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Creating good content isn't as easy as people like to think, it takes thought and intelligence and an awareness of all the factors that make content stand out. In this piece we'll take a look at the topic of writing for the web and the best practice you should use. We'll think about what we'll do before, during and after producing and our content and learn how a few simple disciplines can help improve the work that we produce.
It's important to understand the factors that influence performance as without them, it's difficult to appreciate the various nuances that come together to make up the whole.
We need to give people readable content that they'll like; content that they might be inclined to share, content that they'll want to click on when they see it appear in the search results.
Understanding the reasons for these will help us.
It's pointless writing content that has a very limited audience or is devoid of aspects that'll make it noteworthy. We need to create content that seeks to inspire, excite, inform, encourage, create and motivate.
From a technology perspective, we need to make sure that our content will be favourable towards the search engine algorithms too so that it is returned for the keyword phrases and queries that we'd like to see it appear for in Google or Bing.
The performance of a page in search is often influenced by four categories of on-site factors, offsite factors, keyword and competitor research.
On-site factors relate to most of the things that happen on the web server which we or our team can control directly. Things like website structure and architecture (navigation, site speed, crawl-ability, content mark-up, page urls, domain name, hosting etc.)
Off-site factors relate to site authority — links citations and variety, and to a lesser degree social signals from social media. The more of these link signals that sites have, the better they tend to perform amongst competing sites in their respective query space.
Keyword research is a very an important part of the content creation process as we need to consider what it is that people search for and the volumes in which they do so. It's pointless writing a piece that has no keyword phrase or aspiration in mind. We need to think of our intended audience and give them what they need in a way that helps support our business aims and growth by looking at key phrases that have search volume.
Competitor Research is also vital in understanding our niche and what our competing brands and services are doing in the space.
The content that we write and the page URL's we create will be largely based on our product or service knowledge and what we learn in our research phase.
So, you are about to write or edit an amazing piece of content that you'll get 1000's of social shares, links back to the website and visitors that'll convert to sales.
What should you be doing, what kind of thinking mode do you need to have, in order to be the most effective that you can? We'll need to think about how others are doing things and ask how we can do it all better. We'll need to think about who it will be who helps float our content and take notes on what works and what doesn't. We'll need to source images and ensure that they are well optimised and fit for purpose and to help us, we'll need to use the search engine to find things out.
Whilst much of the initial keyword research may have already been undertaken, it's a very good idea to take a quick look at what it is you have been tasked to write about, as it will help solidify the need and give you a broader understanding of who's already succeeding and why.
Conduct a Twitter search and make note of who's tweeting in the space.
Consider the installation of chrome plugins like list builder and Klout to help build your Twitter network and to identify potential influencers in the space. Look at other tools like Peer Index and Kred too.
Use a tool like http://analytics.followthehashtag.com/ and take note of who's talking about your topic in that space, they could be great advocates post publish point.
If you have other tools that work for you, use those instead or in conjunction.
Look at LinkedIn and see if there are any stand out brands or people and take a note of who they are.
Check out Pinterest and Instagram, weigh up whether your content could cater to these audiences too.
Not every piece can, but if it's particularly visual, it might have a good home on Pinterest but if it's more about charts and numbers then perhaps not.
Use #hash tags to supplement any products or content you share. In the example of a gift ideas website selling wedding signs, then hash tag the image with #wedding #weddinggifts #weddingideas and related words.
The same applies for images or pages that you share on Twitter.
It's super important to get people onside and make them aware of what it is you do.
Don't assume it's as obvious as you think it is.
If you are producing excellent useful content then people who have interest in the space will want to share your stuff within their networks.
Set aside some time in identifying who these people are and follow them on social media just after you publish.
The best content pieces are a mix of text and imagery. Images are important to both content and search as they help break up big chunks of text and make a piece more visually attractive too. We've all heard the story of a picture and it painting 1000 words…
It's best to have original images but if you can't source one locally then use an image bank to find one. Be sure that your image is optimised for the web.
Keep it to a decent file size, optimise it for the web. Not everyone has superfast broadband and many of your visitors will be reading the content from a mobile device with a limited rendering or download speed. Keep these factors in mind with your use and selection.
When selecting your images think about the topic you are writing and aim for at least one or two directly related images that can be used to increase image content relevancy for your target phrase.
In addition to social media, Google image search is a great source of traffic. Name your images in ways that are likely to help in this regard. Using wedding-sign.png is infinitely better than image_43294.png.
You can of course source imagery from the web generally, but it's best to avoid this where possible.
If you do, then it's important to give attribution or to seek permission prior. Don't just take it.
Search your primary keyword phrase in Google and Bing; take a look at who is and what is ranking for the phrase and take notes:
Through looking at the SERP (search engine results page) we can gauge what it is that Google likes for the query set and what we will need to do to occupy the positions and raise our visibility.
We'll also show opportunities for sharing post production (bloggers, Tweeters, related communities)
We need to think about the type of content that we are creating and its intended audience. Until we've really looked at the former it's difficult to know exactly, what's the best way forward.
Sure, we can say that "I want to write a blog post" or "I want to write a press release" or "I want to create a guide" but to do so in the absence of exploring the keyword space first is folly. We need to look at what ranks, what gets shared and try and figure out why. This will help inform our decisions, and focus thought on what kinds of content will work best.
We can loosely categorise content in to a number of camps. I've put together a loose grouping of 6 which will give you some food for thought using a topic of gift signs to help illustrate the examples.
Blog type content — Conversational, topical, aimed at a specific aspect of what we do or personality/innovation/event/niche type thing. Content that has personality with a distinct user voice that encourages user engagement via comments or social sharing perhaps.
News type content — Some content is often newsy, directly informative, and not overtly sales like in tone — a piece announcing an acquisition or investment perhaps. Industry specific, breaking news type stuff
Core content piece — this will be product specific content. Highly targeted at a specific aspect of what we do or the product we have. This wedding signs page is one such top level example that we'd need to improve upon and create a new product item for perhaps, we'd expand upon what is being presented, look at creating a new search friendly URL and talk about the different wedding signs at hand.
Guide piece — A piece of content that adds context to the general proposition. What it is, what it does, how it works, what are its benefits. "10 Top Signs For Loved Ones" might be a good example for our sign company, giving inspiration for people looking to get a loved one a gift.
Infographic — Infographics are a great way of getting shares and creating conversations. They are a visual mix of data and text and when done correctly, can garner huge attention.
Maybe this gift company could look at sales and best sellers and see what the data is saying. Is there a story to be told? What kinds of words are people entering into their personalised signs section for example.
Thought leadership — Most people like direction and look up to authorities for guidance and leadership. This presents great opportunities in what is a fun feel good space. They might talk about ethical sourcing of materials perhaps, enviro friendly aspects of what they do for example and talk about lesser alternatives like plastics and less bio degradable products perhaps
It's of course critical that we know and understand our audience. Who it is we are seeking to communicate with and why. Sometimes, we might wish to talk to our Twitter audience. We know what they want and know what gets them excited. Other times, we might be reaching out to a different constituency, the general press, the trade, the creative community or simply prospective consumers.
