A HIGH TECH WORLD We are living in an amazing era. The high technology we have access to is mind boggling.
Front and center is the world wide web and the power it has to bring the world to our living room.
Ask any question and someone, somewhere will have an answer for you. Pay your bills, reserve a flight, or write a book. Find a great recipe for fried catfish or the secret to removing that tell-tale lipstick from your shirt collar in a hurry.
Need to know the meaning of repudiate or refudiate? Somewhere in the world lives a special someone who will be able to tell you. You never know, they might even live in Alaska.
THERE IS NO WWW WITHOUT PEOPLE
Without people it really does not matter how compact and sleek your computer is. It really makes no difference how many bytes of information it can store. It simply does not matter how fast your server is.
None of that really matters if there are no people to input the information that is processed and spread around the world to millions of people who are sitting in front of their computer screens looking for answers.
DON'T SELL YOURSELF SHORT
Every single person on this earth is unique. We all have a story to tell. We all have a contribution to make to the family of man.
Even if we don't realize it.
We are all experts in a field. We all know something about something that can help others find the answers they seek.
Not you? Of course you. Every single one of us can contribute to the world wide web and make someones day a bit brighter or a bit easier. They may live on the other side of the world, but hey, such is the power of the internet.
So you are a stay-at-home mom and have never had the opportunity to learn things that might interest others?
What?
Thousands and thousands of mothers around the world would love to read your insights about raising a family. It would be a great catalyst for a website all your own chock-full of the experience you have lived and are passing on to others.
Or maybe you have lived in a cabin in the woods for the last ten years far from civilization. What could you possibly offer the world?
Oh not much.
Except maybe a thousand stories about the beauty and perfection of nature. The changing of the seasons, the eagle in flight or the wildflowers that carpet the meadow. Images you have witnessed made vivid through your finger-tips as you tell your story to the world.
Don't sell yourself short. Believe in yourself and the knowledge that resides within you just waiting to get out. Far too many people let the opportunity to share what they know simply slip away and die with them.
CONTENT IS KING
You bet. Fresh, original content is wanted by everyone connected with the internet. It is indeed King.
Article sites, marketing sites, link sites, and site-builders all want original content. So do thousands of others too numerous to mention.
As a writer and contributor you will be seduced by many different means to give your gift of original thoughts and content.
Anyone can copy and paste what others have written. People do not want to type a question into their search engine looking for answers only to be inundated with the same article over and over again.
It is in a person's best interest to give their gift of knowledge only to those who are willing to fairly compensate them for their efforts.
Fresh content is King now and always will be because of the insatiable desire that people have to continuously learn more and broaden their horizons and not be satisfied with what they learned today, but instead will always strive to learn something new tomorrow.
That's exactly why mankind travels into space, explores the depths of the oceans, and types a question into their Google search bar.
