Week 02

May 5, 2018

 Wow! Week 02 has just about ended and I have already learned something new; Google AdWords. I do have to say that it seems like a great tool to use, especially demonstrated by the exercise we did between the keywords of snowboards and chess. Then I realized that AdWords is the little icon that is placed next to a website in Google at the top of the page. I can honestly say that I never click on that link because I thought it would be something bad. So, if I use AdWords in my business, am I going to lose potential customers because they won't click on the link? I wait to see as the weeks go on to see how this all works.

 I wasn't very excited about taking this class as I really don't have the desire to be an entrepreneur, but as I started to think of the influential people in my life, I realize that they all have had some type of entrepreneurial spirit about them and that is probably what made them so influential to me. I have a solid idea of the business that I would like to highlight during this class and so I hope I can make it work, as well as be able to think of other ideas that I might be interested in so I can gain the experience in the research aspect of starting a business. I also have a child who is very interested in starting his own type of side business and feel that I will be learning some valuable lessons to pass onto him.

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