Getting yourself known

If you are in non existence with someone and want to know them and work with them or develop a relationship for personal or business purposes here is the forumla:

1. Find a communication line
2. Make yourself known
3. Discover what is needed or wanted
4. Do, produce and/or present it.

Do this with people you know first then others. The Discovery part requires
listening and really duplicating so we can deliver on a professional level.

Kathy

To me it’s like being on a gridiron and there are a lot of players in your field.
Choose who you want to work with…take the time to make planning an actuality.

Re: Getting yourself known

hi ~KES, i'm in :)

maybe another good idea is to try to put oneself in the shoes of the other, so when you express yourself you'll do it in the “language” the other person understands.

I have discovered that each of us think differently (duh), but that includes that each person interprets everything, body signs, words, other signals, and even whole conversations in their own way (we not only think differently, but what we think about “what thinking is” is also always personal, and almost impossible to communicate. like some buddhist saying i think, is “like trying to scratch your right elbow with your right hand”).

In an exchange of ideas about an important subject, unless the discussion is long and everything is checked and rechecked (although sometimes one knows when the other person gets your point excatly without trying to corroborate right there), the most common output is that each part's conclusion is very different from the other.

I think point 3 is most important to consider, most people usually only care about what they want and everything else just passes by.

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Re: Getting yourself known

to continue on your point mermaid - “to put oneself in the shoes of the other”, lately I have been using a suggestion in a communication seminar that i attended where the speaker said that people need to use the “Platinum Rule” - “Treat others as they wish to be treated.”

or i guess how i have been interpreting is what are that persons motivations and expectations.  if i want to work with that person and have a good relationship i need to understand what they want and help them get there or basically i am not going to get their support on my goals.

i can kind of related it in a real world example in my current job.  i have a co-worker that needs to feel that they have control of every situation.  they don't particularly like to do all the leg work of a project and they don't necessarily even have to be considered the project manager, just that they have control of what is happening.  in the past i have butted heads a little because i would just cruise along the project timeline and if they were not up to speed i might roll right on to the next task….and this would through them into a panic because they would feel left out.

now i do a lot of confirming with this person along the project timeline to make sure they always know where the process is and that they are “involved in decision making” even though they still may not make the final decision.  this has made a tremendous difference for both of us…i am able to move along at the speed i am used to and they “feel” that they are controlling the pace.

i am not sure if i have gone off the path too much from the original topic, but i hope this helps.

Re: Getting yourself known

i read in one (or two) of the books by Carlos Castaneda about Don Juan, that he teaches him:
When dealing with people, Always give them you complete attention, &
Never let the other know that You are in control.

:)

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Re: Getting yourself known

great advice :)

Re: Getting yourself known

Great forumula!  I am going to use your formula for some of my recent ideas and see how it works out.

I think I have always stumbled at the “Make yourself known” part.  I am great at doing work and accomplishing tasks, but I never take the time to promote myself.  Some people are even aware that I do a lot, but I don't think they are really aware of all that I do.

I also think if I can relate what I do to what they (the powers that be) think is needed or wanted that it will go much farther.

Your point on choosing who you want to work with is so important too!  I have been slacking in this part of my life too.  I think it is my falling into an introverted life sometimes that keeps me from moving ahead.  I know some great people in my community and people I have worked with briefly in the past that our probably the “players” that I need to spend more time with, I just need to get off my a#% and get more involved with them.

Thanks for your post!  You are creating momentum!

Re: Getting yourself known

Thank you Michael and Mermaid ~

Nothing is off track.  If the entire Zaadz community could see this and apply the simple steps as well as both contributions they too would experience the magic of getting out of non existence.  When in doubt COMMUNICATE.  One tip on expansion is to still be with yourself comfortably.  The considerations about not moving up or keep up held back are just that.  Considerations.

Sometimes just eating the right nutrition and getting enough sleep, hygine time and friends gives way to the bravery of allowing yourself to move forward to new teams.

After our all getting ourselves known I am next going to show how to go through the fomula that goes with getting out of danger.  When working with a team and bypassing others and just doing their job puts us at risk.  Even at home, if it's someones duty to cook and clean for exchange - simply bypassing them and doing that will create animocity for doing someone elses job without agreement or making them feel guilty for not doing something in the first place if promised.  This could go with any example in the workplace, so working through that type of danger will ensure a happy team with the ability to expand further.

Meantime, I love the new discoveries here.
Kathy

Re: Getting yourself known

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Our latest zaadzster that should be invited here.

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I can't put her book down on finance.  I got it off the pdf on her site
and she has the solutions for the artists on finance writing in
such a way that anyone can start finance and make it.

A must read!
Kath

Re: Getting yourself known

Guys…what is the best web programming
to getting your sites known?

