Build a WebsiteThe Secret of How I Built This Website
Here is the secret of how I built this website. Like most stories, it's beginnings start way back! I have done many things in my life. My main line of work was as a teacher.......of many things! Trained as a Primary school teacher – 5 to 12 year olds, I worked fulltime for 15 years, and several more part time, in between travelling the world. My desire to travel meant I always had a secondary job ...... or jobs, to save enough for the next trip. My husband Brian and I, both travelled extensively as single people. He tells me my camping trips through Africa , Asia and Europe were luxury! He is the only person I have met who has hitchhiked through the Kalahari Desert! We have managed to travel a lot more, as our lives have evolved. Although the ten year stint when every dollar we had and didn’t have, went into the house and children, were quite hard. You know those years ............... when there seems to be a bottomless pit! Computers were not in most homes then. I really wish I could have started when I was a young Mum! Fortunately Brian was transferred to work in Samoa, and then we moved on for another 2 years, living in Fiji. During this time we were able to travel again – inflicting our children with the same itchy feet we both have! After more years of working up to five different part time jobs at once, to fit in with family life........... ..........I stopped working. I wanted to be free to travel, or do what I wanted when it suited me ! Have you ever had that feeling you don’t want to have to ask an employer for “permission” to take a holiday? Occasionally I picked up a paper and scanned the employment section. But that issue of freedom, usually saw me drop it pretty quickly. My husband has had his own business for the last few years. This has given us a degree of freedom, but also some ties! With both children grown and living overseas, any excuse and we are off! Business trips, trips to see the family.... I have 3 siblings and many friends in different parts of Australia ......... trips to see the host families we have either hosted or our children were hosted by, when they were exchange students, have all been wonderful experiences. Retirement is Looming!
The couple we met while staying in our timeshare at Turangi, from where we did the Tongariro Alpine Crossing Day walk, added fuel to the fire, when she commented she and her partner had worked out they had 10 good summers left! Mmmmmmmm..........yes, well that puts it all into perspective, doesn’t it! Our list of wanna’s is more than ten years worth! How about yours?
Clearly I had to find something that was not going to tie me down, but was going to contribute to the coffers. Something that I enjoyed........... in other words, more than just a job. Rather, a hobby, that earns income. Is this similar to your own sentiments? Keep Reading! I have a fairly broad range of skills to draw on Now, this is not always an advantage! Making decisions becomes more difficult with more choices! If you have a passion for something specific, you are saved the pain of decision making! Finding the Retirement Fund Answer!
I am not overly computer literate. I have gradually learned to browse the internet and do the usual casual emailing, putting photos on Picasa and the like, but I did not know HTML, or any site building skills. Anything beyond basic skills and I was lost. During my searching I had come across a very interesting site called Site Build It several years ago. It was a complete package, with all the tools and hosting.....so much so that there really wasn’t anything extra you needed to buy. And to make it even better there was a University Library of ebooks that are free. I had bought the Make Your Net Auction Sell for some pointers, now it comes courtesy of Sitesell. I have watched with interest as SiteBuildIt has developed. In fact, I confess................. I even tried it about 3 years ago. But I was still very tied up with family and other commitments, and struggled to get through all the reading involved, and implementing the processes. I remember asking for video instructions on the wish list.............yes ..............you can actually suggest new innovations you would like to see brought in. I knew the visual combined with listening would work better for me. I gave up, but always had this niggle in the back of my mind......one day.......perhaps. About 18 months ago I decided using my travel experiences, was the path I wanted to take. I would be a travel writer! Have you been one of those who dreamed of travel writing taking you around the world free, or almost free! That is what the adverts tell us. It sounds like the perfect life doesn’t it! I embarked on a travel writing course via the internet. It was very interesting and I wrote quite a few stories, eventually sending some off to my tutor. I browsed the many travel magazines ..........read numerous travel websites........... and started organising to be published! Well.........that was until I found many editors didn’t reply, while others wanted the articles for free. 
Most internet publications paid so few dollars, it was definitely a labour of love. I came to the realisation that this was NOT going to fund our travels. And I wanted to be free didn’t I? Make my own decisions and be Master .....or is that Mistress........ of my own destiny. Every so often I flipped back to Site Build It. I loved perusing the Top 1% list.I had continued to get the newsletters for affiliates. Not that I had pursued this avenue. More and more I could see this fulfilled my criteria. Independence! Travel Writing?.............SiteBuildIt ?Site Build It promised all the required help and tools , and reading the case studies I knew others had started with few skills, and were now very successful.67% in the top one percent could not be a coincidence! ! They also had a fully guaranteed money back trial, to cover me if I found I just could not make it work.The other thing I really liked was................once I had paid the $299.there was absolutely nothing more to buy. It was all part of the package. Surprisingly, the price seemed to have come down a bit from the early days. Now that is unusual! As you can see, mentally, I was gearing up for the challenge! An email landed in my box in December announcing Site Build It had a special deal - two for one! Give one as a gift, or keep it for yourself. This Christmas, I really knew what I wanted!On the Christmas Eve of 2007 I bought SiteBuildIt. Let the Magic Begin! CLICK BELOW to read about how Site Build It works.
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