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## Sitemaps
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## Posts
- [Introducing SFR Book Review Showcase: Display Amazon Reviews That Drive Sales](https://threethingstosay.com/promoting-books/display-amazon-reviews-that-drive-sales/): I'm excited to announce the release of my latest WordPress plugin: SFR Book Review Showcase – now available free on WordPress.org!
- [Three Things You Need to Know About WordPress Plugin Detection (And Why Your Competitors Are Already Using SiteInsight)](https://threethingstosay.com/building-websites-and-blogs/three-things-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-plugin-detection/): Here are three things you need to know about WordPress plugin detection that will change how you approach your website strategy.
- [Three Things About WordPress Directory Category Descriptions That Most Website Owners Get Wrong](https://threethingstosay.com/building-websites-and-blogs/three-things-about-wordpress-directory-category-descriptions-that-most-website-owners-get-wrong/): WordPress directory websites face a persistent challenge that most owners don't even realise exists. You spend time crafting category descriptions in your admin panel, upload images, and organise everything perfectly. Then visitors land on your category pages and see... nothing.
- [Three Things to Say About… Why Your Website Images Are Killing Your Business](https://threethingstosay.com/business/three-things-to-say-about-why-your-website-images-are-killing-your-business/): After twenty years of helping small businesses grow, I've learned that success often hinges on details that many entrepreneurs overlook. One of the biggest blind spots I encounter? Website image optimisation. While business owners focus on creating beautiful content and perfecting their copy, they're often unaware that their images are silently sabotaging their success.
- [Three Compelling Reasons Why Your Website Needs an HTML Sitemap](https://threethingstosay.com/business/three-compelling-reasons-why-your-website-needs-an-html-sitemap/): Ever clicked through a website's navigation feeling like you're lost in a digital maze? You're not alone. While most website owners obsess over XML sitemaps for search engines, there's another type of sitemap that's criminally underused: the HTML sitemap. Here are three compelling reasons why creating one should be your next priority.
- [Three WordPress Plugins that will super power your website](https://threethingstosay.com/building-websites-and-blogs/three-wordpress-plugins-that-will-super-power-your-website/): I have added FluentCRM, Fluent Forms (Pro) and WP Social Ninja to nearly all my websites - it's made a big difference, at a low cost. I am now able to manage customers better, engage new customers, and create features and processes that help build lasting B2C * B2B relationships. All three plugins are available from WP Manage Ninja
- [Sell Courses and Make Money – you don’t need to create your own..](https://threethingstosay.com/earning-money/sell-courses-and-make-money-you-dont-need-to-create-your-own/): Creating and publishing great online dog training courses is vey hard work and very time-consuming. It can also cost a lot of money if you need to hire someone to help you capture the video, edit the video, build a suitable website, and market the course….
- [Three Cool Ways to Monitor and Check your KDP Sales, Reviews, and More for Free](https://threethingstosay.com/business/three-cool-ways-to-monitor-and-check-your-kdp-sales/): If you are like me, you like to keep a tab on how many books you sell and the reviews you get. Many of you will check your sales through the basic KDP report page and maybe view your books on Amazon UK and USA for reviews and ratings. This is fine, but there are three great ways to make this easier and a more rewarding.
- [The Best Three Microstock Sites for Earnings](https://threethingstosay.com/photography/the-best-three-microstock-sites/): I would not describe myself as a seasoned microstock contributor but I have tried lots of sites out. Whether it be the amount of income, ease of uploading or just the general feel of the website - three sites always come top for me. Indeed I wonder why I spend time uploading to other sites. So here they are in no particular order.....
- [Three Ways to Promote Your KDP Paperback book (and ebook)](https://threethingstosay.com/promoting-books/three-ways-to-promote-your-kdp-paperback-book-and-ebook/): Self-publishing via Amazon KDP is a great low-cost way to place your book in the world’s biggest bookshop, but the story does not end there if you want sales to grow.
- [Three writing tools I use to create books (and blog posts).](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-books/three-writing-tools-i-use-to-create-books-and-blog-posts/): I use three writing tools/apps to go from research all the way through to publication via EnergyBook. 
- [My Three Fav WordPress Plugins for Better Links](https://threethingstosay.com/building-websites-and-blogs/my-three-fav-wordpress-plugins-for-better-links/): I use three WordPress plugins to dramatically increase links and save time. I would not be without them. They make a big difference to your WordPress website and improve customer experience. Check them out
- [Three Simple Ways to Monetise (earn from ) your Blog](https://threethingstosay.com/earning-money/three-simple-ways-to-monetise-earn-from-your-blog/): Lots of people write blogs but not all are able to earn from them. It may be that you want to just receive enough income to pay for your web hosting or maybe you want to earn enough to live on - whichever you want to do here are three simple steps.
- [Three Things to Do to Make a Facebook Group Successful.](https://threethingstosay.com/social-media/three-things-to-do-to-make-a-facebook-group-successful/): Facebook Groups are a great way to meet and talk to people with a common purpose. Whether that be a business idea, hobby or view of the world. I have successfully run a Facebook Group for some years and we often have 100 new members per day. Here are three things that I believe help you to grow a successful Facebook Group.
- [Three Things to Remember for any Start-up Company](https://threethingstosay.com/strategy/three-things-remember-start-company/): There are hundreds of blog posts and help guides regarding how to be successful with a start-up business.
