Monday, October 30, 2006

Thoughts on Learning

So I have been working on the website again. I have been getting a lot of hits, on the site, but not a lot of orders, and I decided that maybe people are a little intimidated at having to pay for a product that they have never even seen. So I changed things up a bit and made it so that customers can submit an order and I will make them a proof and then they can choose whether to purchase it or not after they have viewed the finished proof and made any changes that they want to. It will create a little bit more work for me, but I think in the long run it will be worth it. To implement this new plan I had to learn more programming skills, and I admit it right now my order form is pretty barebones, but I am learning how to write new scripts and I hope that I will have an even better website soon. If any of you lovely folks out there have constructive critisism for me on the website I would love to hear it.

I am so proud of myself, and learning new things makes me feel so good. I feel like as a mother sometimes (perhaps as a result of all of the Teletubbies' episodes I've watched) my brain power gets a little dull. This website has really made me feel empowered because I built all of it by myself. If I didn't know how to do something, I learned. A year ago I never would have thought that I could do this, and now I can, and with all this I think an amazing thing happened...I got better at learning. Just like any other skill I have found that learning is a skill, a skill that is powered not by intelligence, or talent or anything fabulous and unique like that, it is powered completely by will, desire, and hard work.

3 comments:

ithinkearthisheaven said...

it takes time to build brand . and its always hard for peoples to get order on new website . It really does not matter how many hits you are getting , it matters how targated those hits are .as a starter you may use adsense and affiliate program stuff to earn some extra income from your website .... i am working in internet marketing from years ,contact me if you need any kind of help

Anonymous said...

You are a great example of the model stay-at-home mom. Your website looks great...Todd thinks so too...and we wish you all the best. Come February we will definitely be placing an order. :)

Anonymous said...

I love the website! Wish I would have seen it before I made all Hailey's b-day cards.