SEO Cash Flow Rant
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[00:00:00] Myriam: Hello? Hello. Hello everyone. Welcome to SEO Cash Flow. How you doing Olga?
[00:00:05] Olga: I'm doing great. How are you?
[00:00:08] Myriam: I'm mildly irritated.
[00:00:11] Olga: Oh, why? What
[00:00:12] Myriam: happens? So, You are aware of this because I shared it with you and it didn't resonate the same way it did with you and Jess. So we did an episode with Jess Joyce, that was wonderful.
[00:00:25] Myriam: Another great, um, uh, consultant that we all talked to and. I have to complain about something. I have to complain about something. We all complain about this thing, but I'm gonna go into detail because these are microaggressions that, uh, honestly, they just make me now irritated instead of angry or indignant.
[00:00:47] Myriam: So we recorded an amazing episode about, Hey, what happens when consultants cost as much as a divorce lawyer? Like this is a real thing. I'm not on Twitter anymore, mind you, for different reasons, but I had to get back in to get someone's contact and I see that there is a comment where you are tagged.
[00:01:07] Myriam: Yeah, I'm tagged and Jess is tagged. And Olga, what languages do you speak?
[00:01:13] Olga: I understand French enough to, to, to understand what that tweet said.
[00:01:20] Myriam: Thank you. So there's a tweet out there that is from another s e o consultant and like you do you, bro, I hope that you succeed. You have a place in the industry, so do we.
[00:01:31] Myriam: What I don't like is to have the feeling of being singled out because Jess speaks some Hungarian, which I do as well, and English. You speak English polish and you understand enough French to understand what happened And Spanish, yeah. Wow. So you're giving a new meeting to international SS e o here. I like it.
[00:01:50] Myriam: So I log in and I see that there's someone who tagged all of us going in French. Switch that this person assumed I was the only one speaking. Two really humble, um, ss e o consultants and one no comment. And in French, when you say no comment in English, it's an insult. It's seen as a, I'm not gonna say anything 'cause I don't have anything nice to say.
[00:02:13] Myriam: And this isn't the insults this person thinks it is and it is not. The compliment to you and to Jess. He thinks it is because if we're talking about money, if we're talking about making a living, if we're talking about being our own bosses for very good reasons, not just the social clouts, what does Humble have to do with this fucking thing?
[00:02:37] Myriam: Does Humble help you sign contracts? You being humble at, you know, client pitches? Is it helping you gain anything? No, it's not. So anybody presenting as a woman, anyone who's not binary, non-binary. Anyone who doesn't straight up like look, act, and confirm that they are a dude. Trademark should be humble because that helps us.
[00:03:04] Myriam: That's a compliment. So I was, I have a sociology degree. I met my partner in queer studies. Like I know a thing or two about what I'm complaining about and. I felt the urge to go and look at this person's bio to understand who hurt you. Like why did you wake up today and decide that you were going to pay Olga and Jess a compliment while trying to push me down.
[00:03:31] Myriam: Like, what? What happened to you? And I go on the bio and I see that they're like, Describing themselves. I think it was like King of Ss e o or best ss e o. And trying to back it up like it was, it was a bio and a half, okay? Like in a few sentences he was the king in the world. And I'm like, so you have all this confidence And I will not say that it's misplaced, none of my business, but you have all of this confidence and I'm not allowed to have it.
[00:03:58] Myriam: It's a bad thing if I do, you are hurt that I'm here maybe charging more than you. How does that impact you? How does that, why do you feel the need to talk to me about this? And this is a common thing, so I'm just gonna rant about it. I've been told that I would get a promotion if I smiled more. I've been told that actually would be better if I use swear words more with clients, because that's what people like about me.
[00:04:24] Myriam: I've been told that, you know, like I should come next week and then next week and maybe next week the VP will have time to sign my check. Um, I'm not humble. I'm not modest. I never will be. It doesn't get me any results. I have tried just for a little bit and they didn't pay off. I went to school to learn why it doesn't pay off for people like me.
[00:04:48] Myriam: And thank you for complimenting my friends, because I agree, like beyond being my friends, they, they're wonderful hearers. They are wonderful experts at what they do. And it's awesome, but also I hope they don't stay humble. I hope they don't appear humble, and I hope that this is not the first thing that people notice about them because it doesn't lead anywhere.
[00:05:11] Myriam: Thank you for listening to my rent. And what's your opinion, Olga? I love.
[00:05:17] Olga: No, definitely I am better than all those divorce lawyers. Yes, I like to charge even more.
[00:05:26] Myriam: Okay. You know what? Hey, divorce lawyers like we really appreciate you. We hope we will never need you, but just in case, we can also do your SS e o, okay?
