LISA BROWN LLC.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

About Lisa Brown I never saw myself that way, as a rebel, but lately I’ve looked back and found that I never have done things in the accepted way, at least not entirely. Instead of going to college, getting a job, having kids and putting them in daycare, then school and taking 2 weeks of vacation, and doing what everyone said you were supposed to do, I chose to do it differently. I started my business when 5 months pregnant with our first when I was laid off in 1996. I started with a couple of freelance clients, designing websites using Notepad. There weren’t classes, or blogs, there was no Google, no Amazon, the internet was completely different and much smaller. It fit me to a T, it wasn’t mired in rules and prerequisites, it was perfect! And I could dive down any of many rabbit holes to learn new things to my heart’s content. In a way, I grew up with the Internet and it still amazes me to look back at how far it’s come and how much has changed. And back then, I dived into the unknown and made a business. 18 years later, I’m at a crossroads and want to do something different. Working online still fascinates me, learning new things still drives me, I want to change my role and instead of being a service provider as I have for so many years, I want to write, teach what I know and stay on this quest of learning stuff, because I can’t not do it. and losing my way and how I am learning and applying things that might help you if you’re feeling stuck. Everyone will run into this at some point in their life, if they say they don’t, I think they’re fibbing or they’re just not there yet. The last few years, I’ve been learning from some of the best people, workshops, books, remember my quest for learning stuff? Halloween Costume Making, am I Crazy? It looks like we’re going to a Halloween party this year, so started the process of costume madness a few weeks ago. When I do costumes, I. do. costumes. This means exhaustive attention to detail and lots of it. It also means making or modding things. I love the process and pulling things together from the hardware store, the craft store, the thrift store and our own closets to create When Copy and Paste Isn’t a Business Strategy All right kiddies, settle down, I’m going to tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a business owner. This business owner had a website and spent lots of time and effort crafting the words she placed there. She spent time and effort because she cared for her business and wanted to make a good impression on the visitors to her site. She hoped she would communicate her