You Do Not Have To Be A Tech Geek
ByWhen talking to other moms that don’t have internet businesses, but are interested in doing so, I find that most are put off by the technical aspects of internet marketing. That need not stop you from building an online business. There are so many resources that meet you at your own level. From easy to use Squidoo pages, to blogging, to outsourcing all the technical aspects, you can find the help you need to get your business on the web.
Take yesterday for example. I know how do do a lot with WordPress. I can get a new one set up by myself with usually no problem & I set up this eBizmommy.com blog myself using a theme from iThemes premium WordPress themes. I even made my own header (the graphics at the top of the page.) But that doesn’t mean I know the in-depth code work necessary to figure out why my website kept crashing in the Internet Explorer browser window.
So what did I do? I asked someone who knew what they were doing to look at it. I posted on the support forum at iThemes on a Saturday night, and asked. I love iThemes because of the great WordPress themes they have as well as the awesome support. By Sunday Morning my problem was diagnosed. (By the way, never use the Firefox plugin Bi.tly if you write a WordPress blog…big glitches!!)
Ronald at iThemes, figured out what was happening on my computer when I was working on my site, and helped me fix it. I could have wasted days, or even given up, had I tried to find the problem myself…but an expert took just a little while to set things right.
Your time is valuable. I made the mistake early on to try and learn it all myself. I do know a lot about building websites and blogs now, but it took a lot of time I will never get back! Use the resources at your disposal for a quick and easy way to take your business idea and make it a reality! Don’t get bogged down in the technicalities. Do it if you like the challenge, or feel comfortable around computers, but outsource it if your don’t.
Sign up for my free report on the right side of the page. It will give you plenty of resources and ideas about how to get started.
Hi Marilyn,
You connected with me on Twitter and I’ve been perusing your blog – tons of great resources for moms! This post is absolutely right…too many times entrepreneurs and small business owners avoid marketing on the Web because it seems intimidating, expensive, time consuming, etc. Like you, I’m on a mission to disprove those myths and show my fellow entrepreneurs that anyone can learn how to be an Internet marketer and compete for online attention. I know accountants, dry cleaners, real estate agents and so on who started out completely lost as to what to do on the Internet and are now writing online articles, communicating on LinkedIn and blogging on a weekly basis. That’s what I’m talking about!
Although I generally don’t like to plug in blog comments, I do think your post is very timely to the book I just released. It’s called eBoot Camp: Proven Internet Marketing Techniques to Grow Your Business and I wrote it with one simple mission: to empower people to take control of their Internet marketing and actively go out and find new business via the Web. You can go to http://www.ebootcampbook.com for more info.
with that, keep up the great work and I’m sure we’ll be connecting often in cyberspace!
all the best,
corey