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For years after that, friends told us we should have a website. I resisted because I AM a techo-weenie. I couldn't see learning to write "html code". Pixels meant nothing to me. But I did want to write. I had tried writing a book in the early computer years before the internet. It was an interesting little novel that never got published. I kept thinking there had to be a way to make money and travel. I tried my hand at writing travel articles for magazines. I even got a few published. There were rounds of queries and then rushing to get the submission in... never knowing if or when it would be published. It felt like writing a last minute term paper, and I found the magazines didn't pay all that well. Never mind the ego-bruising rejections! We still wanted to find a way to make a living at what we did. Sure Mark still works for an airline, but we want to retire and travel more. So finally, I yielded to the badgering of my friends and decided to try my hand at a website. BUT HOW TO START? One friend offered to teach me that dreaded "code".... then another friend told me to take a look at SBI. You can have a look at their Video Tour to get an idea of how it works. (Take the Quick Tour if you're on dial up.) SBI is shorthand for Site Build it! This great company helps you turn your passion or hobby into a real online business. It's amazing to me that almost any topic can make money with a website! Have a look at all the different ways regular people are using SBI.... There are hundreds of successful SBI websites. Now world travel isn't exactly a tight little niche, but it's what I wanted to write about... about us and our travels.
There are lots of BIG players in this niche.... travel books, travel magazines, tour companies and booking companies. But to my surprise I started to make a little money once I got a few pages up. People really did find my little site with the help of SBI. And believe me, if I can build a website, anyone can! Make a living doing what you love? We're beginning to, and you can too. It's obvious that our passion is travel, but you can do what we've doing with any hobby, skill or area of expertise.
I'm not saying it wasn't a lot of work getting our pages written..... but writing about us was fun, and we sure had a ball doing the Like here when I was catching up on a page while we were hydrofoiling on the Danube from Budapest to Bratislava. You can do it in your spare time at first like we have. You can set your own pace. I was so timid that it's taken us three years to get to this point. You can move as slow or as fast as you want. Why not take a tour of SBI right now and see just how easy it is to get started. I love quoting Mark Twain. Here's one to think about... by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." So that's about all I can tell you at the moment about us. Happy travels... even if you don't travel the world... just remember that life is a journey... embrace and enjoy it! Judy and Mark Go from About Us to MouseToursTravels Home Page Use one of the handy "share this page" buttons below. Thanks, Judy and Mark |
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