{"id":4373,"date":"2015-07-03T09:42:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T14:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2015-07-08T13:28:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T18:28:27","slug":"figure-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/?p=4373","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Figure it Out&#8221;: A Video Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Untitled_2_key_1B46D157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Untitled_2_key_1B46D157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve noticed a trend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a really <em>bad<\/em>\u00a0trend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something that has to stop TODAY.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See if you can spot it in this <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ahrefs.com\/skyscraper-technique\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> comment:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Pasted_Image_7_3_15__9_19_AM_1B46D1A1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"199\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Pasted_Image_7_3_15__9_19_AM_1B46D1A1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"199\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>See it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is what is happening:<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> The commenter wants more traffic to his website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> The commenter read an\u00a0article about how to get traffic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> The commenter saw a potential hang up with the strategy in the post<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> The commenter immediately <em>started making excuses (instead of figuring out how to make it work for him)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> The commenter\u00a0<em>failed<\/em> in his mission to get more traffic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Know someone\u00a0who whenever they hit a problem in life they ask someone else to fix it?<\/p>\n<p>Is that someone you? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>If so, today&#8217;s video essay will punch you in the face and show you how to\u00a0get past it and learn to &#8220;figure it out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CPa3E8yis0I?rel=0\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you know someone that needs to shut up, stop complaining and just <em>&#8220;figure it out&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; forward them this video (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Quit%20making%20excuses%20and%20FIGURE%20IT%20OUT!%20(a%20video%20essay%20by%20%40harris_bryan)%20%20https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/figure-it-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=%20https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/figure-it-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:bryan@videofruit.com?Subject=watch%20this%20vid&amp;Body=Checkout%20this%20video%20essay.%0A%0AIt%20will%20help%20you%20with%20your%20business%3A%20http%3A\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/figure-it-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">Email<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PS: What piece of advice would you give someone who is stuck and wants to give up? 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