Arif asks,

What is the best platform for having a continuing conversation – would it be Facebook?

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The short answer: It depends. It depends on what your trying to do, who you’re trying to do it for, and on what platform they’re on.

A better question to ask is, “What’s my reason behind having a continuing conversation?”

Will having a continuing conversation help you  create opportunities that you can seize to help others reach a goal, all the while, establishing and maintaining a reputation of being the best in doing just that? If so, then you should ask, “what platform is best for creating those opportunities?

Lets take an example of three known names and how they’ve approached communication platforms to create opportunities to accomplish business goals.
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Mariam from Florida writes:

I naturally like to keep a journal for my daily life and travels. I was thinking, why not benefit others by vlogging about it.

My question is:
What can I do to depict the various things going on a regular basis without having to do any editing — so I can just videotape and put it up online. Do you have any tips?

I have 2 tips that you might find useful, but first I need you to answer 4 questions:

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In this post I lay out three tips on how to survive as a bazaar vendor. But before I do, let me give you some context first.

If you go to any Muslim convention, you can count on one hand the categories 80% of the vendors fall into. It’s either traditional clothing, t-shirts, books/education, charity organization seeking money or decorative art. The vendors in these categories are all identical to each other, making business that much harder to acquire for anyone operating in that space in a similar fashion. Read on to learn how to succeed despite this reality.

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