When you get schooled by a 16-year-old on created a website.
Friends,
My son is an inspiring artist. I use the term ‘inspiring’ lightly because he has sold his painting, and in the last four years, I can count the number of days on one hand that he has not been practicing his art.
He is an artist through and through.
For the last year, he has wanted to create a website. And I supported him.
Now, did he listen to me, the mother who has a website and has made ALL the mistakes when creating it?
No
Did he let me help him navigate the murky waters of WordPress?
No
Did he take my advice on how to set up his homepage?
Not a chance in hell.
But I supported him and let him do his thing. I’m just the mama with the debit card. Yesterday, he came to me and said it was time to link my shopping cart to his website so that people could buy his prints.
Which meant I could snoop under the pretext of making sure the links worked.
What did I find? A pretty amazing website. Damn it.
He did a fabulous job for 16. It is clean, easy to navigate, and intriguing in its simplicity. I sent him a message that I linked everything (I was at work, ‘working’), and it was ready to launch.
How did he respond?
Not with the overall glee and happiness that I was expecting. Nope. My kid said that he was going to launch it on Thursday because he wanted to ensure that it worked properly for the consumer. He wanted to make sure all the links worked, that it flowed easily, and that he wanted to take his time to make sure it was perfect.
When I launched my website, I think I pushed publish before the homepage looked good. My husband had to tell me that the link to my book was going to someone else’s Amazon page. You couldn’t even find my blogs.
It was a mess.
But my 16-year-old? He has nothing to worry about.
In a day and age when we complain about the younger generation and their obsession with the internet, I think we need to take a moment to self-reflect. These kids have the skills and knowledge to know what will work with social media and online promotions.
These kids are making movies off of their iPhone 7 that make films from the early 2000s look like B-rated Hallmark specials.
The kid has sold more paintings than I have books.
And I PAY for promotions.
My kid refuses to spend his money on promotions and rather uses his ever-growing bank account funds for college and art supplies. Since my husband and his grandparents buy his art supplies for him- he’s going to be a millionaire before I have $200.00 saved for retirement.
It’s 0515, and I have spent the last two hours taking notes on how he created his pride and joy.
Life is not fair sometimes.
Until tomorrow, my friends- Keep Reading and Stay Caffeinated.
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