I believe the two most important skills you can have are: persistence and adaptability. I change strategy a lot. But the Secret Writer project is self-functioning now and I don't have to do any outside outreach. The secrets just come to me, every day. This is all tied into reputation. And I try to pay the writers either on the same day or the next, so that is something I am very professional about. Reputation scores mean everything when trust is involved. If I didn't have a high rep score, no one would send me their very personal secrets. It all works together.
I am excited that I get to pay people every day for their secrets. It's sort of a weird dream come true...........