Hey, I invented that first!
The other day I was struck by the Hey! I invented that! conniption fit. You know the one Im talking about. It happens when youre mindlessly watching TV and a commercial pops up marketing THE item you always told your friends, family, and anyone who would listen, was the next big idea and would make you tons of money. https://michaellienert.com/ And there it is. On TV. Making someone else tons of money.Or maybe youre the type that gets spastic with the Psssh! I could make that! twitch. Whether you have the I thought of it first knee-jerks or the any five year old could do that spasms, it all boils down to the same coulda-woulda-shoulda disease. The appalling disease of inaction and envy.Tired of hearing stories of so-and-so selling such-and-such on eBay (I could do that!) or neighbor Joe making big bucks with his online business (Didnt I just tell you what a great moneymaking idea that is?) I took matters into my own hands and plunged into the world of web marketing and online business.Now there were more than just a few humps or misconceptions that I had to climb over (alright, alright, I was dragged over kicking and screaming by the tow-truck of necessity). But here are two major ones:1) Making a website is hard.Well, Im not going to lie to you and say it was peaches and cream, either. It turned out to be rather simple when I realized I didnt need to learn any fancy new programs from the ground up. For real beginners, there are free html editors that you can download from the web; and if youve ever typed a document/essay/paper/letter in your life, you basically understand a textual layout and the things you can do to it. So fine. My first website was not very attractive. In fact, it was rather boring. However, I had some fine power tools on my belt. I knew how to google.The thing about the Internet is people like to talk, and they like to give out information for FREE. So I learned just enough html to understand the underlying structure, and I used that helpful little trick of View>Source (on simple pages, of course simple but better looking than mine). I googled any html code abbreviations I didnt understand. And voila I had a website that looked downright gaudy. Long story short, I learned the fine art of balancing a little too much with just enough. (Helpful hint: just because you now know how to highlight every other word, doesnt mean you should.) And patting myself on the back over a job well done (at least until I can make enough money to hire pros to make my site uber-wonderful), I then ran into misconception number two. 