Often great opportunities come disguised as disasters. As disasters go, I’m in the middle of a huge one!
You see, this week all my major money-making sites disappeared overnight. Gone! I could very easily be out of business. You can find out how this happened and how the exact same thing could happen to you in my blog post from yesterday.
I came very, very close to just quitting. But then I started to see the opportunities. Dawn , one of the wonderful people who sent messages of support yesterday, made the comment “Bravo to you Janet for turning lemons into lemonade”. That’s when I thought “why stop at lemonade when you can make a Margarita!”
So that’s what I’m doing. I’m mixing a mean Margarita and invite you to join in.
This is the opportunity I see. Sure, Wonderful Web Women has disappeared but that just gives me a clean canvas to create something beautiful with. Can you help me create a strong and beautiful Phoenix from the ashes of this Internet nightmare? Lets create the dream online community and come back even better than before.
This is how you can help. I’d like to know what is in YOUR dream online community. To make it easy, I have put together a short survey so you can have input into what YOU want.
What’s a Margarita party without prizes?
To thank you for your help, you can also choose at the end of the survey to enter the draw to win a LIFETIME membership to the new bright and shiny Wonderful Web Women. There will be one prize drawn and it could be you.
Thanks so much for your help. You can fill out the survey here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/phoenix-from-ashes
Hi Janet
I have just completed your survey and I am so looking forward to our new Gold Members membership site. It was great before and I know our new site will be even better! Thank you for being such a Wonderful Web Woman and sharing your experiences with us. I am sure we can all gain a lot from what has happened to you.
It is a credit to you and how you have managed to turn a disaster into a great opportunity for a fresh new start and I am proud to be a Gold Member of Wonderful Web Women winning a LIFETIME membership would be an added bonus and a greatly appreciated one at that!
Chris Lucas
Proud Gold Member of Wonderful Web Women
.-= Chris Lucas´s last blog ..A discussion started by Chris Lucas was featured =-.
Hello Janet,
As a small example of the good that comes out of trying times, I’ve been a lurking somewhat distracted member, procrastinating on joining as a gold member. But somehow, your recent circumstances have propelled me into taking a more active part including filling your survey and will likely lead to me joining WWW, finally!
I’m sure I’m just one of many, so keep at it Wonderful Web Woman:-).
Helene
.-= Helene Desruisseaux´s last blog ..The main reason people don’t leave their jobs to start a business =-.
I’m with you Helene. Who wouldn’t want to be part of a community led by such an extraordinary women…I’m in!!
Thank you so much wonderful women. I’m really aware that I must also continue to deliver great value to my customers while our site is down. Thank heavens my mailing list was on aweber and not on my host like poor Tracey Repchuck.
I’m quite excited (and OK, a little bit exhausted as well) about a fresh start to Wonderful Web Women especially after reading the excellent ideas shared in the survey.
Watch this space!