[00:05:35] Myriam: Yeah.
[00:05:35] Olga: And we can do it very well. Way better than a lot of SS e o agencies that promote those services.
[00:05:43] Myriam: So that, that's the thing. I've never seen you as humble because that's not a, that's not a thing we look for. And I noticed that it's usually like people who are in favor of the patriarchy, and if this word makes you feel bad, a lot of older dudes that we have met in our careers seem to focus on that, but they don't focus on it for themselves.
[00:06:05] Myriam: They focus on it for people who. Present like this. So yeah, no, no. Humility, I think, and that's fine. So yeah.
[00:06:13] Olga: And maybe one, one comment. Yeah. Yes. Just, just one comment because I read that like a while ago. And to be honest, the way I approach those comments, I very often, I don't even read them. And if I, read them, then I, I forget, I don't like dwell upon them.
[00:06:31] Olga: I don't read, but I know there should be some action. Like you just, just, just took, but my approach is that I don't have influence over that. I'm not going to focus my energy on that. I'm just. Ignoring that and moving on with my own things. The only exception I can do is if someone really crosses the line, which happened last year, and this is how we met.
[00:06:57] Myriam: And you're kind of famous for it too. Yeah. Just for the record, so there was an event where Olga's work got taken and monetized, but. Basically it was stolen, it was plagiarism. And what I like about it is that what people remembered from you was that you don't take shit and you will handle this and you will get it done.
[00:07:19] Myriam: And what I find very interesting in this approach is this is how we met. But this is something that highlights how different we are as well, and both of our approaches work. So approach number one, as you said, are you paying my bills? No, no, sorry. Okay, then you don't matter. Are you family, friends, or bank account?
[00:07:40] Myriam: No. Then there's this other element. If you can be like, Olga, please do. I'm not like this. It triggers me. So when I read it, I was like, Who pissed in your cereal, like, dare you even attempt this with me. And that's, that's the other portion. So never ever get angry needlessly channel, this anger channel, this irritation channel this, ugh, I'm fed up into something else.
[00:08:07] Myriam: So don't become the stereotypical angry woman that doesn't work. What I do is consider the fact that from a very early age, people have tried it with me. I don't know what it is about my face, my voice, my attitude, but people seem to think that I'm either an easy victim or the safari trophy, like I'm bringing back the lion.
[00:08:29] Myriam: Whichever it is, people are trying me, and my attitude in life is I do not want to come across as an easy victim. Okay. So it's kind of like, um, a porcupine. You're not gonna go hug that thing no matter how cute it is, because you know the consequences. So I would like people to think twice before they come and mess with me.
[00:08:53] Myriam: Sit. I'm just not an easy victim. I'm not too angry. I'm not too this. I'm not too that. That's not the point. I don't understand what this person was trying to accomplish by that tweet. I just, I'm using it to say, Hey, if you get told you're not modest enough, if you get told that you're not humble enough, if you get told that you don't, you know, you don't speak softly enough or you don't.
[00:09:16] Myriam: All of that is fucking noise. Ignore it and focus on what you need to do. Because if the people that are giving you this advice are not happy, there's a problem with them. Totally. And it's not here to help you. Okay? It's here to help them overcome whatever insecurities they have. It's not about you. Don't make it about you, but make sure that they also never make it about you again.
[00:09:41] Myriam: So this is why I'm. I think, 'cause I've gotten feedback, I'm kind of renowned for, um, not taking any shit and making it very uncomfortable for the people that try to fling it at me. I'm
[00:09:53] Olga: happy to have you on my side.
[00:09:57] Myriam: I've been told that by many people. I've also been told, remind me to never piss you off.
[00:10:02] Myriam: And that's the end game as well. Like, don't piss me off needlessly. If you have a point to make, that's great. If it's just drive by, hey, you are not gonna have a fun time.
[00:10:11] Olga: Yeah, totally, totally.
[00:10:13] Myriam: I think, I think this rent is over, but if anybody receives those types of comments, just save this video, load it up again, watch it again.
[00:10:23] Myriam: That's the point. Then you stand up straighter and you go. Olga style. None of my business
[00:10:31] Olga: or Miriam's style. Yeah,
[00:10:34] Myriam: I have, I have, I tell people I have the charm of a Panzer tank. If you wanna go hug a tank, try it at least once so you'll know. Never do it to do it again.
[00:10:43] Olga: Totally. Okay. Thank you Miriam. I love your runs.
[00:10:48] Myriam: I had to get this one out. So, um, thank you very much for watching us and we'll see you the next episode. Yeah,
[00:10:55] Olga: bye bye.
