Wednesday, February 2, 2011

NEW WEBSITE

It never ceases to amaze me how the universe conspires with you when you're on the right path.  I had a coaching session with my life coach,Tim Brownson a week and a bit ago, and realised that I have a passion and really want to follow it.  After ages of talking myself out of it, I have realised that it is no use fighting the inevitable.  So I have embraced my destiny and committed myself to being a Fertility Coach. 

So, how is the universe conspiring?  Well, during the life coach session, I found that http://www.fertilitycoach.com/ was for sale. Firstly, we all know how difficult it is to find a good two-word URL, and one that is unequivocably relevant is akin to winning the lottery.  So I learned some stuff about domains and buying and registering, and decided to make an offer on the domain name, which was very expensive when converted from $ to Rands. 

In keeping with one of my two resolutions (I made them before New Year, so it doesn't count as a New Year's Resolution) - to ask for discounts (It's part of the other resolution, which is to step out of my comfort zones) - I made a very cheeky bid for a fifth of the price.  It was below the reserve, so I upped the price to just above the reserve.  The counter offer came in at four times what I offered, so I made another offer for less than half the counter offer.  Guess what?  THEY ACCEPTED IT!  So I got my site for a third of the original asking price, and at a much more affordable cost for me!

Then came a huge learning curve - I have had to learn wordpress so that I can set up my domain.  I also had to learn about hosting and CPanel and all sorts of other technical stuff.  It's been a lot of fun, and very overwhelming. 

That said, I am very very pleased to share with you my new website - please come and visit!
http://www.fertilitycoach.com/
(I have embraced my innergeek, and added a customised 404 page, which is what happens when the site can't find a requested page - '\xyz' after the website url, and it will take you to a surprise page). :)