Oh my! You spent so much money to get your business online! I could never afford do do that! So thank you very much Lela for sharing your story and giiving us some tips and ideas to use. I actually printed off this page so that I can refer to your tips and ideas again and again.
I too am looking to start an online business, and as you say, Dreamweaver sounds too intimidating; and learning about hosting, HTML, and all the rest seems too techie for me.
I am seriously thinking about going with SBI. In some ways, it sounds too good to be true. But there are so many SBI websites that it must be true. That even an online beginner can do it with SBI. We shall see!
Visited your site. It looks great! But thankfully, I do not smoke. Good luck with your future endeavors.
Mar 10, 2008
Enjoyed Your Story -- Thanks for the Tips by: Ali
Hi Lela, thanks for sharing your story. I found it helpful as I am just now starting my internet story. I will listen to your advice and continue reading these pages on this site because I still don't know what I want to do, or how to do it. I'm nnew at this online business arena. Wish I knew more. Wish I knew how to proceed. Oh well, it will come as I read more.
Sep 26, 2007
Great suggestion for bringing your business online by: Mashubi
LOL Lela, I had to chuckle when reading your story! Yes, getting online is quite a journey nowadays, and your hard won experience has paid off. Your site has a great Alexa ranking, and your services and products are tremendously valuable. Your site got me thinking, have you ever considered developing an affiliate program? You could partner with webmasters who have related websites. Another idea that came to me ... you could even create your own information site that is created based on the search terms people use that are not already oversaturated with competing websites. There are research tools you can use to determine the profitability of keywords, which can help you to get the site well ranked in the search engines. This info site could then recommend your seminar, and would earn additional income through google advertising. Thanks for sharing Lela, and I wish you much continued success!