Thanks…
Kathy

Re: Getting yourself known

Hi Kathy

I'm not entirely clear on your question, but are you wondering how to make it look, feel, and how to market it?  That, of course, is a big question, and I can probably assist you, but if you can give me more specifics, that would be very helpful.

Best,

Fred

Re: Getting yourself known

Thanks Fred…

I am trying so hard to pass my computer 101.  Sometimes its hard to ask questions off of a concept that is hanging in my mind.

I think viral marketing or word of mouth.  Or what crawlers are the ones that my friends on  myspace use to get their music known.

Senior to that, what would be the best program for the Mac to get known at the top of the list at Google.

As soon as I can structure this I can refer people to use you Fred.

Thanks…I would rather have my buddies and friends use your services.
Kath

Re: Getting yourself known (SEO Primer)

Hi Kathy,

Okay, this is a good start.  You are doing great, by the way!  Thank you for offering to refer people to me, that really means alot ;)

The short answer is to check out SEOBook, a site which specializes in this subject matter.

The long answer involves sort of a primer on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which I have written about below.  Hope this helps!

You are referring to “SEO” or ”Search Engine Optimization”.  It is of course everyone's goal to get listed on the first page of Google for broad search terms.  Doing that is a never-ending process, but there are tools that can help you link build to increase PageRank, Google's measure of the “importance” of your site, which is used to rank pages for search terms.

Years ago, it was fairly easy to gain headway with Google.  The search algorithm was not complex, and it didn't ever change.  However, with the introduction of ”Black Hat” SEO techniques, Google has found out that to maintain credibility as a search engine, they have to be as impartial as possible and to rank pages judiciously.  Hence, the new and improved (and ever-changing) google search algorithms. 

I can't possibly attempt to turn this post into a crash-course on SEO, but what I can tell you is that the best and most cost effective thing you should do right now is to stick to basic good practices to get your site noticed.  These “good practices” include (but aren't limited to)

On a limited scope:
   - Keywords and Descriptions
   - A correctly configured ”robots.txt” file (written to encourage search engines to “crawl” or “spider” your site)
  
More important (because it's harder to manipulate):

- Good content
- Quality inbound links from other sites (larger PageRank sites linking to your site will have a big effect on your PageRank)  Everyone is chasing PageRank, and if you can get to a PR of 7, you will start seeing some major improvements in traffic.  It's not easy to do but with a solid plan and good content you will eventually get close or get to it.
- Keyword density (Google keyword density to learn more)

Critical Do's and Don'ts

Do:
- Make sure that you keep your site content fresh, meaning, update it regularly
- Pick a keyword (or maybe a couple) you want to target for a first-page result (any more is too much time & effort unless you have the manpower to do so)
- Look at what competitors are including in their web pages for content and how they write copy for the site.  View the source code behind the web page, and examine their meta tags (up at the top of the code file, there are META tags in the HEAD area that contain (usually) Keywords and a Site Description)
- Ask questions of others who are SEO specialists.  Think of this as free help which other companies pay up to or even more than $400/hour for
- Educate and keep learning techniques that are white-hat, legitimate approaches
- Set up and faithfully write in a weblog with an RSS Feed, and a RSS assisting tool (I recommend Feedburner, it's free!)
- Try to get listed in the DMOZ.org directory.  It isn't as powerful as it used to be, but it's relatively easy to get listed, it's a human-built directory, and that gives you “street cred” with Google.  It is not maintained as faithfully as it was in the past, when Google and other search engines relied on it, but it can't hurt. Just make sure you have a site that a human being would consider legitimate and not just a one-page placeholder.  They will reject sites that are thin on content.

Don't:
- Allow someone to convince you to spend money letting them do this work for you, unless you have a clear marketing strategy and can develop a plan with them
- Get involved with ”Black Hat” SEO tools
- Try to otherwise “game” Google by loading in hidden text full of keywords, hoping to get better coverage. This is now detectable by Google.
- Freely link to whomever offers you a link exchange.  Be selective.  10,000 links are pretty useless if they drive traffic to your site that is not looking for what you have. 

I've just barely, BARELY scratched the surface of this stuff.  I'm not an expert, I'm giving you what I know from my past experience, but I haven't spent a lot of time on it lately.  If you are looking for some help, my time is best spent getting you set up and running with a blog and RSS feed, as that will lead to quick traffic boosts and (was/is) a quicker way to build PageRank.

There are several free tools available to help you monitor your progress and to help you improve your rankings, too many to list here, but if you Google ”SEO, Open Source, software” you should get some decent results.

In order to view PageRank, you need the Google Toolbar or something similar.  I recommend getting it, but know that they are monitoring your activity on-line to a certain extent, for the purpose of helping them accurately index the Internet.

I know this was a lot to take in, but it should be a good primer.

Best,

Fred