If we know who were are targeting, we can better shape the delivery of what we say by using language and imagery that resonates.
So, what else could this gift sign company be doing?
How could we help them succeed?
Controversy — We could be getting a little guerrilla and shaking the tree of an established mind-set that we believe is no longer relevant and challenge otherwise accepted traditions of thought and doing things. We might create a little controversy and stimulate debate as a result.
Piggy Backing — We might be mindful of an upcoming industry event that we'll be looking to ride the coat tails of or draw awareness to our value add. A big craft fair, a regional exhibition perhaps, piggy backing anticipated search volumes, using prior knowledge or trend tools. We can use social media to use the awareness in the space, using hashtags on platforms like Instagram and Twitter.
News and Events Cycles — We might have knowledge of a general news cycle that again, we believe we can add to and perhaps occupy a news place in Google news through proactively creating content that'll be a good fit for lazy journalists.
By knowing who we are aiming at and adjusting our message to suit we can help increase the likelihood that our content will be well received; be it a blog or a guide or a new product or a news piece or some fantastic thought leadership white-paper; through thinking about who it is we are talking to we can better deliver on our goals.
It's a whole lot easier to get content to fly if you have a cunning plan.
Thinking about how you can leverage your network post content completion is vital to gain traction and momentum.
Have a mini brainstorm in the office "Guys and gals, I'm creating x y z, does anyone have anything to throw in to the mix?"
Marketing Hooks — what will be yours?
This is a great look at the topic which might fire a synapse or two.
We could possibly be looking to massage the ego of a well-known voice in the space, someone with an audience of their own who'll appreciate the recognition. Someone who has a high profile and who might be willing to talk about their purchase.
We might offer users the ability to tweet or Facebook or Instagram about their recent purchase at checkout perhaps, an easy click to share that enables for the image to be embedded within their social feeds and seen by their networks.
Any action that amplifies the content we create is worth considering. If it raises brand awareness and creates conversations about us and our products then it's worth doing.
Sometimes, we might need to edit an aged or out of date piece of content that gets lots of traffic already (or doesn't).
For pages with a lot of traffic, It's important that we don't make too many radical changes as if the page is performing well, then we wouldn't really want to change the page title or the headings too much as to do so could lose us a fair degree of traffic.
On the other hand. we might notice that there are some great opportunities to be had, especially for page that isn't performing at all, in which case some radical surgery might be required.
Generally, we should check the performance of the page we are seeking to edit using our analytics package. If the traffic is awful, then we have very little to lose and should edit to our hearts content using the knowledge we've acquired from our actions further up the page.
In cases where traffic is good we should go ahead with caution. We wouldn't want to unnecessarily edit a page URL for instance nor would we want to change a page title or core heading (date related aspects excepted)
There may often be cases where traffic is good and engagement is poor. In most cases the reasons should be obvious, in which case edit away and add value.
We might want to add some value (images/rich media/new data) or make subtle edits to copy. In most cases these shouldn't present many, if any difficulties.
If we change a page URL then we of course need to put in a specific redirect so that the engines and crawlers know the new location. Talk to the tech team or SEO around the need for a 301 redirect.
Having established what it is we are writing, it's important that our content piece has a clear page structure with a good mix of related keywords and phrases with our core keyword phrase at the centre of it all.
We've thought about layout, message and flow, we've sourced our images and have named them appropriately and optimised them for use on the web and we are ready to put it all together.
Evidence shows that pages that do well in search engines share a number of key characteristics.
The page <title> is the most important part of the page. It is the part of the content that will appear in the SERP's and is used by the search engines as a primary means of establishing what the content is likely to be about.
Getting back to the gift sign company example, if we were creating a content piece that was to target the phrase "Handmade Wedding Signs" then we'd look to make sure that those words were present in our title. Of course, a page title that just said "Handmade Wedding Signs" would look exceedingly bland and would miss out on other opportunities to draw the click and to speak to humans, so we'd look at how we could make that work.
Our keyword and competitor research would have already established that competing pages have various characteristics that we can use too.
For a core content piece we might use the page title of "Buy Quality Handmade Weddings Signs, Environmentally Sourced" which would of course be better than "Handmade Wedding Signs" alone.
For a blog piece we might get a little more conversational and say "5 Little Known Rules for Creating the Perfect Handmade Sign"
People also love "How to's" and "What" type queries. "How Can I Make the Perfect Custom Sign for less than £20?" or combined "How Can I Make the Perfect Custom Sign for less than £20 — What should I look For"
The variations above would also have a secondary benefit in that they'd target additional search phrases with search volume and use language that relates to what they do.
"Wedding Signs", "Custom Signs" search query aspirations would all be assisted by the page title "Where Can I Find A Custom Wedding Sign Online — What should I look For?"
The sky is the limit and ultimately it's bound by your creativity. The central message is that you of course need to include the primary phrase within your page title (as near to the start of the sentence as makes sense) and talk to humans at the same time gaining their attention and getting that all important click.
Try to keep your page titles sub 60 characters in length as Google typically shows just the first 60 or so characters; anything longer than this is truncated. This doesn't mean that you can't use titles that are longer but be sure to have your most important messaging and keywords within this limit.
The <Meta name="description"> tag is important as it is used by Google and Bing to surface a snippet of content in their SERP's. It sits in the code section of a HTML page.
Meta descriptions are a great opportunity whereby you can reinforce your message and add extra content and calls to action for the page that you are trying to attract that all important click from.
You should seek to add effective context with words that are related to the query space in a way that also talks to human beings.
Meta descriptions should be around 160 characters most but can be longer. Anything over 160 is truncated and will not be displayed.
Be sure to think about how you'd like your message to appear in the SERP's and be mindful that the meta description will often be the search engines first port of call when adding supplemental information about a page.
Similar to books, good web pages have good structure and are headed up by relevant headings and subheadings.
HTML hierarchy dictates that headings are number 1–6 typically with <h1> being the largest and most important.
Heading tags are an opportunity to arrange your content in a way that is logical and readable to your user. They'll help break up the content and make sense of what it is you are communicating.
The <h1> tag should be the first heading on the page and should only appear once. Typically, it often closely mirrors the page <title> which when you think of it, makes sense from a user readability perspective.
Additional subheadings <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> should be used throughout the document as appropriate, in a clear hierarchy.
Note: You don't have to use all of those headings. Pages rank well in absence of H1's or through a mix of different headings to0. Structures like H1, H2, H3, H3,H3 H4, H2, H2, H2 are often used too and don't appear to negatively impact performance to a large extent. The takeaway is, that logical structured headings are a good habit to get in to and help signify important aspects of the document or places within it.
