Day 35: StomperNet – The Sinkhole & The 5 Steps to Internet Income

November 21, 2009 · Posted in 90 Days of StomperNet · Comment 

The desk and tack-board that got cleared yesterday is starting to pile up with clutter again. Ideas were drawn up, sifted through then stompernet-review-sinkholekept or discarded depending on how they fit with all the other parts. I more or less ended the designing session with the excitement every entrepreneur has when they think they have it. I only spent a couple of hours for this. Then immediately buckled down to work on what I could do myself or contact people who can help out with the parts I am having difficulty with.

A couple of hours is okay. Past experience has taught me how vulnerable I am to falling into an analysis by paralysis sinkhole. So it was more important to me to get some tangible work done today versus getting what I think will work on paper. A gamble? Yes. But I’ll take this gamble today already knowing what all this will amount to if I don’t take the gamble – Nothing!

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Day 11: Incubator – Site Building – Outsourcing or Software

October 24, 2009 · Posted in 90 Days of StomperNet, Diary: StomperNet Incubator · Comment 

Audrey Kerwood continues to stamp her organizational skills on her videos. I now have a name for this kind of StomperNetPrecision Tools Incubator video lesson. I call it a TODO Video. The video is so very organized into bite-sized chunks of what you need to have on your E-Commerce website. And then each chunk has the steps either textually itemized or visually demonstrated or both. As she goes through these steps, she drops you kernels of experience like tips or insights to save you time or avoid headaches both in the short term and the long term.

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Day 10: Incubator – Site Building: The Basics & Your Options

October 23, 2009 · Posted in 90 Days of StomperNet, Diary: StomperNet Incubator · Comment 

This nitty-gritty StomperNet Incubator video lesson on Site Building delivers. The faculty, Audrey Kerwood, stated that, “E-Commerce is much more than just a numbers game. A site that is setup to convert will save you money, time and stress.” Everything about the content of her lessons – the tips, the itemizing of what is minimally needed to start, the steps to take to get from point A to point B… all of it screams EXPERIENCE! She runs 4 successful online stores. All of which she custom-built herself. This is one of those video lessons where care and preparation shines through and is the meatiest lesson so far.

Site BuildingAudrey starts out by using just 2 sentences on what the video is about. That’s it. No fluff. This is great I tell you. She dives straight in and gives you the low down on choosing the right platform for your E-Commerce business. She addresses the issue of price and argues the benefits of including other considerations besides price in choosing a platform. She then lists 5 must-haves for your platform and tells you why. This early, you already get a sense that you are being given kernels of experience which you can use to avoid looking like age 50 while still being only 35.

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