Working and Living Online

It’s funny really how quickly you can move your entire world online. While the rest of the population stresses over logging into online banking for the first time or paying a bill online, I’m living a full life online. If there’s a virtual option, I’m taking it. I think this is due primarily to how much time I spend online writing and working, not so much because I’m used to technology. Working online changes your perspectives on all things internet.

I recently bought a new (old) truck. How did I do it? I found it online, I researched the competition online and I arranged the sale online. I did go and see it in person before cementing the deal, but I don’t trust a car dealer who doesn’t have a good web presence, plus dealing online cuts down on the drama of the pushy sales.

I shop almost exclusively online. There are so many different brands now available through the internet, I can get everything from Zara clothing and H&M clothing to toddler clothing and shoes without having to leave my trusty old (new) computer. Plus, little men don’t have to accompany me to the store and they always seem to have my size.

I buy houses online when I feel the need to work with real estate, which is about once every seven years. When I last when house shopping, if the house didn’t show up well online, I wasn’t interested. I didn’t want to deal with someone who couldn’t at least post good pictures on a real estate website.

I bank online and have for years. I remember when you had to actually pay for online bill pay and when everyone thought it would be the end of us all, or maybe that was Y2K, but regardless, if a company isn’t online, I don’t trust them and I’m not interested in working with them – for me a website equates trust.

While I think online marketers and workers have a serious head start in shopping and living online, it’s only a matter of time before the rest of the world catches up. The beauty of that is there are so many lovely companies who need help getting online and so many lovely potential customers who need help finding their way around the internet we’ll all be just fine so long as we stay on top of the curve business-wise.