5 Do's and don'ts for headings and subheadings
Writing Content Copy
When writing your copy, try to ensure that you make mention of your primary target phrase in the first or second sentence that you use. Make it stand out so the reader recognises the core message early into the piece consider the use of or tags where appropriate.
Search engines are relatively dumb so we need to give them as many clues as we can. Page titles, Meta descriptions, headings and content mark-up are ways in which we can do this.
That said, they are getting smarter so we need to be mindful that we don't overdo things and resist the urge to keyword stuff. Keyword stuffing will damage our ability to rank and switch our readers off so it's important to bear that in mind and not overdo the keyword phrase thing!
When writing, we should look to use related phrases and words where we can. We want to be on the lookout for easy related ranking opportunities and send out that strong message that our content is thematically related to our niche and contains strong word correlations throughout.
Our ultimate aim site wide is to be recognised as THE authority on our topic so through using words that have semantic relationships we help ourselves achieve this. Antonyms, synonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms will all help, use them with gusto!
The most important factor of course is to write for humans.
We can have the most amazing rankings in the world, but if our content reads like crap and people hit and run or fail to engage then we will fall at the first hurdle and will see our rankings go backwards.
6 Do's and Don'ts for Content Copy
Internal Linking Reinforcement
One of the ways in which we can help ourselves is to continually reference our most important content pieces. We can do this by linking to such pieces as we create new content. If we are writing about topic x y or z and happen to use the term gift signs, then it makes sense to hyperlink that phrase and point it to the page that we would like to rank.
Less is often more of course, so we don't want to overdo things. Who wants to read a document of a zillion hyperlinks!? If it makes sense, then do it. If you look back over your finished article and see some way of weaving in an internal link opportunity then do so.
Variance of Your Anchor Texts
Try to add some variance to your internal links too. A page that targets birthday signs would also benefit from being linked to with variations of anchor text (the words contained in the hyperlink).
So, if we used the term birthday in our piece, then we might hyperlink that to our birthday signs page.
The same would apply for related variants. Birthday | signs | plaques | gifts etc.
External Link Building
Links are the glue of the internet, without them we'd all be a little lost. When creating your content, you'll often link out to other sites and partners.
General rules of thumb are:
Using Images to Break up Your Copy
You may have already sourced your images in your research phase. If you have then great just be sure that they address the following and ensure that:
Sources are referenced where external or unpaid for and that permission has been sought
They are optimised for fast loading times (where the platform doesn't do so automatically perhaps)
They use solid naming conventions with references to keywords where appropriate separated by hyphens.
Through using well named imagery that's related to the content and theme, that's well named and engaging we can help improve performance in Google image search and raise our profile and traffic.
SEO your Page URLs
The page URL (web address) is an important element of search performance.
We should look to make sure that our page URL's contain our target keywords and or variants.
URL's have no limitation in length, but it's sensible to keep them relatively short and punchy as they are often displayed in the SERPs. Page URL's will be truncated if too long so try to limit them to 100 characters max. It doesn't matter if you overstep this limit, but be mindful that any characters after will not be seen.
Some CMS's like WordPress create our URLs on the fly, taking the page title or heading of the content piece.
The WordPress CMS presents us with an opportunity to edit our URLs.
Where appropriate, we should apply similar thinking to that of our page title selection looking for variance opportunities where they present themselves.
Google News — There is discussion within the tech team for content that is newsworthy or aimed at a specific news element to be tagged or identified as a news piece.
Where this occurs, it's important to ensure that a 6 figure number is appended to the end of the URL. Failure to do so, will mean that the piece will unlikely be included within Google news.
Blog and SEO Tagging and Topics
WordPress gives us the option to tag our content and file it under various headings. Try and categorise your content in to 4 or 5 relevant camps if possible. Most CMS's allow for this, so use it if it exists.
Through doing so, we create content diversity for a variety of singular topics and increase the likelihood of ranking for a variety of related terms.
After You've Completed Your Content
So, you've created your content and have spell checked the hell out of it and ran it by a colleague for sanity checks. Woot! Well done, what next?
In our pre writing phase above, we looked at the various social media opportunities and took notes around who was talking in the space.
It's a good idea to have a post publish process that makes the most of what you learnt in your research phase and try to build up a head of steam.
Fledgling content will not fly alone, it needs the help of friends and colleagues to gain wings and help it grow.
The following list of bullet points will help your content get eyeballs and create additional impetus.
It only really applies to blog posts or special reports/white papers , guides and news items so bear this in mind before you do. Don't use it for boring old product pages, unless they are super awesome or innovative perhaps
Rinse, refine, and repeat.
Ok, so you have your web domain. It's hosted on a fast platform and you have a cool funky site, great! Now what? These SEO Tips will help you with your focus.
The Google of today looks at many aspects of a domain when deciding how to rank it.
Make sure that your content loads fast and use a tool to assess this. If it isn't, then make it so, through on page changes and solid hosting.
Make sure that your content renders across devices in ways that users will find useful and useable. Use the mobile friendly page tester to ensure that your site meets the requirements. Strongly consider looking at an AMP (accelerated mobile page) version of your site and seize the opportunities that this presents.
In addition to page speed and user experience, being relevant to the query is the biggest factor in its decisions I could get super granular and break it down further but confusion isn't the aim.
Well duh, who'd have thought that people will actually want to see stuff that's related to what they searched for! So how does it all work?
In short, you could break it down in to two distinct camps. What you show on the page and what happens off the page.
When you create a piece of content that you are looking to rank in Google or Bing, you should (in most cases) be in the habit of researching your subject and ensuring that you have an audience that actually searches for what it is you are about to write. You should do this via keyword research, using a tool like Google Adword's keyword planner. You can get an idea for what it is that people search for, in what volume and where, along with related phrases that you can weave in to your copy.
Keyword volumes are a handy way of gauging the potential traffic you'll receive and enable you to make better investment decisions around the products you are looking to sell or the ideas you are looking to promote. They are the corner-stone to success, as without them, you are shooting at fish in a pond in the dark, and why would you want to do that?
You also need to gauge the likelihood of success – To quote an extreme example, there's little point in being Joe Bloggs the insurance agent on main street and seriously expecting to be able to rank for 'car insurance' simply because the level of competition for such phrases is insane and is targeted by multi nationals with weekly budgets larger than the probably value of your entire business. So take a considered view on what it is you aspire to and be creative in how you are going to target it.
You might have a particular angle for your locality perhaps and you might well have enough local understanding of issues and the landscape to get your content picked up by local news outlets or shared on social media which may then appear in Google in related tweets.
Look at people who you consider to be the competition in your space, see what they rank for, look at the type of content they create, note who shares it, take notes and emulate the best aspects of their strategy, dig deep and see what applies to you.
The code that outputs your pages is often referred to as mark up – mark up encompasses a multitude of html tags that are interpreted by the browser to display your content and informs the way in which Google and Bing and other properties may output their search results.
