An Important Blog Page If You’re Looking To Do Business
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on Sep 17, 2011
There’s an old joke that goes like this:
A woman is down on her luck and has been for a long time. She’s very religious and has always gone to church every Sunday of her life. One day she decides that she’s never asked for anything, and decides to pray to God to ask for a favor.
“Please God, let me win the lottery so that my life will improve.”
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She makes this request every day for a week, a couple of times more than once. Finally, the following Sunday, she gets down to pray but says “Please God, why won’t you answer my prayers. I’ve always been a loyal follower, and now you’re my last hope. Won’t you allow me to win the lottery?”
Out of the blue comes a voice that says “Lady, you have to meet me halfway; go buy a ticket.”
Trust me, it’s funnier when said out loud. lol
Anyway, I lead with that joke because I was talking to someone about this blog. I’ve always said that I had never really expected to make money off this blog, but that it wouldn’t depress me. I said that I’d written more than 1,100 posts on many different topics, many addressing things I could do for others, but I’d gotten very few responses. I said I wasn’t sure what else there was I could do other than continue to write every once in awhile about things I could do for people.
My friend listened and then asked “Do you have a services page on your blog telling people what you do?”
Out of the mouth of the uninitiated, I realized it was something I’d never added to this page. Sure, I talked about my business to a degree, but I had never thought about creating a Services page to go at the top of this blog along with all those other pages.
Goodness folks, it has to be one of the goofiest things in the world to forget, but the easiest and one of the most important pages to create. I know I’ve been to other people’s blogs, and some of them have this page. Why I had a mental block about it is beyond me. Anyway, I now have one; it’s fairly simple right now, but as time goes on I’m sure I’ll flesh it out more. After all, it’s mainly to serve a function, not to be overly conversational.
Just something to think about if you’re ever hoping someone will like what you have to say on your blog and then start thinking about maybe hiring you for something.
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I like that lottery story. It’s a great reminder that it takes some action on our part, however small, to get the things we want.
Thanks for sharing!
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Mitch Mitchell Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 11:13 PM
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I like your story.
So many times we think that we are doing what it takes to get something we want when in reality we have missed the mark by just a fine line.
Many times it takes someone else pointing out the obvious to us.
That is why I love the community of bloggers on the internet. They are all really willing to point the obvious out when we don’t see it.
Dee Ann Rice
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September 17th, 2011 at 11:14 PM
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IM, like all things has a learning curve and you have to put your 10,000 hours in to get good at it…like anything.
Thanks for sharing this. I appreciate it…:)
Mark
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September 17th, 2011 at 11:15 PM
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September 17th, 2011 at 11:15 PM
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Sire Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 11:34 PM
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September 17th, 2011 at 11:53 PM
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Sire Reply:
September 18th, 2011 at 1:33 AM
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September 17th, 2011 at 11:54 PM
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Carl Reply:
September 18th, 2011 at 7:46 AM
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September 18th, 2011 at 2:25 AM
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Great story but on the point of the services page I would say that it needs to be far more prominent with some strong definitions of the things to do, with of course some ordering pages so particular services can be purchased online. Example: X no of links, On Page SEO optimisation for a particular keyword.
The point I am trying to make is that there are so many elements of SEO that you must be able to articulate what you are offering
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September 18th, 2011 at 5:53 PM
Second, I created that page around 2:30 in the morning and really hadn’t fleshed it out yet. However, I think it also depends on what services someone is looking to market as to whether they want people purchasing stuff before there’s even been a conversation. For instance, I’d never do SEO work for anyone without first evaluating their site, and thus I wouldn’t even think of charging them until that part was done. Ergo, no pre-link, if you will.
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Now, if I can just finish this blasted project! LOL
Cheers,
Mitch
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September 18th, 2011 at 5:54 PM
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September 18th, 2011 at 5:54 PM
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I know what you mean, I guess you felt that it would just happen if you put yourself out there. On my first blog, I thought everyone would automatically love what I had to say but you really have to put yourself out there
Hope you have luck with your services Mitch
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September 19th, 2011 at 4:44 PM
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But then as I scanned the website of a management consultant I recently got in contact with, I must agree with you. For a business/professional website seriously looking for clients, there should be a Services page separate from the About page. I noticed the usual sequence Home/About/Services. But it is not always that way.
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September 19th, 2011 at 4:45 PM
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One suggestion, though: make the text bold, that way it’ll stand out amongst other images on the page.
Val recently posted..how differently do you write from how you speak?
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