Simple question.  If you have a business or hobby that you have not yet taken online the quick and simple answer is YES!  Learn how to create a Blogger account and then learn how to use Blogger.  It is far too simple to get started!

Check out this great 20 min MP3.  It is well worth the listen and can help you and your business (and your website) grow 100 fold.

 Did you know that the people in your industry who are recognized as the experts in their field earn an income of between 10 and 100 times as much as their counterparts? Being the expert and being recognized as the expert in your field are two very different things.

Bob Sommers, the host of the Recognized Expert Marketing Show, applied these skills to his business and built the largest customer service training company in the country. After only two years, Bob consistently earned over a million dollars a year without having to sell, cold call or advertise his business.

Listen to Part One of this incredible multi-part marketing journey presented by Bob Sommers and learn how you can become the recognized expert in your field … and completely eliminate your competition at the same time.

AUDIO: Become The Recognized Expert 

The (Obvious) Problem Is That You Need A Website!

So you need a website for your Maui business but you aren’t ready to fork out ten grand and you don’t want to use one of those “cookie cutter” website development tools that always look cheep.  (Almost sounds like a sales pitch huh? Well I would probably turn it into one if I built websites.  I only market them! And besides, what I’m about to share with you doesn’t actually involve spending any (yep $0) money.)

You need a site that you can control, that isn’t going to drive you crazy, and that you can use to generate business!  Well, maybe you don’t need a website at all!  Have you considered a blog?  Blogs are unbelievably easy to start and can have your company on the Internet in literally under 60 seconds (Yea, it took 3 tries, but I went though the entire process in 58 seconds once. )

You will be able to:

• Direct your customers to a web page you have complete control over
• Sell products online (Via PayPal)
• Accept Credit Cards
• Answer common questions about your product or service online
• Publish images, photos, diagrams, videos and animations of your product or service
• Publish your contact information
• Generate new business online that you wouldn’t have found otherwise
• Spend absolutely no money in the process
• Make changes and add content yourself without help, instantly and at no cost
• Monitor what terms your customers use to find your site to help you improve any and all literature
• Ton’s of other stuff, but I think I nailed the important stuff.

The Solution - How About A Free Solution?

Go right now and sign up for Blogger.  I’ll even make it easy for you, here’s 7 hours of free Blogger video training that will quite literally hold your hand and walk you through the entire process of creating, setting up and using your new free Blogger blog.  You will even learn how to add video, images, slide shows, text, links, PayPal links (yes, you will be able to accept credit cards by the time you finish the videos) a shopping cart feature and TONS of other things.

Not having a website is no longer an option.  This is the easiest and most cost effective way to start one.  You can do it at your own pace and you have absolutely nothing to loose by trying it out.  Best thing is, now where along the way will you be asked for your credit card.

Here are some example sites:

Maui is a unique place, we all know that. (Though I think most of us take it for granted. I know I do.)  There are so many ways to leverage this amazing place to benefit your business both online and off!  But for now I want to talk about online leverage.

 Here are a few sites I have run across in the past.  They are all blogs and they are hosted on several different blogging platforms.

Maui Surfer Girls

First up is one of my favorites.  It’s a girls surfing camp that hosts surf lessons in Maui.  Granted the business relies on Maui’s location, they did a great job using Maui’s unique environment as leverage over their competition.  The Maui Surfer Girls blog is hosted on TypePad.  Note everything from page titles, graphics, logos, and content.  This blog is very well done.

VWOnMaui

 Next up is one of my favorite WordPress blogs and happens to be part of a Wailea and Makena real estate website.  Note the content, the massive theme integration and the “social bookmarking made easy.”

Exploring Maui

 Last up is a Blogger blog.  This blog is more “fun” than anything else as it is not for a business.  This exploring the urban side of Maui blog is setup using a very simple theme and leverages another side of Maui’s uniqueness.

 So if you are looking to start a blog I urge you to consider the following three platforms.

The Top Blogging Platforms

1) Blogger - Free, fast, easy to use and is hosted by Google. (7 hour Blogger video training guide)

2) TypePad - Expensive, hosted by TypePad, easy to use, great documentation.

3) WordPress - Free, you must host it yourself but there are tons of addons and plugins available.  This is by far the most powerful and customizable blog.