If we think of document relevancy and how search engines decide what is and what isn't relevant we find that some html tags have more weight than others and that the placement and incidences of words throughout them can have a substantial bearing on how relevancy is interpreted.
In the <head> of your documents. ensure that your page contain your aspired to key phrases and ensure that yourdo the same.
In the <body> of your content use <h#> headings to head up your copy with headings that work closely with your target key phrase aspirations and ensure that what you write in your copy also contains mentions of your target phrase, along with semantic variants where possible. Write naturally, don't force it, and don't 'keyword mention' spam.
Some folk will talk of italicizing certain words, or bolding certain phrases. Others talk of using different font sizes to tell the search engines that some words are more important than others. Like most things, there are sensible things you should do and things that you shouldn't. If it feels right to play with font sizes to make things stand out, then do so, but don't expect any direct search benefit as a result.
If you look at how many standard content pieces are written, you'll pretty much see that most ranking documents use a wide range of methods for displaying what they say. Don't waste your time trying to reverse engineer some secret sauce, because it doesn't exist. Just write for your users and pepper your content with a liberal dose of words that make sense to your reader, reinforcing the core of what it is all about.
You can read more about how to position your page content here, from Google itself.
Make sure that the urls you create contain your target key phrases – this might be achieved via /filename-with-keyword-phrase-alone.html or use a directory type /key-phrase/related-branch.html approach. It doesn't really matter which, but it's important that you use one or the other as to not include the core aspect of your target phrase may well hamper your ability to rank for your aspiration.
Through using keyword rich URL's you not only give your users a good indication what the page is about should the link be shared in an email, but you may also increase the incidence of keyword diversity when such links are shared as urls.
Use hyphens as a separator, not underscores, partly because that's what Google used to advise (some Googlers say it doesn't matter anymore) but also because if shared as hyper links, the underscores can be missed and can create confusion in type in scenarios, whereas hyphens are clear and unambiguous.
They also appear in the search engine results page and act as a re-enforcement in the users mind when submitting their query. Google often emboldens words that match the query, so it's a good thing to do.
Make sure that your users will have some insight in to the pages that they are clicking through to.
Don't use words like product 1 or service 2, be specific, in your menus and site navigation be sure to think about the types of things that users search for and inject these into your structures.
Use solid tried and tested practices that users like and reinforce these throughout.
Consider the use of bread crumb trails to enable the user to see where they are in their journey and reinforce the message to both people who read it and the bots that will spider and index your content.
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Is infinitely better than nothing or something that was devoid of links or product/service mentions. Shows your users where they are, adding context and meaning.
Similar to using target key phrases in your URLs, you should also consider how you use and name imagery or files within your content. An image named image1.gif isn't very useful to bots or people, whereas descriptive-file-name.gif is. This will increase the likelihood of your images appearing in image search and may also have a direct ranking benefit too.
Images should also contain descriptive alt attributes and it certainly doesn't hurt to use the title attribute too. Be sure to be sensible avoiding the urge to be spammy or ridiculous.
For the more technically adept there's of course a whole host of other considerations to be had too which will enhance how your content appears across search and other platforms.
Ever wonder how some results in the SERP (search engine results page) have stand out extra graphical elements? These are commonly referred to as rich snippets. Here's an example of them in action.
Rich snippets are pieces of code that often generate enhanced search displays, making your content more visible to your target audience. They do this through the use of structured data standard called schema.org microdata. There are a range of different types:
To quote one example, "events" are often seen in the SERPs, and they might look a little like this
We can produce an example of a fictional event, showing both the markup and the visual representation.
The guys at verve search have an excellent run down of the considerations involved so do check out their post.
Ever noticed how some tweets seem to have an image associated with a shared link?
That's twitter cards in action and it's a very simple addition to do.
We can see how it works with this page here – when the page is shared on Twitter, it receives an enhanced preview.
The code that makes that happen can be viewed below
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Plan your travels from Bayeux France to La Rochelle France" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@distantias" />
<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@distantias" />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/94269660.jpg" />
You can read more about adding Twitter cards here.
We've all shared content on Facebook and seen the previews created as we do. The cool thing is, you can actually control how your message is presented and display a custom image to fit.
The code that makes it happen is this.
<meta property="og:title" content= "Journey Planning From Bayeux France to La Rochelle France "/>
<meta property="og:description" content="Plan your travels from Bayeux France to La Rochelle France Create friendships, Earn points , Book Hotels and more"/>
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Distantias" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/94269660.jpg">
<meta property="og:image:type" content="image/png">
<meta property="og:image:width" content="100″>
<meta property="og:image:height" content="70″>
<meta property="go:image:height" content="70″>
When shared on Facebook, this produces this.
Some companies target international audiences. You can use hreflang to target different geolocations and languages.
The implementation is too lengthy to go into detail here, but if you'd like to know more than you can read all about it here or hit me up and I'll walk you through it.
So, in the previous part we took a quick look at various on-site or on-page factors that help influence ranking and page performance, this being just one part of being "relevant to the query".
In this part, we are going to look at the off page factors and talk about how things work and what you can do to influence your domain in the best most effective way.
As previously discussed, Google use a variety of signals to determine relevancy.
In addition to what they say on the page, websites can boost their perceived importance and score through obtaining citations from across the web from other websites through using a variety of anchor texts (the text used in a link to reference other pages on the web).
The facts of life are that for many queries, in terms of the content contained within the pages that discuss them, there is often more than one relevant useful page for a query. So, when faced with this predicament, the algorithm uses external citations (effectively votes ) in an attempt to sort it all out and decide who should be shown and who should not.
The idea being, that if a page has more links to it around a topic and those pages are adjudged to be authoritative on the topic, then that's a good signal to use when sorting any wheat from the chaff.
So, this begs the question of what IS an authoritative page and how should you get them to talk about you?
In the old days, people would talk of the concept of PageRank. PageRank was once a a publicly accessible metric displayed by google in its toolbar. Various tools used this number to assess link acquisition worthiness. It was a useful, easy to understand metric.
Google eventually took this number away from the public domain, mainly because it was no longer necessary for public relations purposes and it was used and abused by people seeking to influence its algorithm.
The breach was filled by companies like, MajesticSEO and SEOMoz who effectively reverse engineered aspects of how they believed PageRank may have been calculated and so, developed scoring systems of their own. Domain authority for Moz and Trust and Citation Flow for MajesticSEO to use similar principles to that of PageRank. Not prefect and devoid of other factors used for ranking, but an indicator nonetheless and, in the world of understanding the machinations of black box technology – they are therefore, useful.
You should have already identified a handful of competitors and gained an understanding of what they rank for, what they write about and generally assessed their abilities via some kind of SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) These would have helped inform your content production decisions and given you a pretty good idea of the kinds of things you need to be doing onsite.
Additionally, they should also have informed you on some of the other reasons why they were succeeding via an analysis of the linking domains to their website.
