When I started writing Finding Innovation in 2008, I wanted to Blog about all of these amazing new ways that small business can benefit from bleeding edge strategies that large companies were benefiting from. I live in a rural Oklahoma town and I really have a heart for small businesses and rural businesses. I believed that this is where you can really develop long lasting business relationships.
Recently other major Internet Marketers caught on and are bombarding the space with opportunities for “Main Street.” I love that! You would think I would have a problem with the competition but honestly I love it. Why? Because I was right.
When I finally realized the potential of WordPress I was scoffed at when I suggested only developing in WordPress. Now WordPress has evolved into such an amazing software that even Microsoft Evangelist Thomas Lee sponsored WordCamp San Francisco.
When I found the potential for using Twitter or Facebook people thought that there was no way that we could let small businesses use that type of media. Today there are millions of companies that survive off of Tweeting. when I started mentioning brand identity and reputation management people started changing their minds.
So, what does all of this mean? I found some tools that were emerging. I envisioned that they would change the face of the Internet and that they would do so for small business.
For instance I know that Facebook is soon to pass up Google as the number one website in the world. Even Google has admitted to actually fearing Facebook. So, wouldn’t it suffice that small businesses should be present on Facebook? Shouldn’t small businesses find ways to do business on a venue that boasts billions of page views a month?
Did you know that you CAN customize parts of Facebook? Did you know that Facebook advertising will create a million times more qualified leads than Google Adwords? Did you know that the only search engine that uses meta Keywords is the Yahoo search engine and that Yahoo will soon be using the Bing search engine?
I’m not the Nostradamus of Internet trends. I’m just put my ear to the ground and find out where the horses are running to. This is how Finding Innovation began, and this is where we are going to stay.
When I started freelancing in 2008, I used this name and domain name because I thought that it was a good name and a good angle, but honestly, I haven’t found anyone new to consult for. All but one of my clients are people that I worked with for years and believed in my ability to make them succeed. I think the reason that I couldn’t find more people to use my service was because they didn’t really understand what I was doing.
For that reason I am changing Finding Innovation back to the amazing blog and Podcast that it once was, and moving my freelancing services to TulsaWebPro.com. With offices in downtown Tulsa, I can finally start identifying myself as a, well, Tulsa Web Pro.