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Most entrepreneurs want to ask these questions: how to make good marketing strategies for my business? Therefore there are still some methods which can help you and your business.Social Media Marketing StrategiesSocial media is about connecting with the people in your niche: customers, potential customers, people who are interested in what you do, or who share similar interests and circles or hubs with you. It’s about building relationships and networking, not selling, although that does come as a result.Get Out of The StoreBusiness owners with a brick and mortar store need to reach out to a bigger audience online. Social media isn’t new. People have always gathered to talk about business, life and community events. Social media is about doing that online. Establishing a presence on the Internet even if you have a physical store, is critical. Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog, or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Being active on social media sites will not only increase brand awareness, it’ll also boost your company’s rank on search engines, and prove that you’re a business that is in sync with the times.Share Your Expertise FreelyLet the public know what you’re an expert at and use that to boost your credibility and value. Publish tips, share your expertise through public speaking, even try pitching the media… make it super easy for people to associate you and your business with excellence and expertise in your field.Many communities now have online forums/bulletin boards that offer varying levels of paid memberships. Purchase a membership that allows you to advertise your business and USE IT. Every time you post with your business ID, your business name (and web page link) you’re putting yourself out there in front of potential customers. Just remember not to get caught up in community drama as every post represents you and your business!Not all exposure is online. Make yourself the expert in your field in your local community as well. Volunteer to teach seminars through your local Chamber of Commerce about your area of expertise. Your business will receive promotion through the event itself, as well as through all marketing for the event.Never Stop Growing Your NetworkExpand your network of contacts and potential clients. Ask your best, most powerful, most influential friends or business associates to introduce you to the five people they think you should meet to expand your business. Take each of the contacts out for coffee and get to know them. Discuss your plans and future goals, tell them about why your business is special and ask for their advice. You will be amazed at how these new contacts will pay off ten-fold with recommendations to you for new business and innovative ideas you hadn’t thought of.Twitter GiveawaysGive away your product or promotional item on Twitter. Ask a question about a product on your website or blog. The first person to answer wins. When you send the item write, “Retweet upon receipt,” to be entered in a second contest.Network Your NetworksNetwork with friends who then network with their friends. There’s power in numbers. Don’t spam of course, but utilize your network to get the word out to your people who know people who know people. Someone ultimately knows someone that can help you out…and believe it or not…will want to. When networking, do NOT focus on getting a referral or lead. Instead, focus on helping others. If you help them first (by adding value to their life/business), they’ll help you later.Maintain Relationships With ClientsThe difference between a successful company and a mediocre one often boils down to an owner’s commitment to building (and sustaining) relationships with clients and prospects. While it’s important to keep up traditional communication and PR, business owners should also be extending their relationships through online forums – website, blogs, and social networks. Conversations are happening all around you – are you listening, are you participating? Are you a thought leader? Be visible!Listen. Tweet. Listen. Listen Again.Identify your ideal clients and find them on Twitter. Then start following them! Spend weeks listening to them; you’ll be amazed what they will tell you about their concerns, their ideal products, their current frustrations with their vendors. It’s a great way to get open honest market research.Get a Twitter account in your business name. Post links to your articles educating people in your niche market. At the bottom of the article have links to your products & services. Also offer discount coupon codes to twitter members. This has worked very well for me.Leverage Linked-InJoin as many Linked-In groups as you can that are related to what you sell and post a question or tip on a regular basis. If you have a blog or e-newsletter, post an announcement to your Linked-In groups with a link whenever you release a new issue or blog posting. It’s free, you’ll be recognized as a leader, and you’ll reach thousands of business people interested in your field.Facebook It!Your Facebook friends can be your greatest free marketing tools so enlist their help! In Facebook, use the NOTES application to create a special, limited-time “friends and family” promotion (i.e.: enter “facebook09″ at checkout to receive 10% off), tag all your friends and ask them to pass along your exclusive deal to their own friends. A great offer goes a long way quickly…especially through our favorite social networking sites!Tweet It!Twitter is a great place to share photos (TwitPic), host contests, shout out to loyal customers, have scavenger hunts, and promote events. Think of ways you can incorporate Twitter into your promotions in a fun, engaging way. Thank loyal customers, retweet their tweets, and even host fundraisers. All the cool kids are doing it. Why shouldn’t you?Traditional Marketing StrategiesBlog TourBlog tours are like book tours, but without all the flying and cheap hotels and fast food temptations. They’re a great way to get seen and discovered outside your usual niche, all from the comfort of your own office, or home. Simply contact bloggers at any specific blog sites that fit your product and ship out a t-shirt, book or other product you offer and then also ask