I'm always really impressed by people that can do websites and social media stuff.
I paid a dad at the school gate to write mine - and he's done a good job (well, I think so, but I'd be grateful for feedback...
www.keepmobilephysiotherapy.co.uk )
There's my brass neck, ladies, right there!
Because he was doing it cheap as a favour, I said "oh no, don't worry about the meta tags, I'll do that" he showed me how, I forgot, got in a mess and can't figure it out...
so my website doesn't come up on google. At all. And, he showed me how to make a word like "treatment" light up so that it links with a click to the page where I witter on about treatments. Can I do that? Eh, nope.
And, I can't see how to delete pages that I decided were surplus to requirements.
And, it just me weep with frustration! I am a dinosaur, hear me rooooooaaaaarrrrr.
Blogging, actual writing - that's not a problem to me. Twittering and facebook - I've used those for some stand up comedy I do, so that's vaguely familiar.
But - getting that stupid bloody badge with that stupid bloody bird on it to sit on my webpage? Scuppered.
I know a girl who was an amateur photographer. Really talented, no formal training, but, seriously good at portraits. Through facebook, twitter, linkedin, netmums (ssshhh) and a bunch of other online social stuff she has built herself up a business. She's making really good money, and doing really well - all from facebook. Clever.
I need to learn that - small businesses need the free advertising and the word of mouth. But, it Just Bores Me To Tears.
I want to spend my time doing my actual job. i'm bloody good at my actual job, and I like it. My problem is going to be being disciplined enough to knuckle down and keep my books up to date, keep the social guff going and not land up procrastinating on mumsnet...