That’s when Phoenix Business Solutions started. (phoenixbusinesssolutions.co.za)
In the same time, we faced alot of trials, fear, insecurity, shame from others, and doubt in ourselves... Somehow the trust in my husband and in his abilities grew with leaps and bounds. There were times when we had to believe for food, for work, for an income; but we came out stronger. I then started working with, and for my husband (I remember it was when I was younger, I said that if I get married, I would like to marry someone who could lead me in business, (little did I know...).Â
I started off doing marketing, and very soon started loving design. Digital design on platforms like Canva.com was so easy, and doable, even for me - I never thought I’d be able to design, but I quickly learned the ins-, and outs- of design, tutorials on design principles, fundamentals, colour, shape, spacing etc.
It was, and is, wonderful; and then I started taking an interest in SEO, because you see, when you design something, authentic designs has more authority on the internet if the alt text and seo is done right, but SEO seemed like such a mountain, completetly out of reach for someone like me... until I started learning more. Hint: Neil Patel (neilpatel.com) is awesome at SEO, and he’s a good teacher as well. I learned alot from him. My husband is very good at SEO as well, and I learned alot from him too... He also mentored people globally, and taught some locals who now earn their own living. But it wasn’t overnight...
His business picked up when we realised what a mess many designers make of (on) websites... So he grew in credibility too. He also gained many clients from designers who stuffed up, or never performed.
It reminded me of something my dad always used to say: “That your word is all you’ve got, and you only have one reputation... that money cannot buy you a good reputation...
I’m a little less like my dad in that regard. But this was ingrained in my husband, and I had alot of changing to do - which was not easy for me either. The first five years of our marriage was really not easy. Like in, really. Not for me, and not for him either. In the meanwhile, I tried building my first for-real website. I really love the Lord, so I made something Christian. It was really not easy, and I didn’t know a quarter of what I know now. If I knew then what I know now, I would’ve made the site much more engaging, but it’s over. I then tried (Ithink) two different things (one of which website design), but I worked for six months, engaging on social media, advertising, working on my site... Nothing... I think I then realised that it was not what I was supposed to do... But I still love(d) talking, words, encouraging etc.
Then I built webnetincorporated.com. To me it made sense to name my site something that has to do with online work, not involving something specific. Bye for now... Stay tuned for more...