get the complete run down on who your customers are, and how they use your funnel.

SIMPLE LEAD GENERATION : With Outgrow capturing targeted information about your leads autoresponder integration is essential, and Outgrow makes it easy.

SSL SECURE : Secure your data and give your clients and customers confidence that their data is secure in your hands.

SIMPLE SOCIAL MEDIA : People love to share these quizzes and calculators, so you’ll be happy to know we’ve embedded simple social sharing into Outgrow to help power up your social media following.

5 INDUSTRY LEADING MULTI-PURPOSE TEMPLATES : These 5 templates are pre-optimized for conversions, interaction and viral engagement and they can be applied in any niche. Just add your questions and answer and let Outgrow do the rest.

CONVERSION-READY : Every quiz and calculator you build in Outgrow is optimized for both engagement and conversions.

SIMPLE SMART FORMULA : Let Outgrow do the math! It will calculate simple formulas for including ROI percentages, profit and loss, discounts and lots more

AFTERCARE : Enjoy enterprise level control over your marketing by sending personalized confirmation emails from right inside the platform.

FACEBOOK PIXEL INTEGRATION : Retarget your growing audience and slash your add spend with one of the easiest Facebook pixel integrations you’ll ever come across.

EASY LEAD EXPORT : Back up and export your leads in CSV format.

FREE DOMAIN : Choose a free outgrow.co domain name when you sign, and we’ll keep it safe, secure, and up to date.

SUPER SUPPORT : Outgrow’s e-mail support team is 24/7 and it’s already hugely experienced in helping people get the very best from this software.

Who Should Use Outgrow?

Everyone can use these quizzes and calculators, and that gives you a huge opportunity.

Time and time again Outgrow has been proven to produce more leads, better conversions, and viral traffic.

Freelancer: if you are looking to fill up your client list with more talent than Jimmy Fallon’s Green Room then Outgrow’s got you covered.

Business owner: then Outgrow can be used to generate more customers, more revenue, and better authority.

An affiliate, and e-Com seller, a coach, or social influencer: you can use Outgrow to bring in targeted leads, make targeted sales, and grow your reputation so fast.

Why Should You Get Outgrow Now?

Here are some reasons that you need to possess this product:

Incredible customer engagement

Amazing click through rates of 66%

See conversions as high as 40%

Boost traffic by 15% or more

No experience needed

100% cloud based

Moreover,with Outgrow‘s commercial license, you can generate new income stream or even a whole new business. Plus, Get the commercial license today, and you will receive a proven guide for getting your agency off the ground. This guide comes with ready-to-use email templates, case studies, pitch decks and far more.

Find Out Just How Much YOU Could Make Selling These Calculators

And try Outgrow out while you’re at it. Just enter how many calculators you think you could sell every month. Be conservative – maybe just 1 a month. Then let our calculator tell you how much you’ll make if you sold that many calculators at $200/time

Here are some of what people told about Outgrow:

“I have already made over 10 calculators some with semi complicated  formulas. Quizzes are very easy to make and can be completed  quickly. The support at Outgrow is amazing, and I am looking forward to the ideas they are planning to roll out in the future.”

“Probably the most helpful and friendly support team from SaaS product I’ve bought.”

Besides, this product is integrated with all of your favorite autoresponders such as Google Sheets, Zapier, Aweber, Getresponse, Drip, Sendlane, MailChimp, Active Campaign.

Clearly, you can use this product to make boring content into a unique interactive experience with the most advanced smart quizzes and calculators as well as get more leads, fans, customers and smash your sales targets by only attracting hyper-targeted prospects.

Furthermore, you can make your site become a share-worthy product and attract more prospects.

Conclusion

All in all, I do hope that you can gain more understanding about Outgrow. If you have any further question, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Thanks a lot for reading.

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