them to do a contest with their viewers. Point your readers to each blog site that reviews your product.Readers at the blog tour site are told to go to your site to sign up for a free sample, or chance to win a free sample, as well. By having contest entrants choose among several products you get them familiar with your other products and get their email address too!Inspire Customers To Call YouDo something really different. Send a monthly postcard instead of a hard copy newsletter. Self-printed cost is $0.46 ea. including the stamp. Make it fun and colorful with a strong “Call to Action” title, like: “100 reasons to call us. List 10-to-20 reasons, including your skills, talents, and tasks. Give customers a coupon for a discount, or a free doughnut, or something fun to inspire them to call.HARO Gift BagsEach Friday in the second edition of Help A Reporter Out (HARO) there are Gift Bag Requests. Look for decision makers with events that are a match for your product or service. Good fits mean quality networking opportunities. Make sure your gift bag offering has your website address, business card and additional offers that inspire recipients to follow up or at least check you out. For instance, if you’re giving away t-shirts, include a list of celebrities who also wear the shirt they’re getting.Be GenerousTo keep customers loyal to you, instead of a frequent buyer program, send your customers small “surprise” gifts. Customers come to expect rewards when they are members of a program. Surprises always work to instill loyalty and retention.Don’t make the mistake of thinking that promotional items are only for conferences and tradeshows. When given out with (or in place of) a business card at a lunch, a meeting or in passing, small promotional items become a gift. People expect free stuff at conferences, they don’t expect gifts. Keep a small, branded (and useful) item with you. You can be sure they’ll remember you. They don’t have to be expensive. Tip calculator cards, tea bags, pens and pads, small flashlights or things very target specific to your industry, like small packets of flower seeds for a gardener or landscaper with their contact information on it.Donate several of your products or services to a non-profit organization that is sponsoring a live auction and the proceeds will be donated to the charity. Your store name will be displayed on the products for the duration of the event and the donation is tax deductible. Plus, you’ll be helping others.Own Your “Wow”Marketing gurus often refer to it as “differentiation.” Academics who fancy themselves as marketers – they’re the ones who write marketing textbooks – prefer to call it a USP, your Unique Selling Proposition. What they’re both taking about is more correctly described as the “Wow!” factor. Whatever it is that separates your Stuff – your products or services – from the similar Stuff your competition is selling, that’s your Wow!Low Hanging FruitTurn to those in your field for the low hanging fruit. Find larger companies, or older, more experienced businesses and invite them to lunch. Ask them to consider referring their smaller cases or business they don’t have time to handle, to you. With every successful referral send them a hand written thank you card enclosing a Starbucks (or their favorite restaurant) gift card thanking them for their support. This will help you build your customer or client base without having to spend a lot on advertising.Feed Them And They Will ComeAnything involving food gets attention. At least it gets my attention. Partner up with local neighborhood businesses and a restaurant (or other service providers in a complimentary but non-competing industry if that’s your gig) to throw a special event, complete with noshing. Combining your database with other businesses will expose you to an entirely different segment of people for a shoestring of the price. Use food to generate PR for your event too — one company I know of sent S’more’s kits to local TV newsrooms to help promote a camper and RV show. They got great results. Make it fun and different.Help Other EmployeesOffer employee incentives to various big businesses, or to smaller businesses in your hometown. For example, offer Southwest Airline employees 20% off their bill. Call their HQs and ask how you can offer discounts to their employees. It’s usually called ‘Employee Perks Program’ or something similar. All you need to do is tell them what the discount is and they will post it on their website or post it in some other capacity. You can also print off coupons for their Human Resource department to distribute, or send them a digital coupon they can email to employees to print off. Don’t forget to put an offer ends date (usually 30-60 days) and a “customer must show employee ID to redeem coupon” requirement on the coupon!Online-Map ListingsOnline map listings are essential for businesses with brick-and-mortar locations. They are the first thing people see on search engines. They offer a concise snapshot of business info so customers can easily contact you or visit your store. And best of all, they don’t cost any money!” Make sure your business is on Google+ business, as well as all the local review sites and other map listings you can find.Small GroupsIt only takes one person to start a movement. So don’t hesitate to start an informal group that can provide something of value to the market in which you specialize. For example, a monthly breakfast discussion on current news and events in the smart phone app industry, or manufacturing or outdoor gear retail industry. Leaders and business owners will come together in this informal, low-pressure situation, because keeping an eye on the state of the industry is their job. Since you’re the one providing the benefit of this group, they will already be predisposed to a positive relationship with you, and it’s a short leap to noting your business savvy in their field.Content Marketing StrategiesContent is any articles, information, video, infographics or stuff people can read, watch or look at that tells them something they didn’t know already about your product or service. If you can consistently amaze and thrill readers with new content and new information or entertainment about your product or services, you’ll grow quickly!Great