It’s 2010. Another day in a new economy. The one we are in the midst of redefining and rebuilding as we go.
The Internet has become an everyday tool. It certainly doesn’t appear to be going anywhere (as in going away) and instead is opening up our views and perspectives, making things from across the planet appear instantly in a web browser.
When we need something (directions, find the new book we want to read, even to hire someone for something), we usually head straight away over to Google.
I tell my clients incessantly, “Google is your friend!” and I can generally find just about anything I need or want with Google’s powerful search engine.
Stories are the recipe, life is the medicine.
I’ve been working with a new client. The label ‘client’ doesn’t quite fit but that’s beside the point/another post.
I am helping her face some challenging or difficult stuff in her biz. And I sometimes also help people do that in their lives.
Anyway. We were talking. We had just navigated through a pretty considerable bump called misunderstanding.
And there are all kinds of misunderstandings. Some can make you laugh or smile. But, depending on how big it is, a misunderstanding can be quite painful and hugely destructive. And that was the kind we had just faced together. The kind that completely derails a project, sometimes to leave only a smoldering tree stump.
Tech Savvy 101 is a series of posts designed to help demystify some terminology so you can get your brain around what it really takes to start getting your tech savvy on.
Are you letting worry and concern over the perfect look and feel get in the way of getting clear about who you are and who you serve?
When a smart creative woman considers establishing herself on the web, the questions she’ll be answering first or even close to middle way through, are not about the look and feel.
The Look & Feel Never Comes First
Unless you’re a web designer.
Are you ready to get your RSS stuff figured out (or understand better what it is and why you want to use it)? I’m writing this post just for you (well actually my client Rebecca Morehead who got her tech savvy on with me and created a niche website for her upcoming Law of Attraction book).
She sent me an email asking about RSS and basically wanting to get her head around it so she can do better with it on her web presence.
What It Is
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.
Or How To Scare Yourself Write to The Edge
I’ve noticed this thing, it’s in me and a lot of the wonderfully creative ambitious women I talk to everyday, this idea that we need permission.
Permission to be ourselves. Permission to follow our hearts & dreams. Permission to receive and allow in the giving from others. And when it comes to your technology and getting your blog on, spattering your web pages with words, with the juice of your heart and giving yourself permission to write. Permission to call yourself a writer.
If you’ve been reading my Tech Savvy 101 series, then hopefully you have a good handle on the three critical ingredients that you need to create a web presence. Whether it’s a simple web page or full blown web site, or you’re a small business owner just starting out or big business generating hundreds of clicks per day, without the three essential pieces (a domain name, hosting and content) there can be no web *anything.*
And since I’ve been talking a lot about how Blogger takes a major portion the headache out of deciding those pieces (plus it’s free), the next big question I get is should I have a website or a blog?
The cool thing about Twitter is not Twitter itself. So you can get over thinking you have some other new cool tool to figure out, some new thing to add to your ever expanding to-do list. What’s cool about Twitter is what is happening ON Twitter.
But since I’m probably talking to small business owners, let’s get down to business and answer the number one question I hear regarding getting your Twitter on.
How Will Twitter Help Me Get More Clients?
Well, unless your target market is a bit more on the tech-savvy side, you probably will not reach your clients directly. And that’s the plain truth of it. Do I think my life coaching clients are going to stumble across my Twitter profile and say “Whoa, I think I just found my coach?” It’s possible, but unlikely.
Yesterday’s call with Mark Silver, of Heart of Business, was such a blast! We trust you got a lot out of it too. If you’d like to listen again (or if you simply missed the call), head on over to BlogTalkRadio to listen (or download if you prefer).
We discussed several ways we can all bring our hearts back into our businesses (or, put another way, how we can bring our businesses back into being heart-centered). And naturally, because we’re in the business of helping people create their first web presence, we wanted to talk Mark about his Creating Heart-Centered Websites book, which is a guide to creating web content that speaks your heart’s truth to your site’s visitors.
Blogger For A Business Website? A 3-post series for considering Blogger.com instead of building a traditional website.
Is Your Website Just Sitting There?
Everyone meet Julie Johnston from http://www.heartofthespirit.com. She is one of my most favorite people on the planet right now, not just because we share the same birthday either.
Julie has a website for her business as a psychic medium where she does remote healings and stuff over the phone plus works with people in person. She is super coolio and down to earth and occasionally bangs on drums or gives me special animal friends to help me with my own healing processes in her special “Julie” ways.
