Home Sweet Home Page

By Carma Spence

Attention Authors, Speakers, and Coaches:
Does your website attract nothing but crickets and tire kickers?

Your website’s home page is its most valuable virtual real estate. If it doesn’t grab your visitor’s attention, you may not get a second chance. Home Sweet Home Page can help you make sure this real estate effectively supports your business goals. This second edition expands on what was in the first edition, adding information on online presence in general, SEO tips, and more.

Learn how to increase book sales, get more speaking gigs and attract more coaching clients with your website...without having to get a web design degree or learn to code...even if you’re terrible at web stuff, don’t have a lot of time, and just want to hand this web stuff over to a Virtual Assistant!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carma Spence
• Release date: May 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9780998531113

Carma Spence

Bestselling author of "Public Speaking Super Powers," Carma Spence is a "geek who speaks."Because she’s been there, she knows that you can be a decent speaker despite being introverted, shy and socially awkward.Carma is fiercely committed to supporting her clients as they unleash their inner speaking superhero and boldly communicate their message with confidence. Her superpower is to help people see what is possible for them and guide them on the journey from where they are to where they want to be, Vanquishing the Mind Goblins of self-doubt and second-guessing that keep them stuck.The speaking bug first bit Carma in High School while on the Speech Team. Her activities earned her several awards, a Letter in Speech, and a Degree of Honor with the National Speech & Debate Association.After college, she joined Toastmasters and earned her Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award, the highest level of educational achievement in Toastmasters earned through a variety of speaking and leadership assignments.People often comment on Carma’s strength and courage, but these qualities were hard won. In 2010, she left an emotionally abusive marriage, only to fall into another bad relationship. That one ended the night her boyfriend attacked her.It was that fateful night that woke her up and got her to do the inner work she needed to do. After a year of counseling, training and studying Universal Laws, she met a good man who loves her as she is.But the trials weren't over.Just as they announced their wedding date, Carma was hit by a car while crossing the street, resulting in multiple broken bones.It is the combination of all these experiences—both good and bad—that makes Carma a good mentor to those struggling with owning their gifts.

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Praise for the First Edition of

Home Sweet Home Page

Carma’s book on creating Web sites in the era of Web 2.0 is the simplest, most readable, and best in a highly cluttered market.

— Elatia Harris, Founder, Tessa’s Table 2050

Even though she is an accomplished website and graphic design professional AND Internet marketer, Carma speaks in plain English and keeps things simple. And she still includes pretty much everything I would want you to know about building an effective online presence—and how to do it right from the start!

— Linda Dessau, Founder, You Talk, I’ll Write

The power of the book is how Carma Spence packs so much punch into a small volume. The book spends little time on frills and is devoted entirely to identifying the problems found with business and professional homepages, and to creating their solutions. … The book can be read in one sitting, as is helpful for a busy businessperson. The valuable site mistake self-assessment can be completed, and the solutions presented in the book can be put into action immediately.

— Wayne Hurlbert, Business Blogger, Online Radio Host

Home Sweet Home Page by Carma Spence was a very helpful book. It was simple and easy to implement. Already, my homepage has improved and sign-ups for my e-newsletter have gone up. I am looking forward to reading more from this Internet-savvy writer.

— Elaine Littau, Author, Nan’s Heritage Series

If you’re an author, speaker, or coach in the process of building or revamping your website or would like to make sure your website has the necessary elements to market yourself and your product, you should consider getting a copy of Carma Spence’s book…. Short and succinct, the book describes in an engaging manner the most essential elements of an effective website….

— Mayra Calvani, Author

Also by Carma Spence

Public Speaking Super Powers

57 Secrets for Branding Yourself Online

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Copyright © 2021 Carma Spence

Published by DragonWyze Publishing

1314 W 16th Street, Hastings, MN 55033

www.DragonWyze.com

Printed in the United States of America

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the writer or publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission from the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

Paperback ISBN-10: 0998531103

Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-9985311-0-6

Ebook ISBN-10: 0998531111

Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-9985311-1-3

First Edition: December 19, 2009

Second Edition: May 18, 2021

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020924480

Limits of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranty

The author and publisher shall not be liable for your misuse of this material. This book is strictly for informational and educational purposes.

Warning—Disclaimer

The purpose of this book is to educate and entertain. The author and/or publisher do not guarantee that anyone following these techniques, suggestions, tips, ideas, or strategies will become successful. The author and/or publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to anyone with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The encouragement and mentorship of some truly wonderful individuals made this book possible. If it were not for the teaching, guidance, and encouragement of folks like Adam Urbanski, Donna Kozik, Rochelle Walden, Kary Oberbrunner, and Jon Harrow, I don’t