Relevant ContentWe all know content rules, but what kind of content should you use? Simple. Relevant and related content the reader can use. Lots of people have the relevant content part down, but also create content areas, not just content. These areas should be able to (1) attract users and (2) position you and your business as an expert in those areas. For instance, if you’re selling hunting knives, create a content area on how to sharpen knives, or how to skin certain kinds of animals, or how to filet a fish. The content area should utilize your product if possible, but mostly it should have related content that attracts knife owners to your site.Write For A Trade MagazineIf you want to get people’s attention and have them call you, there’s nothing like writing an article for a trade magazine (for B2B) or local magazine (for B2C) to gain credibility and get the exposure you want. This may be content you have in some form on your website already, but having it in a trade magazine dresses it up and sort of puts a tuxedo on it. I mean it makes you seem more credible because a publication is publishing your content. Demonstrate your expertise and position yourself as the go-to person for your product or service with this service. You’ll attract people in the “ready-to-buy” stage. Here is a list of trade mags to help get you started.Memorable StoriesA convincing (and free) marketing strategy you can use to sell your service or product is by telling true, credible stories (hopefully that include awesome facts and incidents involving your product)—give specific and practical examples of what you have accomplished for clients. Use real-life examples of projects you completed, specific problems you solved or successes you achieved. If you’re a new entrepreneur, create a realistic scenario about how you would help your ideal client overcome a typical challenge. Relate your story through articles, blog posts, public speaking or by publishing a special report.Cell-It-UpMobile marketing connects businesses and each of their customers—through their mobile devices—at the right time and at the right place with the right message and requires the customer’s explicit permission and/or active interaction. Kim Dushinski’s “5 Steps to Creating a Dynamic Mobile Marketing Campaign” are 1) figure out what your target market wants and offer it, 2) align what your target market wants with your desired outcome, 3) choose the right mobile marketing tool for this campaign, 4) launch your mobile marketing campaign and market it, and 5) track what is working and make any necessary adjustments.Free ContentWho doesn’t love free, right? Offer your customers, potential customers, and visitors to your website a free resource, such as a guide or report that is packed full of solid information related to your product or services in exchange for their name and email address. The guide is delivered electronically to their mailbox so there’s little cost involved. Every two weeks, or so, follow up with more useful content, not a sales pitch, but do include your company’s info at the end. You’ll be building credibility, establishing trust, and reminding those potential customers of your product or services. When they’re ready to buy you will be the first company they contact.Write A BookWrite a 150-175 page business book and self publish it with on-demand printing. Heck, write a 50-page book and self-publish it. The status of being a published author provides you with unprecedented access to media, speaking gigs, and other opportunities like nothing else can. (cost = $0 other than some time). You say you don’t have the time, knowledge or expertise to produce a book? Then write a white paper. Don’t have the time, knowledge or expertise for a white paper? Then write a series of short articles. Article marketing is a subtle way companies can gain exposure for their business by writing articles that provide information about news and trends occurring within their respective industries. Companies that incorporate article marketing into their marketing campaign demonstrate their expertise in their respective industry while simultaneously attracting new customers. If you can’t write, find someone who can and pay them to write your content for you. That’s legit.Online ReviewsLet your fans review your business, then incorporate their reviews in your blog post — good or bad, unless of course it’s obscene, not-safe-for-work bad. Online reviews are a critical component of your business’ reputation and can do wonders for converting new customers. Services like RateItAll.com/Promote allow you to submit anything for review – whether it’s a local business, a blog, a website, a product, or a brand. Other popular review sites include Yelp (local businesses), TripAdvisor (travel related items), and Viewpoints (products). And you can use this strategy for getting countless, legit, reviews on Amazon.Get EndorsementsIf you are introducing a revolutionary new product, an endorsement from a top expert makes all the difference. Read your trade magazines and write the expert. You will be surprised at how generous some of them are. Include their comments, or if you can snag an interview, put the highlights of that in your blog post as well.TeleseminarsHost a one-hour tele-seminar with time for content, a specific offer and questions from people on the call. People are hungry for information and like to learn. Create a web page with a sign up form and use email and social media to announce the call. Then make sure you have a really meaty, information dense, rocking teleseminar. Be awesome and attendees will return again and again.Be The Local ExpertVolunteer to write a “Dear Abby” type Q&A column for your local newspaper on whatever your area of expertise is. Whether it’s plumbing, or chimney cleaning, or car repair, volunteer to answer readers’ questions in exchange for a link to your website and business name. If the paper isn’t interesting in paying or swapping you for the column, then pay for it yourself — and make it an ad. Once readers get used to seeing it and it disappears after three to six months, most papers will do what it takes to get it back if it’s popular.Web Branding Marketing StrategiesA web presence is more than just having a website. Heck, even the animals at