C'mon In! The Web's Fine!

Over the last year or so, I've been approached by enough inquisitive holistic practitioners to finally get the hint (duh!) that maybe I could turn my small wealth of experience creating a website for my shiatsu practice into an ittybiz.

For a number of practitioners I know - people who are generally very intuitive, creative, and well, people-oriented - the idea of having and maintaining an 'online presence' brings out feelings of intimidation, helplessness, aversion, impatience... all kinds of stuff. This has had the (to me: humorous) effect of making them look up to me with starry eyes and admiration, as if I were a computer genius.

As my musical mentor/friend has demonstrated, he doesn't need to be an expert in bass to teach me how to play... he just needs to know a little more than me.

I'm not a web developer, or an A-list blogger-type, but, yeah, I love playing with my website. To me, the whole nature of it has allowed me to bring in my graphic arts background, my hobby of writing, and, of course, my passion for shiatsu and holistic healing. And if ya like something, chances are, you'll spend more time figuring it out.

I know not all of these people are in this same boat. And yet, they've come to believe having a website might be a good idea.

And so... I believe I can help. I can do some hand-holding, ask some clarifying questions, define some mysterious terms and point them in the right direction. Even help set up and maintain the webby stuff, if needed.

I'm crafting a preliminary ebook now, with a variety of support tools to follow, but tell me, is this you, or do you know someone like this? Someone who cringes at the thought of websites and blogs and twitter and whatever but feels like they're getting left in the dust?

I would love to hear from you! Tell me your thoughts, your fears, your concerns... let me know what I can do to help you!

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Comments

[cj]

Hi Gina,
Thanks for your great post! Great idea to offer help as it is an entirely different language to get used to but fun if you've the time and patience. I think I just spent far too many hours setting up my RSS feed and feedburner. Next time I'll get in touch!
I've been quietly blogging away because I was too busy listening to my inner critic and wondering what I could say that might be of interest to others. But, I finally listening to my inner go-getter and decided to try to raise the visibility of my blog - come what may!
Looking forward to reading more of your posts!
In gassho,
cj

[Gina Loree' Marks]

Thanks, cj... many of us starting out in the blogging world feel like we're talking to ourselves, and often for the same reason. But good for you fo deciding to get your voice out there! Shiatsu people need to speak up, for sure.

Your site is lovely, by the way.. (buddinghealth.com)... and I'm curious, where is your blog? I didn't see it connected to your site...

[cj]

Thanks very much for the words of encouragement, Gina!
My blog is linked on the righthand side bar, but the fact that you couldn't find it suggests I should make it a wee bit more visible!
In the meantime, here is the link: buddinghealth.com/blog