Copycat thinking: the shortest path to success

Copycat Thinking

One mindset that I have applied since I started in the field of Digital Marketing and then MMO, is the "imitation" mindset. Sometimes, in order to keep the image, I often express it in a "learn and follow" way, but in fact, it is still imitation.

This thinking can be understood simply as follows:

Everything you are doing, has done, or will do has been done by someone else. You're never the first and it's hard to be the only one. Therefore, you don't necessarily have to invent or invent everything from scratch. No matter how much you try to be creative, chances are that someone else has come up with a better idea and executed it than you did. So, instead of tinkering from scratch, you can "imitate" the way others do it, then create more to improve, or if you can't create more, just do the same as they do.

This "learn and follow" mindset can really help you solve a lot of problems and can be applied in almost any situation:

• Banner Design: Need a Celebration Banner for Your Company Without Knowing Where to Start? Your company isn't the only one that needs a holiday banner. Look for examples of holiday banners from other companies and follow along.

• Advertising ideas: Are you looking for advertising ideas for your company's products? There are countless similar products in the world. Research how similar products are advertised and adopted or improved.

• Group Exploitation: Do you have a Mother and Baby Group but don't know how to exploit? You're not the only one who owns a group on this topic. Let's see how similar groups work and learn from them.

• Put Affiliate Link on Fanpage: Do you have an entertaining Fanpage but don't know how to set an Affiliate Link? Find similar entertainment Fanpages and observe how they do this.

• Build a Tiktok channel: Are you a hotgirl, worker, teacher, doctor, or anyone who wants to build a Tiktok channel but don't know where to start? Find similar Tiktok channels and learn from the style, content, equipment, and techniques they use.

• Make money from Tiktok: Do you have a Tiktok channel with followers and views but don't know how to make money? There are many similar channels that have been successful. Research how they make money and apply those methods.

• Write a resignation email: Don't know how to write a resignation email? There are a lot of people who quit their jobs every day. Search for resignation email templates and follow along.

• Plan a date: You don't know what to wear or say when you go out with your lover? You are not the only one facing this problem. Learn how others plan dates and learn from them.

In short, no matter who you are and what you want to do, there is no doubt that someone has done the same thing before you. Look for successful examples and "see what they do, I do it." If possible, be more creative to make things better (like Apple did). This article does not address copyright or ethical issues. We're talking about learning and applying, not stealing ideas.

Imitating those who have succeeded is an effective way to shorten your own path to success. Leave the big things to the big people, and you and I, focus on doing your job well.