the local animal shelter have websites, some of them better than mine! A web presence is how people find you as well as what they find. To get found in good ways, like winning awards etc. is better than getting found because you have a booking photo or mug shot. To get found for the good stuff, do this:KeywordsStatistically, 3-out-of-4 Internet users live in North America, making exposure on the web critical. Even with all the changes to Google and to search algorithms, having a website that is keyword optimized is critical. You need to be SEO optimized for what your small business does and where you are located. Your website works as an online brochure as well as a “24 hours a day” sales person for your services and products, so make it work efficiently.Participate in Trade AssociationsBusiness-to-business professional service organizations get the most bang for their buck when they impress prospective referrers with their capabilities. One of the best ways to do this is through active involvement at trade associations where prospective referrers’ congregate. This participation enables them to a) increase their visibility and b) gain the opportunity for the consistent and frequent interactions it takes to build lasting relationships.”Google AdWords On The CheapRun market research on the cheap by using Google Adwords to target an audience. Make the landing page a question survey. A snappy question to attract people, along with Google’s Geo-targeting can provide great results, for next to nothing.Enter a Business Award CompetitionThere is nothing like entering a business award competition to strengthen the reputation of your small business. Winning an award can catapult your reputation within your industry and with the sales audience you aim to attract. Many competitions cost nothing to enter – except for the time it takes to prepare your entry.Professional and trade organizations, chambers of commerce, Better Business Bureaus, universities – even churches are all organizations that host business competitions. Keep your eyes open for opportunities. Don’t forget, the secret to winning is taking the time to prepare well-written entries. If you can’t write, then pay someone who can to prepare your entry – or barter services if you’re trying to save money. The rewards for winning a business award can last seemingly forever. Brag about winning on your website; send a letter to clients; post the award in your office or store so whoever comes in will see it. And of course, send out a press release and get your picture in the paper!Email ListsI can’t say this often enough. Build your email list with quality names. Use opt in email marketing to talk to your best customers – this means the ones that want to hear from you and have signed up to receive your marketing messages and offers. No spamming! Be sure to deliver relevant, unique and valuable messages to their inbox. This can build loyalty, drive sales and cut other costs. Don’t be shy about creating a short but compelling video that succinctly explains your product or service. Short is under 3 Minutes MAX. Compelling is that not only informs, but entertains and/or personalizes you and your company. This can be done quickly and easily using a camera like a flip video. Post the video to your site and as many video sharing sites as possible.Be On YouTubeSeriously consider starring in your own YouTube Series. I don’t know if the camera loves me, but I sure love the camera! You can learn to love it too! Take your product or service and dramatize it through a simple, homemade YouTube movie. Go a step further and script out a four-part series that you can post on your website. Heck, run a loop of the videos in your business.Study the ad campaigns that get people’s attentions and come up with something of your own — unique counts. Virally spread your marketing message by making sure influential local bloggers see your video. Twitter short messages, driving traffic to specific pages of your website; Send a Network Update via LinkedIn conveying what you’re working on that will pique the interest of those needing similar services. Use Facebook to give your small business a “personality” so that people feel comfortable doing business with you — ask your customers to become Fans.Leverage LocalGet online locally, like on Craigslist, Yelp, and Angie’s list. There are hundreds of websites that people use to search out local businesses. Most are free to use and easy to find. Make sure your business is listed. Go the extra mile and upload pictures, menus, or something relevant for your service or product.Host Educational EventsPartner with companies which target the same audience as your firm to host “educational” events. A small accounting firm can partner with a small law firm and a marketing firm to hold a seminar on “strategies for surviving the recession,” and invite small businesses to attend. Split the cost and the work that goes into creating the event, including inviting prospects and clients. It’s a cost-effective way to market to the other firms’ clients, to prospects, and to build a relationship with these other partners in order to gain future referrals.Join forces to create posters, contests and other things that benefit all companies involved.Pay Per ClickThe fastest way, bar none, to create a strong Internet presence and get in front of potential customers when they are in active “search and buy mode” is pay-per-click search engine advertising. Start with Google – set a budget and bid, select your keywords and write a quick ad. Now you’ll be there when some “Googles it!”Logo It UpUse Your Logo- Now that you have a logo it is time to use it everywhere both online and in print. Put it on all of your marketing materials including business cards, letterhead and even envelopes. Include it in your email signature, on your Web site and use it in all correspondence to reinforce your company and encourage repeat customers and referrals. Once you have a solid logo that makes an impact, it should be synonymous with your company name.PR Marketing StrategiesBlog, blog, blog and blog some more. PR is all about getting your business in front of people’s eyeballs. Keeping your own blog updated, and writing guest blogs for other well-known or popular bloggers in exchange for a credit