Happy New Year Everybody!
I know I shouldn’t be working on New Year’s Day, but I just received an email that just tore my heart out. A Handmade Results Premium subscriber was distraught about SBI! and I think maybe I’ve been pushing SBI! just a little too much. I certainly don’t want people to think it’s a necessity!
To be clear-it is NOT! The guidelines I’m giving you can be applied in a dozen different ways. Whether you have an SBI! site, a Blogspot Blog, A Typedpad Blog, even an Etsy shop or Artfire shop. This course is really about marketing, not about a specific format. I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear. I was trying to meet people where they were at – from the surveys, it seemed people were caring mostly about technical detail, that’s why I suggested SBI!.
You CAN always decide later. There is no reason to not learn because you can’t swing SBI! at first.
Here’s what I received:
I really hate to do this, there are tears in my eyes as I do it. I’m going
to drop out of your classes. It’s not that they aren’t everything that
you’ve promised but I just can’t afford the SBI site on my own and it
doesn’t look like I’m going to find a partner to go in with. Glad my idea
worked out for some, I wasn’t on the computer enough to be fast enough to
respond I guess. I just don’t feel I can do it right with out the site and I
want to give it my all. I’m so sorry I know I committed myself to this but I
really didn’t realize the costs involved. I’m hoping that I will have the
money later and will be able to start again when I’m able to be able to do
it and do it right.again I’m so sorry
Member:xxxxx
Answer
Hi xxxx, Don’t do it!
You really don’t need SBI to be successful. It’s definitely not a requirement. The lessons I’m teaching are just as viable for a non-sbier. The lessons will actually be geared more towards people who are NOT using SBI simply because I want everyone to be able to learn how to do this stuff, and since SBI does such a good job of teaching it to the SBIers, I’m spending more time on the non-SBI crowd.
So don’t pull out yet. I’m even going to show you how to use a free blogspot blog instead of an SBI site. If you don’t have an SBI site, it’s still definitely doable!
I’m excited by your enthusiasm and passion. You CAN do this!
I hope I’ve eased concerns from others as well. As I move forward and create lessons, I’m realizing that I can show people how to use a free Blogspot Blog to do this as well – and probably it will be a lot easier to do than a WordPress blog if you are afraid technically of hosting your own.
Let me know what you think by commenting below.
Thanks so much!
Best,