- [Guest blog posts  – contributors are welcome](https://threethingstosay.com/about-threethingsto-say/guest-blog-posts-contributors-are-welcome/): We are very pleased to say that it is now possible to create a guest post for this blog. Please keep your posts on the subject of this blog - strategy creation, workshops, presentations, speaking, tips, , business improvement, etc.  All posts will be reviewed before they are posted.  We look forward to your guest blog posts ideas and suggestions.
- [It is Perhaps Easier to Observe a Strategy than it is to Create one – but it is an Illusion](https://threethingstosay.com/strategy/it-is-perhaps-easier-to-observe-a-strategy-than-it-is-to-create-one-but-it-is-an-illusion/): Perhaps the three biggest complaints I have heard from organisations as we start strategy creation process is that
- [Strategy creation has only three elements – the As Is, the To Be, and the journey between the two](https://threethingstosay.com/strategy/strategy_has_only_threeparts-the-as-is-the-to-be-and-the-journey-between-the-two/): Many times in my career I have heard complicated descriptions of what strategy is and how to form or create a strategy. In many cases the suggestion for the processes are very complicated and as a consequence the strategy is not realised.
- [Being Consistent with Presentation Bullet Points](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/being-consistent-with-presentation-bullet-points/): The structure of your bullet points should be consistent. Here are a few rules I like to adopt.
- [Name Each Presentation Slide to Engage your Audience](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/971name-each-presentation-slide/): A simple technique I learned early in my career to help a presentation flow and create a conversation with your audience, is to name each presentation slide. You will have three things to remember and say about each slide as you present it - the strapline, the content and the link to the next slide.
- [8 Tips to Help You Get The Most From Your Presentation Practice and Preparation](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/8-tips-to-help-you-practice-your-presentation/): How much you practice your presentation before the big day is a matter of personal preference. We have probably all heard of the phrase ‘over practiced’ but this depends on you as a person. Here are a few thoughts on how to get the most from preparation and practice.
- [Book review  – The Art of the Long View, Peter Schwartz](https://threethingstosay.com/book-review/book-review-the-art-of-the-long-view-peter-schwartz/): "Artful scenario spinning is a form of convergent thinking about divergent futures. It ensures that you are not always right about the future but–better–that you are almost never wrong about the future. The technology is powerful, simple, and enjoyable, and so is Schwartz′s book." –Stewart Brand What increasingly affects all of us, whether professional planners or individuals preparing for a better future, is not the tangibles of life–bottom–line numbers, for instance–but the intangibles: our hopes and fears, our beliefs and dreams. Only stories–scenarios–and our ability to visualize different kinds of futures adequately capture these intangibles. In The Art of the Long View, now for the first time in paperback and with the addition of an all–new User′s Guide, Peter Schwartz outlines the "scenaric" approach, giving you the tools for developing a strategic vision within your business. Schwartz describes the new techniques, originally developed within Royal/Dutch Shell, based on many of his firsthand scenario exercises with the world′s leading institutions and companies, including the White House, EPA, BellSouth, PG&E, and the International Stock Exchange.
- [Waiting to present  – don’t worry it will be OK](https://threethingstosay.com/presenting-your-slides/waiting_to_present/): After practising, writing out your script, bullets, etc., you get to your big day and sit waiting to be called. I never know what is most nerve racking when waiting to present, sitting in a meeting, waiting outside an office or listening to the last speaker finish and get rapturous applause at the main conference. But which ever one it is, here are a few thoughts to help calm those nerves.
- [One of the Worst Sins you can Commit as a Presenter](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/one-of-the-worse-sins-you-can-commit-as-a-presenter/): I also find that if I ma the one waiting I am rubbish when i start my presentation. I just think that everyone is already switched off and fed up with the conference or meeting.
- [Tips for writing your presentation Bio](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/tips-for-writing-your-presentation-bio/): With more formal presentation opportunities the organisers will sometimes ask you to send in a bio - a short description of you and your career. This can be included in the conference literature and provides the chairman of the conference session a few words to use as an introduction. - often it is used as a filler as you move to the stage for your big event.
- [Don’t use the tell them three times mantra](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/dont-use-the-tell-them-three-times-mantra/): When I started making my first presentations I was often told that I should ‘Tell them what I was going to tell them. Tell them it. Then tell them what I have told them.’ No doubt there are times when this mantra will work but I find that they are few and far between. Let me tell you why.
- [Presenting at the right pace](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/presenting-at-the-right-pace/): You will no doubt have a natural pace for talking. However, when presenting it is often difficult to control the pace as you either speak fast to get things in and get the presentation rolling or you speak slowly as you try to remember what you wanted to say perhaps stumbling over the first few words of each sentence.
- [Your presentation introduction is important](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/your-presentation-introduction-is-important/): The introduction can be so important as it sets the tone of the whole presentation. Watching and listening to other speakers will help you identify the openers that work in any given presentation environment. It is of course not possible to provide one that works for all but here are a few suggestions for the clauses that you might use
- [Setting Out Your Presentation Slides for the Best Results](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/setting-out-your-presentation-slides/): I like to us e a few rules for my slides that I hope makes them more attractive and readable by the audience.
- [Don’t worry about the title](https://threethingstosay.com/creating-a-presentation/dont-worry-about-the-title/): Describing your presentation with a title helps convey the content to your audience, set the tone of what is to come and also provides a reference, should, for example, you want to create a series of presentations. However, often I see people worrying (or even agonising) about the title of their presentation long before the basic concept and structure is created. It is usually far better to start putting together your structure and topics first and think about a title towards the end or once you have started to practice.

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