and blog link, or a reciprocal post is a major part of getting publicity. You can also:Make Reporters’ Jobs EasierInstead of always pitching reports with story ideas, schedule a coffee or lunch meeting with the local (relevant) beat reporters in your market. Start the conversation by asking, “How might I be able to make your job easier.” When reporters know you’re out to genuinely make their lives easier without trying to sell them your story, you become a valuable resource, not a pain in the neck.Local CharitiesThere are hundreds of charities you can help, but you’re better off picking one or two charity organizations or causes and only donating to them for the year. You’ll be able to do more and give more that way. That will make you more visible plus, the organization will get to know you and who you are. When you’re highly visible in one or two organizations, it’s easier to say “No,” politely, firmly and credibly to the twenty others who also want your attention, but who aren’t in your target market.Sponsor Your Local Sport TeamsSponsor a local sports team. For less than the cost of a 1/4 page ad in a local paper, you can buy team uniforms for a local soccer, basketball, baseball or other sports teams. Not only will you get the team, and their friends, family and fans attention and show that your business is a genuine part of the local community. It’s a great PR technique too.Create An E-News For Your BizHaving a great e-newsletter with valuable content may sound old school, but it works. E-News doesn’t have to be or sound like a sales pitch. Consider it an opportunity to position your business as an expert, provide relevant information, and to add another layer in relationship building. Build a strong database with a focus on media/bloggers. Give your clients the opportunity to subscribe. Publish frequently, but not obsessively. Done right E-News is one of the least expensive, but most effective marketing tools in our arsenal. Don’t be surprised by how often your content will be tweeted or covered by bloggers, or open the door to a more extensive PR pitch.Tell Your Real StoryThe best way to get noticed in today’s market is to tell a personal story. The more authentic, amazing and relevant, the better. As newspapers and magazines continue to lay off thousands of reporters across the country there’s an even bigger demand for well-written stories. Have ready-to-run articles prepared to send off at a minutes notice will create a great relationship with papers. They may edit or rewrite parts of it, but you’ll get their attention.Long Shelf LifeLeverage your exposure by putting yourself into situations where your marketing efforts have a LONG shelf life. Web radio shows are a great place to start. Email or call those who are looking for guest interviews. Don’t forget to make sure you tell the host that “if your line-up is already scheduled, I’d make a great filler-inner when someone has to cancel”. Those words alone will get you remembered.Network With The Media In Your NicheMaintain relationships with media contacts that cover your industry, even when you don’t have news for them. Check in with them every month or so and ask how you can help them as an expert in your field. Better yet, send them tips and insider news they might not otherwise have access to. Become a resource. Follow reporters’ stories and take time to read their articles and comment on them without pitching yourself. Develop a professional relationship where you can spark dialogues about your community. Then, when you do have news, it’s that much easier to get them to print it!Be OutrageousBe outrageous, or weird, or truly innovative and wacky. Reporters want to cover the unusual/wacky/even controversial. One article about your business can be worth thousands of dollars. Give them what they want, but make sure that there’s steak after the sizzle is gone. Once people are attracted to you, you want to offer them something to keep them coming back or staying put.Survey Your CustomersReporters love numbers! It validates their story pitch to editors and piques the curiosity of their readers. So, look for surveys other companies have done on a national scale, and then conduct a survey with your customers and prospective customers to get a local angle to a national story. Most papers won’t look at a locally conducted survey unless it ties into a larger survey or is done by a major company. Compile the results, put them into a press release, and pitch to editors at your target publications. Write an article about it and post it as a downloadable PDF on your website. And of course, blog about it.Leverage Existing CustomersMost companies do a poor job of leveraging existing customers to create new ones. If your company does events, give people a discount or free gift to bring (or just invite) a friend. If someone buys your product online, send them a coupon for the same item suggesting that they pass it on to someone they think will use it.That's the general suggestions from http://www.isweek.com/ ,hope can be helpful.

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Talk about switching expectations)I got the “Most well-behaved” award in Darul Uloom even though I was the youngest in the institution.I scored the highest in my sophomore class.I wrote six IGCSEs in February/March 2020.I hate using text slang.I hate writing articles.I hate Directed Writing tasks.I hate writing reports.I can write descriptions fairly well.I know my multiplication tables till 12x12 perfectly.I know my squares till 12^12.I know my cubes till 5^5.I can solve 2 hour papers in 30 minutes.I got a 1380 on mock-SAT this year.I’m in IBDP Year 1, aka Junior Year, aka Grade 11.I danced to “Please don’t go” in Pre-school.I wear hijab regularly.I’m trying to start wearing the abaya.I love to read.I enjoy mysteries.I love to draw.I like using charcoal to sketch.I love acrylics.Watercolors are the most difficult medium for me.I love playing LEGOs.I played pretend till I was 11.I’m still considered mature for my age.I find it hard to make best friends who I can share absolutely anything with.I was inspired to smile more often by a young girl who earned my teacher’s appreciation by smiling.I like whole wheat pastas and homemade, whole wheat, roasted patty burgers more than traditional Indian dishes.My extended family lives in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.My family is from Bangarmau, Uttar Pradesh, India.I find it absolutely impossible to memorise anything.I’ve been suicidal.I’m prone to anxiety and depression.I recently learnt that it’s genetic, from my father’s side.My middle name is Sajid.People like to call me “Zainab”Americans eat the I in my name. 