2 \u2013 Two Top Tweets of the week<\/p>\n
3 \u2013 Three Social Media Growth Hacks<\/p>\n
4\u00a0\u2013 Four Productivity Tips
\n___<\/p>\n
<\/span>One Question<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nIf you could change one thing about your body, what would it be?<\/p>\n
50 KIDS AND ADULTS WERE ASKED 1 QUESTION; THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR RESPONSES WILL STUN YOU<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/span>Two Top Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1 – 42.9K Shares!:\u00a0The Tail End<\/a><\/h3>\nBefore we discuss things further, let\u2019s look at how a typical American spends their weeks:<\/p>\n
![\"Look](\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-of-a-typical-american.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.<\/p>\n2 – 10.6K Shares:\u00a0Wikipedia-Mining Algorithm Reveals World\u2019s Most Influential Universities<\/a><\/h3>\nWhere are the world\u2019s most influential universities? That\u2019s a question that increasingly dominates the way the public, governments, and funding agencies think about research and higher education.\u00a0The problem, of course, is that it\u2019s hard to produce an objective ranking of almost anything, let alone universities. Cultural, historical, and geographical factors can all influence these rankings in ways that are hard to quantify.<\/p>\n
Biases can crop up remarkably easily…<\/p>\n
And,\u00a0there are other factors unique to university rankings…<\/p>\n
Here’s a peek at the top 20 most influential universities:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. University of Cambridge U.K.
\n2. University of Oxford U.K.
\n3. Harvard University U.S.
\n4. Columbia University U.S.
\n5. Princeton University U.S.
\n6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology U.S.
\n7. University of Chicago U.S.
\n8. Stanford University U.S.
\n9. Yale University U.S.
\n10 University of California, Berkeley U.S.
\n11. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
\n12. Cornell University U.S.
\n13. University of Pennsylvania U.S.
\n14. University of London U.K.
\n15. Uppsala University Sweden
\n16. University of Edinburgh U.K.
\n17. Heidelberg University Germany
\n18. University of California, Los Angeles U.S.
\n19. New York University U.S.
\n20. University of Michigan U.S.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/span>Three Social Media Growth Hacks<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1 – 6.6K Shares:\u00a05 Trends that will Change How Companies Use Social Media in 2016<\/a><\/h3>\nThere are now more than 2 billion active social media users<\/a> worldwide, and that sum is growing at a brisk clip of 25% each year. Businesses haven’t failed to notice\u00a0the runaway expansion of social media. Nine out of 10 U.S. companies<\/a> are now active on social networks. The same overwhelming percentage of those are reporting seeing increase in\u00a0exposure, as a result, and more than half<\/a> say their social media efforts are boosting sales.<\/p>\nSo what\u2019s in store for 2016? Here\u2019s a look at five trends that appear set to change how businesses use social media in the year ahead.<\/p>\n
\nTHE TOP FIVE APPS IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY OF USE ARE ALL MESSAGING APPS.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"messaging](\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social-Messaging.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.<\/p>\nFrom our friend Mari Smith:<\/p>\n
2 – 5.5 Shares:\u00a014 Video Tools for Social Media Marketers<\/a><\/h3>\n![\"Are](\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ms-14-video-tools-480.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nDo you want to\u00a0add video to your social media\u00a0marketing?<\/p>\n
Are you looking for tools to simplify\u00a0your video\u00a0production?<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s tools make it easy to record\u00a0and\u00a0edit videos for\u00a0social media marketing and ad campaigns.<\/p>\n
In this article, I\u2019ll share 14 tools marketers can use to create screencasts, montages, and slideshows<\/strong>.<\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.<\/p>\n3 – 3.4K shares:\u00a0Social Customer Service: How to Care for Customers With Social Media<\/a><\/h3>\nDoes your business have a social customer service plan?<\/p>\n
Want to step up your customer service on social media?<\/p>\n
In this episode, I interview Dan Gingiss<\/a>, former head of digital customer experience forDiscover Card, co-host of the Focus on Customer Service podcast and head of digital marketing for Humana. Dan will explore how to better serve your customers with social media.<\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.![\"Customer](\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Customer-Service-Attitude.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/span>Four Productivity Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1 – 85K Views:\u00a0The Perfect Amount of Time to Work Each Day<\/a><\/h3>\nThe 8-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. If you want to be as productive as possible, you need to let go of this relic and find a new approach.<\/p>\n
\nYour Brain Wants an Hour On, 15 Minutes Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nPeople who have discovered this magic productivity ratio crush their competition because they tap into a fundamental need of the human mind: the brain naturally functions in spurts of high energy (roughly an hour) followed by spurts of low energy (15\u201320 minutes).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n2 – 420K Views: Five (F)laws Pitching Your Business<\/a><\/h3>\nI\u2019ve always enjoyed the interesting and enlightening conversations that often happen in the back of an Uber. I\u2019ve talked about almost everything from the situation in Syria right through to how to poach the perfect egg. But one thing I never expected to be educated on is the very thing that I spend most of my days training.<\/p>\n
FLAW #1: Not Being Succinct\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 If you can\u2019t say what you do in one succinct sentence that an average person would understand then chances are the average angel investor won\u2019t understand either.<\/p>\nTick off these three elements:<\/p>\n
\n- Position where your company plays,<\/li>\n
- State what product or service your company sells,<\/li>\n
- Clearly identify your target market<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
e.g. We are a software business, that offers a cloud based accounting service to small business owners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n3 – 2.6K Shares:\u00a0These Are Apple\u2019s Top 25 Favorite iOS Apps Of The\u00a0Year<\/a><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s December, and that means a few things:<\/p>\n
\u2013 We\u2019re all going to be pretty tired of Christmas music pretty soon
\n\u2013 We\u2019ve yet again managed to complete a trip around the sun without crashing into it. Go team!
