Soar to Success June 2021

Important tips to save your time, money and sanity! A friend highly recommends their “tech person” to help you create a new website. Great! You don’t have time to deal with this, so you say, “Yes.” Several months later, the site isn’t finished, your contact has vanished, and you’re losing sleep. You have no idea how to access any of your information, and you just lost thousands of dollars on a website that doesn’t exist. Ouch! Well, don’t worry. This “secret nightmare” happens frequently, so here are… 5 Tips To Avoid Entrepreneurial Tech Rip-Offs 1. Ask lots of questions. Talk to the person you’ll be working with and ask questions like: Are you doing the actual work and what are your qualifications? Can I see samples of your work? How long will it take to finish? Do you use the same template for all of your clients? Get answers to all of your questions. This process gives you information about the process and the potential hire. If they fail to answer your questions or things just don’t seem right, pass! Now, if you decide to move forward with them… 2. Take control. Some of the things you need to confirm you have access to and own are: • Hosting service (to access your main website files); • Domain name (URLs); • Emails; How to Avoid Tech Rip-Offs By Melanie Rembrandt