Category Archives: Websites
Sprouting New Ideas
Not gonna get into specifics – don’t like to share things until they are official. But with shedding one business idea I’ve sprouted another one! The only thing I’ll say here is – MomChats.com is about to get a new sister!
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Too Much Information?
This one may generate some conversation, and would probably make a good message board post at Mommy’s Helper as well! I made a post in my ScrappinWAHM’s Journal blog, breaking down the new Buyer’s Club Memberships with their benefits (savings and earnings potential). Top Line Creations now shows all pricing levels for their products – everything is out in the open. And I kind of like it that way.
Yet, there are some in the school of thought that “Less is More” – the less information that is out there the more of an earning opportunity. If my customer’s know the price I pay, are they still going to buy from me knowing that I’m receiving 25% TLC’s new Revenue Sharing program? My thought is they are making an informed choice – my customers can continue to shop through my TLC Shop, paying retail (at least they lowered all the prices!), or they can decide to join the Buyer’s Club and get the same discount I’m getting.
As has always been the case, it’s completely up to anyone as to what they want to do with their membership. I’m choosing to be more active and take advantage of the Revenue Sharing and free referral page – plus I already have my TLC Shop paid for through January. Just like under the old model – anyone may decide to join just for the discounts on the exclusive scrapbook products. My feeling is I don’t want anyone to feel that I’ve kept anything from them, and it’s out there for all to make their own choice.
What I need to do now is beautify my TLC Referral Page – and I was thinking of a page with information similar to what I put in my other post. So, tell me, am I way off course? Am I even making any sense? LOL!
Learning HTML – one smart move
Honestly, one of the smartest things I think I have ever done since starting online is learning HTML. I would recommend to any WAHM who even does just the basics online that they learn some basic HTML.
I found I needed this knowledge from the get go with my TLC Consultant website because I am able to customize the top part of it. When I first started, I just had the most general of text there… “Welcome to my website” – no images, or links – very generic, and frankly kind of bland. I used the HTML Editor the company suggested and thought it was cool that I could create the page in Word, copy the text into it, and with a click of a button it transformed my text into html code for me to insert into my webpage template. But when it came time to modify it…I was lost!
Fast forward to my first official website, made from scratch, Mom’s Online Retreat. It was one thing for me to use the html editor for my consultant site, but I found that it just wasn’t practical for me to use it to build my website – thus I needed some resources. I had purchased The Direct Sales Success Kit earlier, so my first guide was the bonus that comes with it, the “Step by Step Guide to Starting Your First Website”. Kara gives great instruction for using NoteTab Lite, which was a free download from http://www.notetab.com. Gotta love the free downloads, and it’s all I’ve ever needed. Well, that and some help from HTMLgoodies.com, which is a great resource to have for html tricks, and tutorials.
My knowledge of HTML is nowhere near expert status, but at least if there is a problem with the HTML Editor in WordPress (and I’ve experienced them before) or when I want to leave a website link somewhere – I know the work-around. And that is always a good thing!
