My first customers are now starting to trickle in about 2 months after first putting my site up. Strange feeling to start with as people have seen what you have to offer and happy to take a punt on you. Gives you a bit of a buzz. In fact so much of a buzz that I didn't get to sleep til 5 the morning after my first job came in! Think if you are offering any business over the net then you need to pay for google and yahoo ads to start with as it takes ages for your web page to get noticed. The ads get you on the first page for as little as a £1 a day. Well worth it when you only need one customer to pay for it.
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Wheels In Motion
Saturday, 21 July 2007
spreadsheetsdirect forum!
www.spreadsheetsdirect.com has now got a forum! http://spreadsheetsdir.proboards57.com You can discuss spreadsheet stuff but anything else goes too.
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Website designs
I saw my website on somebody elses computer screen the other day and was surprised how massive the page looked, half the screen was taken up with the spreadsheets direct logo! I've therefore decided to redesign my pages and put them in what is (hopefully) a more fluid design. Sounds easy but only when you start creating the pages do you realise how IE and Firefox show them in different ways. What looks spot on in IE is usually way off in Firefox. On further investigation I've discovered that it is IE that is at fault as it doesn't conform to the proper standards. Assuming most people still use IE as their browser it's just a case of getting it looking good in that and ok in Firefox. You can check the new look out at http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
Cleaning Windows
Just replaced Windows 98 with Ubuntu version of Linux on my old desktop and I'm very impressed with it already. There are free programs galore available for it, everything from games to spreadsheets. Takes a bit to de-windows yourself but then it feels far more natural than windows ever did. You think how do I do this then you realise it's right in front of you.
Friday, 29 June 2007
I never thought setting my own business up would occupy my brain so much. Working 9-5 I found that I could just turn off as soon as I left the place now because it's my own business I'm thinking about what I need to do until I manage to get to sleep. Spent most of the week trying to sign up to free listings, forums and search engines which takes ages. I've starting listing all the useful sites I've found under www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/website.html so it might save others in the same situation some time.
Monday, 25 June 2007
setting up www.spreadsheetsdirect.com
I'm currently in the process of starting my first business. After years of working for others I'm having a go myself and thought I'd write about my experience, somebody out there might find it useful if they're thinking about doing the same. My main business is going to be www.spreadsheetsdirect.com but I'm also going to be offering www.pchomeaid.co.uk and www.pcofficeaid.co.uk to the Southport, UK area. It's amazing how many little bits and bobs there are to do from registering as self employed to getting all the webpages looking how you want. I've found myself thinking about things that I can offer while I'm trying to get to sleep. I've now got to the stage were I'm advertising on google and just waiting for the first client to turn up.
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