Set Up Your Own Website If You Own A Business

Axera Technology owner, Sadiah Abu Nawas, 45, lives in Pontian with her husband. The couple has two grown-up daughters. She shares her views on the need for entrepreneurs to have a website. And Sadiah also says: "Work Hard and Work Smart: Don't Let The Pressure Kill You."

That's Sadiah (standing) and this is what she has to say ...

HAVING your own website is not a trend anymore; it is a necessity if you want more customers to know about your business, products, and services.

Other than a website, you also need a blog, Facebook page and other social networking sites where you can link them.

Think of the website domain as a shopping mall and all your other social networking sites are the tenants inside the mall.

I am someone who did not know about all these things before 2009.

I do not have an information technology background, but I was determined to learn.

Now I collaborate with Mynic, an agency under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) which promotes and regulates the communications and multimedia industry in offering classes to the public at a very attractive rate of RM350 for domain registration and hosting throughout the year.

After that, one has to pay a renewal fee if they want to keep the website.

There is a workshop coming up on Sept 20 to be conducted at the Centre for Information and Communication Technology (CICT) at the Universiti Teknology Malaysia (UTM) from 9am to 5.30pm for those who want to know how to set up their own websites.

Because this programme has the support of the government, they are offering people to learn a skill at low cost.

To learn this skill, a website designer can charge anything from RM700 to RM3,000 depending on the content and features of your website.

I believe it is better to acquire the skills instead of getting someone else to do it for you.

Even if you eventually decide to get someone else to update your website, at least you’ll have the basic knowledge on how to do it.

I believe in working hard as well as working smart.

Everyone faces pressure in their occupation — the office worker, the professional, the trader, the entrepreneur.

Each person is presented with a different set of challenges.

I know a seamstress who had passed away because she was overwhelmed by stress due to the huge orders that she received.

At times, after working day and night to fulfil the orders, the client did not show up to collect the order.

All these little pressures eventually killed the seamstress.

This incident happened some time ago but it is a lesson to learn and remember.

I shall stress again: work hard and work smart.

No matter how great the pressure is, how heavy the burden, just relax and smile!

And do find the time to learn a new skill.

I really cannot remember the number of people who have gone through the course over the years but I know they comprise all races and ages.

-sourced from NST