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(Surprise, Surprise!)I once dropped a hot iron on my sister’s hand by accident.I was called trash by my best friend’s brother many times.We fought like crazy till I moved away.We stayed very formal and curt with each other when they visited.My best friends is two years younger than me.I can’t share whatever I want with her because of that.I have a friend 5 years younger than me.I don’t enjoy beef and mutton that much.I like chicken, thoughI like only boneless fish and chicken though.I can function on a sandwich for the whole day.I take extra English classes.My dad wants me to be a Islamic scholar, but he never expresses it openly.My mom wants be to be a cardiologist or a dentist, but she won’t pressurise me.I once made an old man at the airport very, very happy by helping him solve his Sudoku puzzle at the ‘tender’ age of 11.I once asked a teacher why her last name had changed. She’d gone through a divorce. (Yikes!)I’ve been cat-called by seniors at my school.I once lost it at a school council member because she wanted us to squash and sit when there was enough space.I almost lost my temper at my principal when she told me that ‘computer don’t lie,’ even though I hadn’t plagiarised anything. My response? “I don’t lie either!”I don’t remember where my hands were or where I was looking or how high my voice was when I said that. It’s like everything actually went red.I’ve never screamed at my mom.Or my dad.The last time I got a single slap from my mom was when I was 8 years old.I’m a straight girl.I’m indifferent to the LGBTQ+ community, mostly.I wouldn’t, however, become close friends with anyone from the LGBTQ+ community.I do want them to have legal rights, though.I didn’t know that sex was a thing till Grade 7.I don’t remember the last time my parents hugged me.I’ve never seen my parents hug each other.I’ve never seen my parents give each other even the slightest peck.I don’t have any first cousins from my mother’s side.I’m the second in line to get married on my dad’s side.I’m second in line on my mom’s side too (after a second cousin).(lol I’m editing this after about six months to actually publish it and those two points are sooo cringey, and Indian)I don’t wear makeup at all.I have hair till my waist.I want to get it cut till my shoulders.I have hazel brown eyes.I had black hair when I was small.I now have light brown hair.I had very straight and silky hair when I was small.It’s now wavy.I have high cheekbones.I inherited my mom’s large nose.I inherited my aunt’s long neck.And my maternal grandfather’s slightly hunched back.I play badminton.I can go for months without playing a game.I have really long fingers.I haven’t ever worn nail polish.I don’t watch movies.I’ve been asked ‘how do you live?’ because of the last part.I know all the fifty states of the US.I know the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ and “I’m proud to be an American”.I also know the Indian national Anthem.I learnt “Saare jahan se achcha” also.I sing to myself a lot.I know around a dozen Urdu nasheeds.I know another dozen English ones.I know an Arabic one also.I can pronounce Native American names quite easily.I struggle to pronounce South Indian names properly.I find Arabic the easiest.I don’t find Dubai to be that impressive.I’ve moved over 13 houses!My love of reading was born in Louisa May Alcott Elementary School.My favourite book is Refugee by Alan Gratz.My record for speed-reading is Warriors, Into the Wild, by Erin Hunter in 2 hours.I scored a hundred on a Math test.My love of Math comes from my mom.I like stoichiometry.I love algebra and geometry.I like calculus.My mom expects me to match her 100% in calculus.I write on Wattpad.I have four email addresses.I don’t want to drive.I don’t own a phone.My parents promised me a phone this year but I still haven’t gotten it.They’ve promised me one in college now.I’m pretty sure my first phone will be bought from my first pay-check. LOLI’ve been to eight different schools.I’ve lived in four cities.Some people think I’m very frank and blunt.I once unfriended someone for shipping me with a random person despite me saying no.I don’t become close friends with people who date.I became my class’s unofficial Math tutor in 9th grade.I used to be very extroverted.I like brown rice.I like soup.I can read and write Urdu and Arabic fluently.I have braces.I got braces when I was 9.I got a retainer at 11.I got braces again at 12.I have glasses.A drunk guy one touched me inappropriately at an Indian Republic Day fair.I laughed in shock when my dad beat him up.I hurt a very popular guy at my school’s feelings by telling him to move because the lack of distance between us was uncomfortable.Another drunk man stared at me for the entire 20 minutes that we were stuck in traffic for. He was in the auto-rickshaw beside our car.All three of these incidents and the cat-calling happened while I was wearing some of my favorite clothes.I tend to fluctuate between American and British spelling.Same with pronunciation.My parents don’t believe that therapy can help with mental illnesses.My dad and I have sleep apnea.I can get ready in 10–15 minutes.My siblings call me Ayya.My siblings friends call me Zaina Apa, and some very annoying ones call me Zainab Apa.I don’t have my own room.I could have my own room if my grandmother didn’t decide that she wanted to share my twin bed with me instead of sleeping with my grandfather in her room.I’m getting my own room once we move though.I have spondylitis and sinus.I wanted contact lenses.I don’t wear jewelry.Except for small earrings.I’ve had earrings since the age of 2.I had to get my ears pierced again when I was four.I got them pierced at Claire’s.I never got an infection from it.I love to shop for footwear.I don’t like large heavy jewelry.I have a lot of navy blue clothes.I find Indian educational Boards to be quite