Untethered: Start An Internet Business For Ultimate Life Design

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Comment by Vicki on June 26, 2009 at 9:33am

Bill -

I learned how to set up my web page and add payment buttons, etc, by reading Kevin Riley's "Newbie Toolkits" (search around Google - they can be downloaded for free a lot of places), and Chris Farrell's "Create Your First Web Site by 3:45 this Afternoon" and signing up for his "Success Grenade" mailing list - each friday he sends out a new Success Grenade video tutorial, taking you through the process of getting a hosting account, creating a web page, FTP, setting up payment processing, etc. etc. His focus is on small minisites selling downloadable products, but it's good general techie information no matter what product you're selling, very beginner oriented and easy to follow (ditto for Kevin Riley's tutorials).

Both resources are free.

Vicki

Comment by Karoly Domonyi on June 26, 2009 at 9:21am

Hi, just wanted to thank you for adding me as a friend at group.
Hope to gain and share some knowledge about marketing online!
Sincerely, Karoly Domonyi

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Comment by Scott Newton Smith on June 16, 2009 at 10:47am

Bill, yessir, many here can relate to the "freight train" ideas that come barreling through your head in a brainstorming -- or better yet, a masterminding -- session. There is no shortage of ideas, and getting fresh ones is thrilling, even if they benefit someone else. (Have you ever considered going into coaching and getting juiced on helping others reach their goals full-time?)

The challenge (for our own ideas as well as those we offer others around their own) comes in overcoming "entrepreneurial A.D.D." and getting focused on one and following through before moving to the next thing. Creativity is the strength of the entrepreneur (especially internet-based infopreneurs) but it can also be our downfall without focused action.

Welcome to the group. Glad you're a part of it.

Comment by Scott Newton Smith on June 16, 2009 at 10:41am

A fuller discussion of the definitions of Web 2.0 is here in our discussion forum:

Here's the link.

Thanks, Colin, for your input. Great analogy. And welcome to the group. Yes, we want this to be the group that does exactly that: cut through the muck, help you nail your passion and core proficiencies and get to action.

Comment by Colin Campbell on June 15, 2009 at 7:04pm

This sounds like a great group, just where I am right now in my work/life and still trying to figure out what direction to take with my design businesses of multiplying services in a world wide web of exponentially multiplying channels of communication and commerce. I'm feeling a bit paralysed by my own disparate interests and rapidly changing markets and work practices and needing to take stock of core proficiencies and passions on which to focus instead of feeling so stretched thin across many niches like I am now. Reading Dan's books and many others he recommends is helping me do that I think right now and I hope this site will be another great addition to those resources.

@Grace to answer your question regarding what web 2.0 is. In very simple terms it is a kind of second wave in the way people use the world wide web that adds the element of social interaction and sharing. Where previously your experience of using the web (version 1.0 as it were) was like you quietly and laboriously accessing information in a reference library alone, web 2.0 is more like perusing the magazine stands while chatting to your friends over coffee and finding out a bunch of peripheral and filtered but up to date information as an aside through their interjections that you wouldn't have otherwise.

So instead of the staid and static Encyclopaedia Britannica you get Wikipedia which is updated by someone as soon as things change and indeed welcomes your input if you have something relevant to contribute, or instead of only being able to communicate with other people in the world via a 2 way electronic mail message you get virtual communities where interests and interaction are the catalyst of a chain reaction that produces added personal value to online information, products and services by exchaning information between not 2 people but innumerable people.

Sorry that's probably NOT a simple explanation after all is it :o] Web 2.0 is just a term that is now loosely applied to any online technology that leverages this element of social collaboration or sharing to create added value for the user, most obviously seen in the realm of social networking: YouTube, blogging, Facebook, Twitter etc.

Comment by Tiana Krenz on May 22, 2009 at 5:16am

Hi Bill,

My friend Andy Traub here on 48Days.net does the kind of tutoring that you're talking about. He has been coaching me in the tech-side of getting my business started up, and I highly recommend him. His website is www.moreprofittechnology.com .

I wish you all the best,

Tiana

Comment by Grace Becker on May 22, 2009 at 4:25am

Hello, I am new to the group and will start with a really basic question. What is Web 2.0. Is it just making use of social marketing via Facebook, blogging, twitter etc., or is it much more? Please excuse my ignorance. Grace

Comment by Bill Michaelis on May 21, 2009 at 11:53pm

Anyone know where would be the best place to go to get some tutorial help on setting up an online store front? I have a Go-Daddy domain and Facebook already. I have a friend I am also trying to help get an online entity going for her custom photography/scirpture prints. Unbelievable product that has already generated a huge interest. I have found it interesting that now that these creative entrepeneuroal juices that are beginning to flow through me for what I have a passion for, I seem to be able to see a vision for someone else when we talk about what they are passionate for. Does this resonate with any of you others out there or am I alone on this? As my friend began talking about this venture to me, the conversation just seemed to build on itself and all of a sudden we were talking about how she could really expand what she had thoughts about, and it got really exciting. This is new to me. I like it! Anyone have a comment?

Bill

Comment by Scott Newton Smith on May 20, 2009 at 8:33pm

@Julia, welcome to the group and congratulations on taking action on your dreams through the leverage of the internet.

@Margaret, welcome. We look forward to growing with you in all our businesses.

Comment by Margaret Fisher on May 20, 2009 at 6:53pm

This looks like a good place to get sound advice for my e-commerce business. Hope to learn from ya'll and to contribute what I can, also.

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