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The Female Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating Your Own Website in a Weekend by Ruthann Bowen

July 11, 2021 Melanie Hawken
Ruthann Bowen

Ruthann Bowen

Book Review

If you have ever wanted to know how to transform your website from DIY Disaster to a professional showcase for your business, then The Female Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating Your Own Website In A Weekend by Ruthann Bowen is for you. It is the go-to playbook for the DIY lover who desperately desires a professional website without breaking the bank. 

The Female Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating Your Own Website in a Weekend by Ruthann Bowen is a no nonsense, how-to guide that kicks overwhelm to the curb making it easy to create your own website in a weekend. You read that right, in just a few days you can launch a shiny new website for your business. Discover insider professional tips and tricks showing you how to design a website that attracts, converts and grows your business. 

Inside you'll learn practically how to:

  • Identify the language of your target audience converting them from tire kickers to raving fans.

  • Unleash your inner techie with easy-to-follow guidance from a pro designer.

  • Get more traffic to your site. More traffic love = more future customers.

By the time you reach the last page, you'll be empowered-and excited-to finally launch a breathtaking, moneymaking, DIY website you love and one that will do justice to showcasing your business to your customers.

Author Quotes

The quality of your website = the quality of your business.

I’ve put together this easy-to-use guide that will catapult you past the overwhelm into confidently launching your beautiful website, one you are proud to show off and not run away in shame. 

I didn’t start my career in web design. As a matter of fact, I didn’t start my full-time web design agency until I was 50. Why do I tell you that? Because if I can do it, YOU can do it!

About the author

Ruthann Bowen is the co-owner and chief marketing officer for Eastcamp Creative, an inspiring and business-minded web designer located in the greater Pittsburgh area. Her passion is working with female entrepreneurs so she started Wix DesignHer helping them build pretty, powerful websites. As a Wix Expert, she teaches business-related classes showing people how to design using the easy drag-and-drop website building platform. Exercising the experience gained from her background in PR, she also holds workshops focused on the power of utilizing branding, social media and search engine optimization for small businesses. Ruthann has been a guest presenter on the topics of blogging and content creation, and has also contributed to Business News Daily and Best Company on the importance of professional web design. 

www.wixdesignher.com


Why LoA loves it….

Every woman entrepreneur knows how important it is to have a great website, a digital shopfront and showcase for the business. Yet it can be frustratingly difficult to create a powerful, engaging and visually appealing website on a budget. This new book by Ruthann Bowen is a really practical guide for any woman entrepreneur to do just that, and in a weekend. Sounds too good to be true, but Ruthann knows what she is talking about and is that virtual helping hand that is needed to get your business web presence launched and working for you. This is a great read for every woman entrepreneur who wants to make her website work for her. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa

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