\n\u2013 It\u2019s time for a massive rush of end-of-year favorite lists.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which\u2026<\/p>\n
As they do each year, Apple has just dropped its hand-picked list of its favorite iOS apps. Many of them are things you\u2019ve probably seen before \u2014 but many of them are pretty unheard of.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n4 – 3.2K Shares:\u00a057 Easy Ways to Be Happier and More Successful<\/a><\/h3>\nI’ve already posted most of the advice below but scattered among five or six posts. I thought it would be useful to collect all of my happiness and success rules in a single place. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
Sneak peak at #1:<\/p>\n
#1 Assume people have good intentions.<\/h3>\n
Since you can’t read minds, you don’t really know the “why” behind the “what” that people do. Imputing evil motives to other people’s weird behaviors adds extra misery to life while assuming good intentions leaves you open to reconciliation.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Two Top Tweets<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1 – 42.9K Shares!:\u00a0The Tail End<\/a><\/h3>\nBefore we discuss things further, let\u2019s look at how a typical American spends their weeks:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.<\/p>\n2 – 10.6K Shares:\u00a0Wikipedia-Mining Algorithm Reveals World\u2019s Most Influential Universities<\/a><\/h3>\nWhere are the world\u2019s most influential universities? That\u2019s a question that increasingly dominates the way the public, governments, and funding agencies think about research and higher education.\u00a0The problem, of course, is that it\u2019s hard to produce an objective ranking of almost anything, let alone universities. Cultural, historical, and geographical factors can all influence these rankings in ways that are hard to quantify.<\/p>\n
Biases can crop up remarkably easily…<\/p>\n
And,\u00a0there are other factors unique to university rankings…<\/p>\n
Here’s a peek at the top 20 most influential universities:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. University of Cambridge U.K.
\n2. University of Oxford U.K.
\n3. Harvard University U.S.
\n4. Columbia University U.S.
\n5. Princeton University U.S.
\n6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology U.S.
\n7. University of Chicago U.S.
\n8. Stanford University U.S.
\n9. Yale University U.S.
\n10 University of California, Berkeley U.S.
\n11. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
\n12. Cornell University U.S.
\n13. University of Pennsylvania U.S.
\n14. University of London U.K.
\n15. Uppsala University Sweden
\n16. University of Edinburgh U.K.
\n17. Heidelberg University Germany
\n18. University of California, Los Angeles U.S.
\n19. New York University U.S.