This post from Koozai looks at the variety of tools that exist that help you to do this and there are many of them. SEMRush is my current favourite as it's highly flexible, and gives you a lot of insight that is actionable in simple easy to understand ways.
So you've done your analysis and you have a hatful of linking opportunities.
If you are thinking of emulating link profiles (think mixed competitor mashup) then you'll need to asses the likelihood of obtaining those links and ask yourself a few hard questions.
Will they link to you? Are they a direct competitor perhaps? Why should they link to you? What value do you offer to their readership, what's in it for them?
If you think about those questions first, you'll be better placed to succeed in your request.
If you are thinking of emulating ideas, then look at how successful those ideas were and do some leg work in investigating why. Use tools like BuzzSumo to evaluate those social shares and take note of who shared and why.
Don't go in cold, take the time to build a relationship.
If they are a blogger, then read about them, find out what motivates them, look at how they write and what they write about. Follow them on social media perhaps, engage with them a few times, retweet their stuff. After a period of time, send them a little email or if you are great on a phone, pick up a phone and talk to them.
Talk about how you can help them, think about how you can help them, in fact make that your focus. If you do that (genuinely) then they'll be far more receptive and you won't have to work that hard to get them to like you and talk about you.
If they are operating in the same business sphere as you, then think about partnerships. Talk to them about how you can help each other, focus on the mutually beneficial aspects of the web and your brand and your products and use these to make your case.
If they are a community like a forum, then take the time to contribute, but do so in a way that adds value.
Don't just send out a boiler plate shitty email, saying your site is great, here is my link, please link to me. That's lame of course, but don't think that by tarting it up with sophisticated language that it'll be any less so.
Don't pick up the phone and call cold and tell them the benefits of how linking to you can help them.
Don't go on forums or other places related to your niche and spam the hell out of them. It'll bite you on your bum if you do. Don't just expect to be able to rock up and leave your deposit on someones manicured lawn.
There's many things that influence ranking, and it's often an ever shifting thing that you need to watch and refine. You should ensure that you look at your site analytics and webmaster tools daily and keep up to speed with change and innovation in your space. Failure to do so, could cause all manner of downsides for your business, a lot of which can be avoided through regular assessment. I hope this has given food for thought and is of use to you!
A raindrop of light seen through a prism, creates an allusion of sweetest precision.
Its soft light warms, magnetic its glow, pulsing and changing its path and its flow.
Ticking away in the back of a mind, slow metronomic, gaps filled with kind.
Gaps of great space timeless in motion, filled with the atoms of life's sweet devotions.
A way to connect to the best in existence, that which sustains and takes us the distance.
A life touched by love, support and persistence must surely but be, the pièce de résistance.
Yet glaciers move so slow and so steady, their path the behest of some large global eddy, shifting out others along on their way, eventually fading unable to stay.
Melted back in to the big ocean crowd, drawn out by sun, forming wandering cloud. Destined to fall on the earth way below for the cycle of life to continue and grow.
A raindrop of light seen through a prism, creates an allusion of sweetest decision.
I wrote this a while back , it's an observation of a south coast beach – Some might say that poems aren't meant to be de-constructed, they might be right too. My view is that it can be fun and worth the meander. A bit like weird paintings that don't appear to make much sense. When you try to figure out what they are about, it can lead to all sorts of mini awakenings and in some cases, inspiration even. What comes from us it might be argued is a part of us all, a part that we all see in one shape or other but fail to translate or even notice.
In any case, for those who care, I'll go through this one and share a thought and an interpretation or two. I've also changed verse 2 as it makes more sequential sense this way.
Waves are curling and bending like falling titans slain by the trident of Poseidon pulling them back as they flee the tyranny of the sea.
The shoreline hisses at the slaying of its foe, shattered into a million beads of defeated evaporated power, retreating in disdain at the loss of its prize.
The vanquished drops retreat back down, bubbling frothing angry sounds, rushing back to join the masses, railing forth to make more splashes.
Yet Poseidon there will always lay, ready to fight, to catch, to slay, the sea with all its swell and might, kept at bay throughout the night.
The great thing about poetry is that it can be many things to many people.
Whilst my interpretation maybe that it's about what i think, the great thing is that it doesn't have to be that way for everyone else. I don't own how you see things, no one does, isn't that the beauty of art in that it frees us to see what we want? We can all take our personal lens and adjust it to our viewpoint. To me, this poem is about a lot of things really; black and white, friend and foe, solid versus the fluid, permanence versus the ever changing. The sea in a constant state of flux, constantly swirling and pushing whilst in our time at least, the land remains relatively steadfast, there, non shifting, holding firm, pushing back.
When you think of a wave and watch it in action, especially those with a bit of attitude, you can conjure up all sorts of metaphors. I liked the Poseidon one as it represents the sea's mastery over its very essence. I painted the waves as escapees making their desperate dash for the land. Poseidon of course is the main man and flattens the waves at escape point. Unseen of course, he is a supercharged kick arse sea god with a huge shift yo ass fork after all!
If you've been to a beach with lots of shale, you'll recognise the hiss and bubbling of the water as it sweeps back through the millions of stones that form the shoreline. In the second verse, you may have noticed that I turned it around a little suggesting that the shore itself defeated the waves, forcing them back, standing firm as the wave crashes, resisting its force and absorbing its power. The waves are a naturally a little pissed, surprised even, originally seeing the land as a friend in verse 1, a view not shared by their repellent in verse 2.
In verse 2 I was unsure whether to use the word "power" or "powder". Powder is a better descriptive, but doesn't do justice to the essence itself, which when viewed in the context of the sea at the time was very powerful indeed. The word powder is potentially relevant because the foam spray produced ,could be likened to that of what happens to a bag of flour when dropped. It explodes into a cloud of whiteness before dissipating back to a more settled form.
The retreat of the water, reminded me of a dog running away with it's tail between its legs having tried it on with something a little larger than itself and finding itself on the receiving end of a metaphorical slap! Think of a pack of Hyenas even, going after a carcass only to be swatted away by a pride of hungry lions. The key thing being the skulk, the retreat, the low rumbling growl of suffering suckertash Sylvester of Looney tunes fame, bested once more by something a little more powerful than himself. For me, this is the essence of what the latter half of verse 2 and 3 are about, audacity and defeat.
The final verse is what I touched upon at the start, it's about the permanence of both. Poseidon here,is no longer at odds with the land he was never really trying to retain the waves at all. In this context he is a guardian of the land, working in the interests of the land to prevent the waves from over running things. He maintains order 24/7, solid as a rock batting the upstarts back out to sea.
What do you think? What does it mean to you? What are your favourite poems and what do they mean and why. I don't expect you to answer, just go away and think about it. Take a little time out to reflect and say hmmn.