dumb.I hate it when people are always late.I’ve sat in an open jeep safari.I’ve fed goats.I’ve seen a goat getting slaughtered.I was scarred for life after that.I’ve seen meerkats.I’ve seen polar bears.And dolphins.I don’t remember the last time I watched a cartoon.I watch university lectures for fun.I love Quora.I’ve made over a thousand plots in my head, but never written any.My favourite unpublished book is Unlocked Hearts by sajmra on Wattpad. (It’s amazing, really)Unlocked Hearts Book 2 in the Hearts SeriesMy favourite nasheed is Allah Knows by Zain Bikha and Dawud Wharsaby. Allah Knows - Bing videoI can be very stubborn.A lot of people tell me that I’m ‘too serious’.I can laugh without making a sound.I smile wide.I’ve eaten prawns only once in my life.I want to go for Hajj.I can’t wait to take the SAT.I solve Math problems to relax.My mom hates my American accent.She says that I don’t sound Indian when I speak. (really, after being told to ‘go home’, I don’t even want to sound ‘Indian’.)I don’t have any allergies.I like chocolate ice-cream.I once wrote a narrative piece for school with suicide as the main theme.My teachers didn’t flip.My mom hasn’t read that.I went through a phase when I wanted to be a poet.But I suck at poetry.So I wanted to be a fashion designer.Then a dentist.But I realised that throwing up in people’s mouth would not be appreciated.I’ve been asked by a lot of people if I’m actually 15.I’m stuck. No more points left.I don’t want to go through my other answer for reminders. Zaina S. Maria's answer to Can you write 300 things about yourself?I’ve changed a bit since I wrote that answer.Like my height and stuff.Okay… I went through the list again.I still look conservative.I was born premature.I was born via C-section.I still support legalising abortion.I won’t ever get one.I told myself as a 7 yr old that I’d never be fat enough to have breasts.I have them anyway.I use Windows.Apple annoys me.I own a Kindle.I barely read on it.I have books from third grade in almost new condition.I dumped lentil soup on my head to make my hair grow when I was two.I sprinkled baby powder all over my parents’ bed when I was 1 1/2 yrs old.I liked to stand at the foot on my parents’ bed and say “ticketicket’ for hours on end.I also forced my uncle to listen to me singing nursery rhymes for 2 hours every day after he came home.The last two were between 1 and 2 years of age.I’m getting tired of typing this.A book that I’d like to buy is “10 ways to make my sister disappear”I read a book about a girl who moved somewhere for her mother’s job where most people were Native American.All I remember is that she has a brother named Billy, a friend named Pinky, a Native American friend named Jewel who has a brother named Raymond.It seems to have disappeared from the face of the Earth.I started reading chapter books in 3rd grade.After my BFF’s brother, I was the oldest in our friends’ circle.I played a game called “Exercise Game” with the girls.We’d do exercises in it.Once, my friend’s mom came and sat on the “Time out chair”.We pulled her off.I scolded my friend’s brother for putting his finger in the brownie batter.His mom scolded me for that.I got dengue when I was 12.I survived.I’m going to start college at 17.I don’t talk to boys freely.I don’t believe that it’s possible to be ‘just friends’ with the opposite gender.Someone in my school wore my shoes after prayer in 8th grade. Their shoe was one size bigger than mine.I like greyscale interiors.My mom likes brown and cream décor.I went to Kumon for around half a year.I had an American teacher there who could finally pronounce my name correctly.It’s hard being a teenager.It’s even harder being the oldest.I lived in a kind of bubble till I moved to India. Sure, I knew pain existed and family problems happened, but I never thought that I’d be stuck in something similar.I laugh in shock.A teacher once bullied me for my voice.I didn’t now I could speak confidently till I had to complain about this teacher.I always get teased by my classmates if I speak at MUN courses or in debates.I’ll be changing my school for 11th grade.I want to start over with my image at the new school.I so wish I could learn Kannada.I also want to learn to read Hindi.Not knowing written Hindi cuts out a lot of my school options.I’m in India on OCI.My visa got rejected because my birth certificate is in Hindi.Which also means that I’ve never read my birth certificate.My sister read it for me.The place for my name is BLANK. LEGIT BLANK.My birth certificate is hand written.I was a ‘big girl’ at 8.My sister is still ‘small’ at 10.I don’t like random people touching me.The biggest culture shock after coming to India was the lack of ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, and the lack of basic politeness towards strangers.My sisters and I practiced walking on tippy-toes before moving because one of our friends told us that Bangalore is very dirty.It is dirty compared to Seattle, but not so much that I have to walk on tippy-toes. :DI don’t eat lolly pops.I eat quite quickly.Most of my friends are Hydrabadis.I like Kurkure.I like MaggiI’ve had plain bitter gourd juice.And beet root juice.And milk with turmeric and honey and black pepper.Nothing tastes worse than Hamdard Safi.I couldn’t swallow tablets till I was 13 yrs old.My sisters and I would fight like cats and dogs when we were younger.Our parents threatened to put us in hostels if we fought too much.My sister and I are polar opposites.I look half like my paternal aunt and half like my mom.As a kid I so badly wanted to have hand-me-downs.When I got one of my cousin’s old kurti, I wore it very proudly.I had a coat that costs $88. My sister and I would rattle that to anyone who complimented our coat.My mom would beg us to not embarrass her like that.I only realised later that it was show-off-ish.We banned boys from touching our LEGOs after some guests threw a few pieces into the heater.The house we lived in when I was 10 was haunted.You could hear people walking down the stairs even when everyone was in bed.You could also see colorless black figures walking around in the backyard at night, even if the back porch lights were on.We had neighbours who were lesbian.The house between theirs and our was home to a family of strict Christians.My 3 