Why I became a WordPress Trainer

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Emily Journey leads an all-women team of WordPress experts at Emily Journey and Associates. She enjoys helping business owners, nonprofit leaders, and their staff leverage technology to increase sales and social impact.
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Getting here

I love teaching WordPress now because when I started to learn WordPress, I did it the way many of you have tried: without help. I struggled to get the hang of it for more than a year. I watched a lot of amateur YouTube videos that were sometimes helpful but were mostly useless and out of date. I wished that I had somebody to call on whenever I had a question or ran into a roadblock. But, I didn’t. I was on my own.

Once I finally got a handle on the WordPress platform, I didn’t stop there.

I hired a virtual coach in Denver to teach me Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

During our screen share training sessions, I was impressed with how easily he communicated his knowledge and authority on the topic – he provided answers to questions I didn’t even know to ask! That was my first experience with virtual learning, and it was worth every penny.

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Despite my initial hesitations about virtual SEO training, I am thankful that I took the plunge. I know it can seem “not quite as good” as face-to-face learning. I wondered:

  • Could I really learn this way?
  • Would I get as much value from the training?

Thankfully, I didn’t let my doubts get the best of me. That virtual training experience not only changed the way I did business – it changed my life.

I invested in WordPress and training for the same reason you’re here today: independence. For me, I wanted the independence to transition from selling for other people to selling my own material.

I don’t think learning WordPress has to be so tough.

For you, independence may mean something different. Maybe you want to:

  • Save money by not having to hire someone to do this for you.
  • Break free from a reliance on an unresponsive marketing agency.
  • Equip your marketing department to handle the website work in-house.
  • Handle this responsibility that’s been handed to you by your boss.

My path to mastering WordPress and becoming a WordPress trainer led me down a road of trial and error, a bad experience with an affordable website designer, launching my own website consulting agency, and meeting all kinds of business owners.

Your journey may look a bit different, but I hope I can help you end up at a similar destination: independent mastery over the powerful WordPress platform.

Let’s take a look at how we’ll help you get there…

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Emily Journey leads an all-women team of WordPress experts at Emily Journey and Associates. She enjoys helping business owners, nonprofit leaders, and their staff leverage technology to increase sales and social impact.

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