\n20. University of Michigan U.S.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/span>Three Social Media Growth Hacks<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1 – 6.6K Shares:\u00a05 Trends that will Change How Companies Use Social Media in 2016<\/a><\/h3>\nThere are now more than 2 billion active social media users<\/a> worldwide, and that sum is growing at a brisk clip of 25% each year. Businesses haven’t failed to notice\u00a0the runaway expansion of social media. Nine out of 10 U.S. companies<\/a> are now active on social networks. The same overwhelming percentage of those are reporting seeing increase in\u00a0exposure, as a result, and more than half<\/a> say their social media efforts are boosting sales.<\/p>\nSo what\u2019s in store for 2016? Here\u2019s a look at five trends that appear set to change how businesses use social media in the year ahead.<\/p>\n
\nTHE TOP FIVE APPS IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY OF USE ARE ALL MESSAGING APPS.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.<\/p>\nFrom our friend Mari Smith:<\/p>\n
2 – 5.5 Shares:\u00a014 Video Tools for Social Media Marketers<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/a><\/p>\nDo you want to\u00a0add video to your social media\u00a0marketing?<\/p>\n
Are you looking for tools to simplify\u00a0your video\u00a0production?<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s tools make it easy to record\u00a0and\u00a0edit videos for\u00a0social media marketing and ad campaigns.<\/p>\n
In this article, I\u2019ll share 14 tools marketers can use to create screencasts, montages, and slideshows<\/strong>.<\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.<\/p>\n3 – 3.4K shares:\u00a0Social Customer Service: How to Care for Customers With Social Media<\/a><\/h3>\nDoes your business have a social customer service plan?<\/p>\n
Want to step up your customer service on social media?<\/p>\n
In this episode, I interview Dan Gingiss<\/a>, former head of digital customer experience forDiscover Card, co-host of the Focus on Customer Service podcast and head of digital marketing for Humana. Dan will explore how to better serve your customers with social media.<\/p>\nRead more<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/span>Four Productivity Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1 – 85K Views:\u00a0The Perfect Amount of Time to Work Each Day<\/a><\/h3>\nThe 8-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. If you want to be as productive as possible, you need to let go of this relic and find a new approach.<\/p>\n
\nYour Brain Wants an Hour On, 15 Minutes Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nPeople who have discovered this magic productivity ratio crush their competition because they tap into a fundamental need of the human mind: the brain naturally functions in spurts of high energy (roughly an hour) followed by spurts of low energy (15\u201320 minutes).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n2 – 420K Views: Five (F)laws Pitching Your Business<\/a><\/h3>\nI\u2019ve always enjoyed the interesting and enlightening conversations that often happen in the back of an Uber. I\u2019ve talked about almost everything from the situation in Syria right through to how to poach the perfect egg. But one thing I never expected to be educated on is the very thing that I spend most of my days training.<\/p>\n
FLAW #1: Not Being Succinct\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 If you can\u2019t say what you do in one succinct sentence that an average person would understand then chances are the average angel investor won\u2019t understand either.<\/p>\nTick off these three elements:<\/p>\n
\n- Position where your company plays,<\/li>\n
- State what product or service your company sells,<\/li>\n
- Clearly identify your target market<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
e.g. We are a software business, that offers a cloud based accounting service to small business owners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n3 – 2.6K Shares:\u00a0These Are Apple\u2019s Top 25 Favorite iOS Apps Of The\u00a0Year<\/a><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s December, and that means a few things:<\/p>\n
\u2013 We\u2019re all going to be pretty tired of Christmas music pretty soon
\n\u2013 We\u2019ve yet again managed to complete a trip around the sun without crashing into it. Go team!
\n\u2013 It\u2019s time for a massive rush of end-of-year favorite lists.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which\u2026<\/p>\n
As they do each year, Apple has just dropped its hand-picked list of its favorite iOS apps. Many of them are things you\u2019ve probably seen before \u2014 but many of them are pretty unheard of.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n4 – 3.2K Shares:\u00a057 Easy Ways to Be Happier and More Successful<\/a><\/h3>\nI’ve already posted most of the advice below but scattered among five or six posts. I thought it would be useful to collect all of my happiness and success rules in a single place. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
Sneak peak at #1:<\/p>\n
#1 Assume people have good intentions.<\/h3>\n
Since you can’t read minds, you don’t really know the “why” behind the “what” that people do. Imputing evil motives to other people’s weird behaviors adds extra misery to life while assuming good intentions leaves you open to reconciliation.<\/p>\n
Before we discuss things further, let\u2019s look at how a typical American spends their weeks:<\/p>\n
Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n Where are the world\u2019s most influential universities? That\u2019s a question that increasingly dominates the way the public, governments, and funding agencies think about research and higher education.\u00a0The problem, of course, is that it\u2019s hard to produce an objective ranking of almost anything, let alone universities. Cultural, historical, and geographical factors can all influence these rankings in ways that are hard to quantify.<\/p>\n Biases can crop up remarkably easily…<\/p>\n And,\u00a0there are other factors unique to university rankings…<\/p>\n Here’s a peek at the top 20 most influential universities:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. University of Cambridge U.K. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are now more than 2 billion active social media users<\/a> worldwide, and that sum is growing at a brisk clip of 25% each year. Businesses haven’t failed to notice\u00a0the runaway expansion of social media. Nine out of 10 U.S. companies<\/a> are now active on social networks. The same overwhelming percentage of those are reporting seeing increase in\u00a0exposure, as a result, and more than half<\/a> say their social media efforts are boosting sales.<\/p>\n So what\u2019s in store for 2016? Here\u2019s a look at five trends that appear set to change how businesses use social media in the year ahead.<\/p>\n THE TOP FIVE APPS IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY OF USE ARE ALL MESSAGING APPS.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n From our friend Mari Smith:<\/p>\n Do you want to\u00a0add video to your social media\u00a0marketing?<\/p>\n Are you looking for tools to simplify\u00a0your video\u00a0production?<\/p>\n Today\u2019s tools make it easy to record\u00a0and\u00a0edit videos for\u00a0social media marketing and ad campaigns.<\/p>\n In this article, I\u2019ll share 14 tools marketers can use to create screencasts, montages, and slideshows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n Does your business have a social customer service plan?<\/p>\n Want to step up your customer service on social media?<\/p>\n In this episode, I interview Dan Gingiss<\/a>, former head of digital customer experience forDiscover Card, co-host of the Focus on Customer Service podcast and head of digital marketing for Humana. Dan will explore how to better serve your customers with social media.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>. The 8-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. If you want to be as productive as possible, you need to let go of this relic and find a new approach.<\/p>\n People who have discovered this magic productivity ratio crush their competition because they tap into a fundamental need of the human mind: the brain naturally functions in spurts of high energy (roughly an hour) followed by spurts of low energy (15\u201320 minutes).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve always enjoyed the interesting and enlightening conversations that often happen in the back of an Uber. I\u2019ve talked about almost everything from the situation in Syria right through to how to poach the perfect egg. But one thing I never expected to be educated on is the very thing that I spend most of my days training.<\/p>\n FLAW #1: Not Being Succinct\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 If you can\u2019t say what you do in one succinct sentence that an average person would understand then chances are the average angel investor won\u2019t understand either.<\/p>\n Tick off these three elements:<\/p>\n e.g. We are a software business, that offers a cloud based accounting service to small business owners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s December, and that means a few things:<\/p>\n \u2013 We\u2019re all going to be pretty tired of Christmas music pretty soon Speaking of which\u2026<\/p>\n As they do each year, Apple has just dropped its hand-picked list of its favorite iOS apps. Many of them are things you\u2019ve probably seen before \u2014 but many of them are pretty unheard of.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’ve already posted most of the advice below but scattered among five or six posts. I thought it would be useful to collect all of my happiness and success rules in a single place. Enjoy!<\/p>\n Sneak peak at #1:<\/p>\n Since you can’t read minds, you don’t really know the “why” behind the “what” that people do. Imputing evil motives to other people’s weird behaviors adds extra misery to life while assuming good intentions leaves you open to reconciliation.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n2 – 10.6K Shares:\u00a0Wikipedia-Mining Algorithm Reveals World\u2019s Most Influential Universities<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n2. University of Oxford U.K.
\n3. Harvard University U.S.
\n4. Columbia University U.S.
\n5. Princeton University U.S.
\n6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology U.S.
\n7. University of Chicago U.S.
\n8. Stanford University U.S.
\n9. Yale University U.S.
\n10 University of California, Berkeley U.S.
\n11. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
\n12. Cornell University U.S.
\n13. University of Pennsylvania U.S.
\n14. University of London U.K.
\n15. Uppsala University Sweden
\n16. University of Edinburgh U.K.
\n17. Heidelberg University Germany
\n18. University of California, Los Angeles U.S.
\n19. New York University U.S.
\n20. University of Michigan U.S.<\/p>\n<\/span>Three Social Media Growth Hacks<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
1 – 6.6K Shares:\u00a05 Trends that will Change How Companies Use Social Media in 2016<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n2 – 5.5 Shares:\u00a014 Video Tools for Social Media Marketers<\/a><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n3 – 3.4K shares:\u00a0Social Customer Service: How to Care for Customers With Social Media<\/a><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/span>Four Productivity Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
1 – 85K Views:\u00a0The Perfect Amount of Time to Work Each Day<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
Your Brain Wants an Hour On, 15 Minutes Off<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2 – 420K Views: Five (F)laws Pitching Your Business<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n
3 – 2.6K Shares:\u00a0These Are Apple\u2019s Top 25 Favorite iOS Apps Of The\u00a0Year<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n\u2013 We\u2019ve yet again managed to complete a trip around the sun without crashing into it. Go team!
\n\u2013 It\u2019s time for a massive rush of end-of-year favorite lists.<\/p>\n4 – 3.2K Shares:\u00a057 Easy Ways to Be Happier and More Successful<\/a><\/h3>\n
#1 Assume people have good intentions.<\/h3>\n
![\"Assume](\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/good-intentions.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n