In light of the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping the world right now, many people are being forced to look at working remotely. There are also many non-business owners and non-business owners needing to get creative and are turning to online business methods or simply having an interest in getting into online business at this time.

While COVID-19 is very serious, we can also look to see the silver lining and the opportunities to get very innovative in our business or maybe new businesses can be born because we now have a period of isolation which may move you to notice unique opportunities you may have never noticed before.

As an online business owner working remotely, running an online business, that is my online brand agency, House of Branding, and being in online business since 2011, I decided to offer up a quick crash course/ tips for small business owners in Trinidad and Tobago on how to get into online business.

Online business in Trinidad and Tobago may seem mysterious to many nationals and you just don’t know where to begin, you may even think its not possible. But it’s actually very feasiable and we have MANY tools available to do online business.

So I am going to cover an over-simplified version of the steps you need to consider to get into online business or take your current business to incorporate online business methods.

As you may or may not be aware that I am a lover of systems, software and all around technology to help us run more time and cost efficient lives. If there’s an easier way to do something via an app, a software, a gadget, or a piece of technology on your computers or phones, I am all for it. I am always on the lookout for something that aids be to be a better human and focus on the things that matter.

Whatever that is for you, we should be using technology not to take over our lives but utilize them as aids in your lives to be better, do better and improve our lives and the world around us.

I also love to say tool and app lean, I do not believe the more the better because then we are just accumulating digital junk same way we have physical junk in our lives. I love to be intentional about what new app I download to my phone. So even better is I’m always on the lookout for tools that can do the work of 2 or 3 apps that I can possibly eliminate from the list.

So here are my main go too tools that I use in the day to day to keep my online business going:

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan and advocate of Squarespace. Like everyone else I tried Wix and I hated it, it just never looked professional and always had an amateur DIY finish. And let’s be real who is going to take you seriously and have over their money if it just doesn’t look professional and legit. No one. Then I tried Weebly and it was great there. I did opt-ins there closed clients and everything but then it came a time when it was time to level up to something more professional.

While I could share with you ALL the reasons to go with Squarespace today I am sticking with 5 Reasons you should build your website on Squarespace:

One of the many popular questions I get asked and understandably so is, how much does Squarespace cost? Or the other thing regarding price is that it’s expensive. And when we use the word expensive, expensive is pretty much relative? Relative meaning it’s a subjective thing and it’s about what matters to you. Do you prefer an all in one solution, something that makes your life easier, are on the fence of a website because of how intimidating it is, worried about viruses, hackers, coding, maintenance, having access to support?

So how much does Squarespace cost?

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