year old sister asked our lesbian neighbours’ daughter, “Did your dad died?”My mom didn’t know what Instagram is.I have a habit of checking ingredients before eating anything.I had a Christian classmate in 2nd grade who would jump on you if you said “Oh my god”I still haven’t figured out if they were a boy or a girl.I had another classmate who was scared of steam.My lowest grade is 20%I have twin cousins with the same birthday as I do.Writing about algebra is easier than writing about myself.I know a lot of useless things.I remember lots of useless incidents.I’ve never seen someone dying.I’ve seen a drunk woman pass out on the sidewalk.I own three watches.I don’t have an Aadhar Card yet.I’d like to have a library in my home.I was inches away from a female praying mantis today.I held 11 earthworm in my palm when I was 11 years old.I have very vivid dream where I actually feel everything happening.I sometimes have to wake up and tell myself that it was a dream and then put a line between reality and dreamt stuff.I can fall asleep in moving vehicles.I fall asleep in airplanes right after take-off and right before landing.I’ve sat on a plane the most times in my whole class.I went to swimming classes when I was four.I almost drowned when I was 10.A classmate saved me.I’m afraid of swimming now.But I also want to learn how to swim.I usually get more money as a gift on holidays than my siblings.I used to be scared of a made up creature called JammanI used to watch Barney, Noddy and Dora as a kid.I watched an episode of Dora so many time s when I was 4 that my parents still quote it!Every memory from before the age of 5 is from what my parents and grandparents have told me, as well as picture albums.When I’m bored in public, I take an old receipt from my mom’s purse and start folding it randomly. It makes old people think I’m very smart or something until they realise that I’m really just making random folds and creases!You have my permission to use that one.I love quilted jackets.I got very close to touching a wild rabbit.I’ve seen deer snacking on the roadside.I’ve sat on a camel.I’ve gone horse-riding.I attended exactly two Hapkido classes before we moved to India.I like raisins in chocolate.I love dark chocolate.I find white chocolate to be too sweet.Same for most Indian sweets.I love Rasmalai though.I also like Haldiram’s Soan Papdi.I like giving online exams.I like banana cake.I like garlic bread.My favourite fruit is mango.My least favourite is avocado.When I was 10, I had a trusty red jacket that I wore everywhere. It was a little small to me. Sort of like someone’s pink one.God, just a hundred more.I get mouth ulcers from Colgate.I have an ulcer in my throat right now.Don’t ask me how I’m surviving.I find the British Royal Family to be interesting.My favourite royal is The Duchess of Cambridge.Followed closely by The Duchess of Sussex, even if the Sussexes aren’t ‘royal’ anymore.I think the Cambridges are boring.I’d like to buy a tablet.I like wearing henna on my nails.I’m having classes from Monday in my new school.I know my classmates’ names but none of their faces.They’re weird.Like barely a few people have met each other before from previous schools and their shipping two random people already.I’m doing the IBDP.I’ve taken Math AI HL.And Visual Arts HL.And English HL.As well as BM SL.And ESS.And Spanish AB Initio.So maybe I can Spanish to my list of languages slowly?My school’s pretty big.My old school stole Rs.100 from us.This is crazy.Once I wrote 500 things about myself some time around last year and lost the whole list.I’m going crazy.My hair is half the volume it was in the US.My hair is getting a weird red-brown tinge to it.That’s probably from applying henna and eggs and yogurt almost every week.I’m living on about 6 pairs of clothes.Nearly everything in my house is packed.We’re gonna move as soon as the quarantine is over.I haven’t seen the house we’ll be living in in Hyderabad.My mom allowed me to wax my arms and face for the first time this Eid.My paternal grandmother told random people that I got State ranking when IGCSE doesn’t even give State rankings.My mom told those random people the truth…… And that my grandmother lied on purpose.I have a stash of chocolates I can’t eat ’cause of ulcers.I want to paint but my paints are all packed away.About 50 more to go…This is harder than I thought.The last time I wrote 500 things about myself I didn’t have to use fillers like the above two.I got an A* in IGCSE First Language English.… And an A in Second Language.Like I’m better at the complex stuff than at verbs and nouns.I like making random boards on Pinterest.I also use Canva frequentlyI just joined Twitter.To replace Quora.But nothing can replace Quora.I wish we could change font color on QuoraJust so that this list wouldn’t look like some student’s notes.The most satisfying feeling is flipping through an empty notebook.Next is flipping through one with all your own handwritten notes.I like brooming.I like kneading dough.Kneading dough helps with my neck problems.I like getting Quora notifications.I usually average 20 everyday.Today I had just three for some reason.I need new glasses.But it’s not safe to go out.Just 30 more.I have used the same blanket for the past 4 years.I’m in charge of the laundry during lockdown.I can’t eat oranges.Our room’s curtains are pink and white.I’d like to have black curtains some time in my life.I’ve gained weight.But I don’t know how much ’cause the weighing machine is packed.I hate ShrekI have a weird fear of The Magic School Bus.It’s… creepy.Hot glue never works for me.I have almost a thousand Salahs to make up.I have 19 fasts to make up.I’m supposed to be practicing for the SAT.I’m doing a course on Coursera.I cried this morning.I got new notebooks this morning.All my textbooks are in pdf form ’cause Covid-19.I like to study by spreading my books all around.That’s why I can’t study on a small deskAnd why I’d rather study on my bed.I’m still productive.Only seven more.This is crazy.I am crazy.The world is crazy right now.I’m using a graphic calculator stimulator for school work.I want the actual calculator but it’s too expensive for us to just buy it in the middle of a pandemic, moving, new school admissions, my grandmother’s fake sickness, etc.Just one more.Done.