Change the world, a website shows us who you are.

How many idealistic people do you know who have big ideas about how to make the world a better place? Some of them want to do it through their entrepreneurial skills, some through spiritual aims, and others just by sharing information. Check out http://www.zaadz.com/ and you can see the early stages of a website that is attempting to do all three at once. The cool thing about this site/company is that they really let the site visitor get a good idea about what kind of people they are. That’s what having a website is all about, letting people know the real you.

Say you own a business, let’s say massage therapy. On your website you can get down and personal with people, letting them know exactly what kind of skills you have, as well as your beliefs on health in general. I’m sure you’ll find that a Swedish massage site, Japanese Shiatsu site, and Chinese Tuina site are completely different in their approach to both therapies and ideologies. Then within each field there will be differences too, such as if you specialize in acupuncture, back alignment, or the use of herbs and tinctures. How are people going to know exactly what you do and how you see things by looking at an ad in a Yellow Pages phonebook?

If you do make a massage website there are a lot of different ways in which you can interact with your audience, who are of course your prospective customers. You can put photos of you in action, practicing the exact methods that you utilize on your real patients. You could even put in video so that people can see and hear your individual approach to the profession. This can be an invaluable tool. You may have done some training in directed meditation which you use during the massage process. People will be able to hear your relaxed voice before they ever actually meet you in person. You can write out your theories on a healthy life and follow them up with a podcast where you actually speak to listeners. This brings a personal connection to people. They know who you are, and can feel if you’re the type of person/organization that they want to get treated by/do business with.

Do you see what I’m saying here? Having a website both puts you in contact with your fellow human beings as well as giving you a place to share exactly you are. Who is your dentist? Why did you decide to go back to that particular practitioner? How many other dentists did you deal with before you decided to stick with the one you use? What was wrong with the others? Were they unfriendly, or maybe you didn’t place too much faith in their abilities? You stuck with your dentist because they’re a nice person who you feel does the job well. Imagine moving to a new city and having to find a dentist all over again. What a painful (literally) process that could be! However, imagine if all of the local dentists had websites giving you an idea about who they are, what they’ve achieved, how much they charge, and even what their surgery looks like. Someone with a bright and friendly, yet professional site is going to attract your attention. This is the nature of things.

Are you going to go to the dentist whose site is bland, boring and gives you no idea whatsoever of the personality behind the name? Better yet, are you going to go to the dentist who doesn’t even have a website, a name without a face, when there are others who have put effort into sharing their identities with the community? Listen to what I’m saying people. The future is the Internet and having a website, and the future is here right now! Whether it’s for business or personal use, owning your own website gives you the power to share your life with the world, to make an impression on others. Your reason for doing this is your own prerogative. You may want to generate more business, or you may just want to show people who you are so you can make more friends and have a healthier social life. The website is the ultimate medium for sharing your personality, giving a name to a face, a face to a name, or an ideology for your enterprise.

Seriously, it’s gotten really easy to make your mark on the Internet, and let’s face it-if you make your mark on the World Wide Web-you’ve made your mark on society! I don’t care if you’re a house painter, movie director, do work in sculpture, roofing, or a commercial helicopter pilot; if you really want to connect with others and show them exactly who you are and how you do things differently from the rest, get your butt online. If you’re a person like me who just wants to share your ideas, pictures, music, writing, video, in essence-your life, with others, get yourself a website. Don’t get held back by your fears. It’s not too difficult to do. Take the first step. Go to a web-hosting company site (they take care of your site so you don’t have to) and find out about how to change the world. Big or small change, it’s up to you, but as soon as you’ve given yourself a presence on the Internet, the world will be changed forever.