Breezes sail on summer seas, drift across the glades with ease
Poppies sway as milked by bees, looked on down by big oak trees
Meadow scent that drives the birds, across the plains above great herds
Over rivers, across small dales, past laughing kids and wagging tails
Invisibly sailing up and down, taking leaves from off the ground
Picking up pace or going slow, swirling around bright streets below
Powered by sun and tidal spree, fanned by waves we cannot see
Waiting for night to quieten down, the breeze no more we all sleep sound
Writing this morn seems kinda tough, the keyboard taps are not enough
Write a line and start a new, backspace, delete, review review
Mental block no inspiration, lack of vision, unknown causation
Trying hard to find a verve, to find a point of textual swerve
Words that'll speak of stuff unsaid, painting pictures in ones head
Creating joins from line to line, joins with flow, not asinine
Making sense in simple steps, no point trying to perplex
Words right now of absence be, put on screen for all to see
Eyes of chocolate full of light
Signals pulse all deep and bright
Locks that bounce all soft and flowing
Sensuous looks of absence knowing
Heart of pause of trips unknown
Removing layers encased in stone
I've been reading a very cool book by Alain De Botton. It's called How Proust Can Change Your Life
For those of you who don't know, Marcel Proust was a French essayist and novelist who was well known for In Search of Lost Time
a literary effort of considerable length and critical acclaim. One of the things you'll find when reading Proust is how he could extend things out and get extremely granular and nuanced, addressing things that are usually unsaid or unnoticed.There's definitely something cool in that, as perception and interpretation can often lead us down a multitude of paths; most of which tend to double back on themselves or cross over.
In any case, it isn't for me to critique or comment too extensively upon the dude as my only real reference point is that of what De Botton uncovered and presented in his condensed view on the man and his work and life.In the book , De Botton referenced how he wrote 30 pages on the problem of being unable to sleep one night. Apparently, the piece went up and down and around and about and in and out with little real outcome. People of his time, remarked around how what he had said, could have been condensed into words like "I can't sleep, hrrrumph".
So in semi Proustian style I'm going to write about the crashing of a wave. Don't worry, I'm not going to go into 6000 words or a 20ft long blog, just a simple little piece that tries to inject a little elongation, a little romanticism, a little evocation, something simple, everlasting, powerful, cyclilic, natural etc.
The idea was borne of a tweet whilst sitting on a beach – a tweet for those unfamilair is 140 characters long and resides on the micro blogging platform twitter.
Waves are curling & bending like falling titans slain by the trident of Poseidon pulling them back as they flee the tyranny of the sea
It occured to me that Proust would have been absolutely awful at twitter, as brevity it would seem was not his bag. The above was my mickey take at what might have been his effort on the observation of a wave hitting the shoreline. A simple, yet amazing thing that we've all sat and started and wondered about, so without further ado, here it is.
Proustian Shoreline Waves
Waves are curling and bending like falling titans slain by the trident of Poseidon pulling them back as they flee the tyranny of the sea.
The shoreline hisses at the slaying of its foe, retreating in disdain at the loss of its prize, shattered into a million beads of defeated evaporated power
The vanquished drops retreat back down, bubbling frothing angry sounds, rushing back to join the masses, railing forth to make more splashes
Yet Poseidon there will always lay, ready to fight, to catch, to slay, the sea with all its swell and might, kept at bay throughout the night.
I'm working from home today, it's nice to get up late and doddle around, sitting in ones shorts, drinking coffee, not having to have faced the grind of going on the train and messing around w/ parking and walking about.
Actually, as a result I tend to get a whole lot more done too (when I'm not blogging that is) . It isnt for everyone though, some people are that disciplined, some people might just lol around all day doing nish, needing the office or work environment to get on and do what they do.
Just looked at the weather and it looks like its going to rain again this weekend, so any aspirations to cycle from Hitchin to Borehamwood I may have had are out of the window.
Lately, In an effort to alleviate my boredom Ive been playing around on seesmic, a cool little threaded video conversation thing. If you aren't camera shy its worth checking out.
Has anyone seen that film Jumped or Jump? Some kind of time travel thingy. I might check that out The film perfume is meant to be good too, so I might hop into the motor and go to blockbuster.
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A Few of My Favorite Things: 2014 Edition~
A Few of my 2014 Favorite Things
Hello Lovelies!
Today I'm excited to share a few of my current favorite items. I always love it when people give me recommendations on their favorite products, and I hope that you do too!
So without further ado....and in no particular order....some of my current favorites:
Barr Co. Lotion
My kids gave me some of this lotion for Christmas. First time I'd ever tried it and I'm in love!! The scent they chose was Fir Grapefruit. Seemed odd to me when I read the name, but the smell is divine. Citrus-y with a touch of pine. And the lotion is thick and creamy. Lovely. They bought it at a local boutique, but I know it is also available at Anthro.
So much more after the break...
Fresh Sparkling Snow Scented products from Bath and Body Works
Another Christmas gift I received this year was the foaming hand soap in the Fresh Sparkling Snow Scent. I adore it! I know it's currently for sale on line...I'm thinking I'll need to buy more!
Yankee Candles
When we lived in Massachusetts, we were just a few miles away from the Yankee Candle Factory and Flagship store. I fell in love with their candles then and I was thrilled to find them at Target!
Seventh Generation Hand Soap
Another Target product I love....Seventh Generation Hand Soap. So when I was contacted and asked if I'd like to review some, I jumped at the chance! They sent me this cute little basket with a few other goodies in it as well...but I would have been more than happy with just the soap...especially in this wonderful Mandarin Orange citrus scent. (I LOVE pretty much anything citrus-y)
Rope Orb Pendant from Restoration Hardware Baby & Child
I've been in love with this handsome light fixture since the moment I spied it in one of the RH catalogs. It is on my must-have list for the boys' bedroom.
Sugar Paper Collection at Target
I was so excited when Target starting carrying the Sugar Paper line. I have the 2014 wall calendar, and it is so cute with nice big squares to write everything in! I was contacted about the new 2015 products that Sugar Paper is featuring at Target this year...and was thrilled when they sent me a few planners! They are seriously some of my favorite. I ran to my local Target a few days ago and was sad to see that the wall calendars are already sold out! I guess everyone else loves them too!
Kiki and Polly Art on Etsy
I basically love everything in this shop. I've got a list of the prints I'm going to order for Hydeaway Cottage. Enough said.
Color Static Rug from Land of Nod
This rug is adorable! I just received one from Land of Nod and it will be playing a featured role in the Princess' bedroom. I love to go in there and walk on it...it's so thick and comfy...and I LOVE the colors!
The Wet Brush
Seriously people...this brush changed my life. The Princess has some of the thickest hair ever known to mankind. And I'm not exaggerating. Not only is it thick...it's naturally curly. Brushing it has always been a nightmare. Then I was at the beauty supply store with my hair dresser bestie, and she was purchasing a Wet Brush. I thought I might as well try it. It's been amazing. With either wet or dry hair, the tangles come out so much easier. I can't recommend it enough!
