Suck It Up Buttercup

'Suck it up buttercup' has to be in my top five of phrases and yet I have little opportunity to use it, which is a shame.

Not sure if I entirely agree with the Urban Dictionaries definition though I do get where they are coming from.
"One of the best things you can say to someone who has dug themselves a nice, deep hole, and has fallen right into it."

I suppose it depends on who you are and in the context of the conversation. I have a tendency to use it when someone is moaning about something they have to do. I have no time for 'moaners'.

Unfortunately and maybe paradoxically, I have to stop this post here, otherwise I would be moaning about moaning and that really wouldn't do. We should just know that they (moaners) are out there and whenever possible we should avoid engaging with them, in the politest manner available to us.

What shall we talk about instead, now that you're here ?

I had a couple of unexpected finds this morning, as I was being steadfast and resolute. I was adhering to my morning routine, which is something I have struggled to stay with over past months.

After a severe talking to (by me) I have managed to stick with it for the last week. This morning I allowed myself an acceptable deviation, in so much as I was listening (not watching) to a video that was about growing your 'following'.

So, in between my routine processes, I also made some notes. Now, before I share, I think it's worth remembering that this is only one person's methods or ideas of what you should do.

I am sure there are many others out there that will give different perspectives. If I was pushing this particular agenda then I would probably watch/read half a dozen or more accounts of how to do this.

Then I could see which method suited my own ideas. Sometimes we hit upon someone that ticks all of our boxes and we would happily apply all of their suggestions, other times maybe just one or two.

There were five in total and I'm not sure that I'll get through all five, maybe just the first couple, we'll see how it goes.

The first one was to answer questions on Quora. There's never a 'pitch' in any of these, you're just trying to answer questions to the best of your ability/knowledge. The idea is that if you are seen to be a reliable source of good information, then there's the likelihood that your profile will get viewed.

Your profile is where you will make your play. I have heard it said a few times that we tend to underestimate the power of our own profiles, yet for many of us, it's the first port of call after we have read or seen something that has piqued our interest. Like the answer to a question or a comment.

'Profile', according to our good friend Merrian-Webster, among other things is 'A concise biographical sketch'. I like that definition the best. Maybe even a place where we can showcase ourselves. There are probably dozens of articles out there on the best ways to set up our profiles or bio's.

More of the same for number two on the list but this time the name is 'Reddit' and this is a place I have been meaning to get to but as yet have failed to do so.

Basically, it has the same modus operandi but there was mention of something called 'sub-Reddit' which I believe works along the same lines as 'groups', though I am not familiar with the set-up, maybe you are.

Again we come back to 'value' which does seem to be at the centre of much of what we do. I'll reiterate a line from earlier, we need to be a reliable source of information, or a source of reliable information. Trusted and authoritative. All that we strive to be with our websites.

Another three to go but I'm going to leave it there otherwise it will turn into a thesis or something similar and that's not my intention. Part one with part two to follow, is a much better way of looking at it.

I will bid you 'good day' for now. Stay safe, healthy and happy my friends.

Twack Romero