I received product from Seventh Generation, Sugar Paper and Land of Nod for review. However, the opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine. I do not endorse any products that I don't truly love and use!

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The UC College of Medicine, founded in 1819 by medical pioneer Daniel Drake, MD, is one of the oldest medical schools in the nation.
From graduate degrees to continuing education, the college offers a broad spectrum of educational opportunities.
The UC College of Medicine is continuing its upward path in cutting-edge research to enhance discovery sciences and facilitate translation of these discoveries to improve health and clinical care while recruiting new faculty. The new undergraduate program fosters scientific curiosity and investigation for our students. We are creating an environment of advanced clinical care that surpasses any in the region.
The College of Medicine features 26 academic departments, offering clinical, education and research opportunities.
The UC Cancer Center focuses on disease-based centers of excellence to offer a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care, education and research.
The UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute provides advanced evidence-based treatment and active research of complex neurological conditions.
The UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute builds upon its nationally known cardiovascular diseases discoveries to make significant contributions to research, education and patient care.
The Center for Integrative Health and Wellness promotes the value of treating the whole person and works to provide evidence-based wellness initiatives across the Academic Health Center and into the community through education, research and clinical care.
Hoxworth Blood Center was founded in 1938 and serves over 30 hospitals and medical facilities in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Hoxworth Blood Center also is a leader in the coordination of research projects developed for the advancement of transfusion medicine, including clinical trials for transfusion medicine-related products.
The College of Medicine has identified four institutes in which we have outstanding quality, a track record of success, opportunities for funding and ability to advance translational research and deliver high-quality personalized care.
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is known for its strong educational programs. From medical degrees to summer research programs, the College of Medicine offers some of the most innovative and captivating science and research opportunities in the nation.
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100 oz Engelhard Silver Bar
Engelhard silver bars remain popular despite not having been manufactured since the late 1980s. As they are not readily available they are popular with collectors and investors alike.
The Engelhard name has provided high quality Silver to people all over the world for over 100 years. Engelhard Silver is highly coveted with the Engelhard name synonymous with quality.
Most Engelhard 100 oz silver bars are extruded (maybe 20% are poured). All extruded Engelhard silver bars measure the same; poured Engelhard silver bars can vary a little in dimensions.
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It sits on our front porch and rocks gently in the breeze. As though it has always been here – as though a long lost friend has come home.
Tony's mom and brother came to help with the move – they rolled up sleeves and bent backs to load and clean. They came to walk us through those first few days when I stood overwhelmed in a kitchen larger than I had ever had before.
I mean, seriously…what is supposed to go in all those drawers?
I know the dangers and it crosses my mind every once in a while when I curl up on the cushion and pull my legs in close. I'm aware of my neighbours and the dealings that some of them deal and I know that guns could be involved at any moment…but I also know that there is nothing more soothing that a slow rock in the sunlight while the birds are singing and a little boy runs his trucks through the flower bed just below.
But his mom, she brings this chair and my only memory of it was of those dark days when we drove away from Canada. When we found refuge in her home in those transition days and Tony would build up that fire and I would curl up in that chair and rock in the firelight with my bible open but unread in my lap.
And I think it was in the evening, when we were all exhausted but not ready to go to bed that she shared with me the story of the chair…
Over 40 years ago now, there was a boy and girl who fell madly in love and married faster than anyone could blink – and this groom? He found a perfect little spot for them to make a home in the middle of a not-so-great part in downtown Portland.
He brought his bride there the night of their wedding and in the rain and the mud their car got stuck and there they sat until a police officer showed up and offered them help.
He also offered some wisdom to this starry-eyed couple…
He told them to leave – to find a home in a safer part of town.
But this groom? He told this officer that *this* was going to be their home – that they were going to love Jesus and their neighbours here. That that this was part of their ministry.
And so they stayed.
So did this chair. It sat out in front of their home and rocked in rainy Portland nights and traveled through many miles to each home that they would settle in.
This chair…it's more than a place to rest. It's a testimony of sorts – that loving doesn't mean just loving the people most like you. It means loving all the people around you.
It's a reminder that failure and brokenness and sin don't have the last word – Jesus does.
This chair sits out on my front porch, not just because it looks right and perfect there, but because my heart needs to be reminded that when he died…no matter how he died…his dad passed the baton of faith on. And we are taking our turn in the race, running with Christ as our goal.


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I agree that neither MIB or Jacob are good or evil, but their game is to prove a point about humanity. Jacob feels humans are inherently good, while MIB feels we are weak and will do whatever it takes to survive.
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We have taken the flavors of burritos and made a dog friendly version in a bowl!
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Animal Teeth 'Happy to See You' (album stream)
Published Feb 02, 2016Winnipeg gloom-pop outfit Animal Teeth are ready to release their debut LP Happy to See You next week, but Exclaim! is giving you the chance to hear it early and in its entirety right now.
The 10-song set was mostly recorded last spring at band member Adam Nikkel's parents' farmhouse in Sanford, MB. Projecting their own brand of lo-fi mope rock, the band deliver songs about personal relationships and feelings, though tracks like "Pussycat" and "BQE" hear them meandering off into more expansive, spacey ramblings too.
Coming off a gig at this past weekend's Big Fun Festival, the band will be heading out to play a string of shows in Western Canada later this month.
Happy to See You is officially out on February 10 through Slow Shine Records, but you can give it an advanced listen in the player below. Scroll past the upcoming shows and hit play to give it a spin.
Tour dates:
02/10 Winnipeg, MB - Handsome Daughter
02/11 Regina, SK - German Club
02/12 Lethbridge, AB - The Slice
02/13 Calgary. AB - Palomino
02/14 Kamloops, BC - Barnacle Records
02/16 Vancouver, BC - Red Gate Art Society
02/17 Kelowna, BC - Fernandos
02/18 Banff, AB - Whistlers Inn
02/19 Edmonton, AB - The Almanac
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Tests carried out by the National Water Supply & Drainage Board have revealed that well water in the Anuradhapura area contains Malaksin, a chemical compound detrimental to human health which causes kidney & liver disease.
The committee appointed by the NWSDB was tasked with ascertaining the cause of the kidney disease prevalent in the Anuradhapura district.
According to head of the Laboratory Division of the NWSDB H.A.K. Amarakoon, malathion utilized to fumigate mosquito habitats, upon reacting with oxygen creates malaxin, the chemical compound responsible for causing kidney disease.
Tests carried out in the Oya-maduwa & Thanthirimale areas in the Anuradhapura district had initially led experts to arrive at this conclusion.
Moreover head of the NWSDB's Laboratory Division H.A.K. Amarakoon speaking to our news team noted that malathion which is utilized in fumigation services is detrimental to human health on many levels.


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Kids lives are full of wondrous adventure, sights and fun. Let's hang an imaginative print in their bedroom and brighten up a plain wall as well as spark their curiosity. Let's have fun, the adventure awaits!
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Said he could hire "qualified " writers for less than I quoted.
Then you could tell him to hire one of those 'qualified writers' with your blessing.
Oct 1, 2018 08:00:43 PM by Abbey B
I've had a few clients that have tried to pester me into working with them. Some people are incredibly entitled (and when I say 'some', I mean 'way too many'). I just ignore them and they disappear.
Think about it: you reply to him--then what happens? Of course, he's going to reply and I have high doubts that he'll become more polite. I know it's a hurt ego that entices you into getting the last word (this isn't an insult--it's a very human reaction), but it's more beneficial for your self-worth to realize that your time is worth too much to waste it on this guy.
Oct 1, 2018 08:27:24 PM Edited Oct 1, 2018 08:28:43 PM by Preston H
Mary, if you think the client is rude, why do you want to continue communicating with him and possibly work for him?
Thank him and wish him well. And leave it at that.
Or don't reply at all. You could even block him.
Clearly any time you spend with him is time wasted.
Oct 2, 2018 07:39:08 AM by Mary T
Thank you all for your thoughts and taking the time to share them. Yes, I did kind of want to "get the last word" (due to a hurt ego, as someone pointed out). I had no desire to work for him after the things he said. In fact, even his posting was kind of offensive to freelancers, and I only answered it because I'm so new here and desperate for work and nobody else was applying. He ended up withdrawing the job, unfilled, so that told me something. Anyway, I ended up just not replying to him at all and blocking him and hiding his messages. Water over the dam, and probably a good lesson for me. In 30 years I've never even had a complaint, so I guess I was due.
Thanks again everyone and best of luck to you all finding great jobs.
Oct 2, 2018 11:05:24 AM by Lee Ann S
I have found that the clients who are rude are the ones wanting to severely underpay freelancers and often want free work. I had a similar message recently and I reported it. Upwork took action on it. It's up to us to make this a fair and comfortable place for all of us to work.
Oct 7, 2018 01:40:31 PM by Mary T
Thanks Lee Ann...and yes, this guy was berating me and saying I wasn't worth what
I was asking. The way I had it figured as to what he was offering, it would have come out to less than minimum wage. I never remember people being like this on freelance boards in the past. Maybe he's been emboldened by the "new normal," of our culture, where it's become okay to be unprofessional and call people names. Did not know I could report people like this, and in the future I will.
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For example, if you're describing a situation as not being able to see the wood for the trees, what solution would you have in a real wood with real trees (yes I really have written a blog on that, and had senior managers walking around a wood to explore it too).
- Getting a map
- Getting out of the wood
- Following a path
- Taking to higher ground to get more perspective
- Chopping some of the branches or even trees down
- Following the sun
- Waiting till winter when the leaves have fallen
- and so on
Yesterday I saw the headline of a recent Procurious blog by Nicholas Ammaturo,
No seat at the table, time to build your own chair.
The blog explored what action procurement needed to take to improve the current situation of exclusion from the top table, which included improved education, communication, and sales.
I wondered what a metaphorical exploration of the words would uncover, and here's the outcome of my wondering. Do please leave your own thoughts in comments below, after all a metaphorical exploration will certainly be impacted and limited by my own beliefs and ways of thinking.
The first consideration is what table do we want to sit at?
To continue ... What's taking place at the table that's so important? Can't it be covered when you're not at the table? What would your advice be to a 5 year old who's feeling left out at dinner time in school?
- Speak to a teacher
- Find a friend
- Offer to share a tasty lunch
- Build up their confidence
Solutions to not having a seat at the table may also include:
- Bringing your own chair
- Bringing your own chair and table
- Sitting on the floor
- Standing
- Sitting on the table
- Standing on the table
- Suggesting they move to or make the table bigger
- Go for a walking meeting
- Making a reservation well ahead of time
- Getting someone else to take you
- Finding out and following the dress code
- Saving up
- Engaging the restaurant on social media
If we wanted an invite to something, a party for example, what would we do:
- Go as someones guest
- Bump into the host, in the hope they'd invite us
- Invite the host to something first
- Send them a present
- Just turn up
- Ask for an invite
- Ask why you've not been invited
- Have other people who are attending ask for you to be invited
- Pay for a ticket
- Offer to make a donation to charity if you get an invite
The idea is to steer clear of thinking about the meeting/table you do want an invite to. When doing that it's too easy to start thinking "that won't work", "I've tried that before" and that stops us coming up with innovative solutions. This process keeps us open to finding a solution that might just work.
Exploring what we'd need do to get invited to other sorts of meetings might help - to attend a local book club for example we'd need to:
- Be interested and passionate about reading
- Read the book
- Have something interesting to say about the book
- Not want to talk about other books
- Offer to host the meeting
- Turn up on time
- Have made a difference to other people
- Do work which delivers fabulous benefits
- Be the best at what you do
- Ensure others talk about you to the right people
- Become an expert corgi looker afterer
- and so on.
Going in another direction completely we might even do a problem reversal exercise, and think about what you'd need to do to definitely not be invited to sit down. It's a great technique for identifying things you might be doing that are getting in the way of an invite coming your way. (Another technique where being absurd, and having some fun pays dividends.)
You may even want to play around with the words being used - what happens if you think about there being no 'bench' at the table? It's certainly feels less formal, and perhaps opens up the opportunity for more sociable discussions about inclusion at the meeting.
discuss more tomorrow the aim is to change our internal representation of the situation from one that is a problem with no solution, to a challenge that can be overcome. Any of these explorations might enable internal resistance to be lowered, and a solution to be found.
What happens if there was no seat on the amusement park ride ..... for me the insight is that there's always the next one to sit in, and it's never that far away!
Yes I'm afraid it's easy to get carried away, but sometimes out of absurdity comes clarity!
- Inviting the leadership team/ c-suite to your meeting
- Having a regular meeting that everyone wants to come to
- Ensuring you talk their language
- Ensuring you're making a difference (one that would make the queen proud)
- Demonstrating you have mastery of procurement - ie not just good at it but are experts
- Believing you have a right to attend the meeting (rather than waiting for an invite)
- Demonstrating the value procurement have delivered
- Developing alliances with senior managers
- Not running before you can walk
- Ensuring you're visible and bump into the right people
- Releasing your impatience
- Releasing the formality and making it more sociable
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Next time you describe a problem using specific language you may want to spend some time exploring how the language might also contain the solution.
Tomorrow's post will explore how our words can stop us finding solutions to the challenges in our lives.
Alison Smith
The Purchasing Coach
Inspiring change inside and out - sometimes a little unconventionally
Other posts exploring solutions hidden in our language
- Going around in circles
- I don't want to burn any bridges
- Stuck in a rut
- Feeling lost
- Keeping your head above water
- Toxic leadership
- and here's why I think using metaphor is such a great tool to use.
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