My name is Suzanne Bird-Harris and I’m the coach / web designer behind Learning Curve Coaching and the @SuzanneBHarris Twitter account. I help entrepreneurs like you create or improve your web presence so you can use the web to make money doing your thing – in this lifetime!

Learning Curve Coaching is the coaching part of my business where I get to save you knots on your forehead. I get to use my experience and strengths to support and inspire you to present yourself authentically, realize your potential and leave your mark on this world. It just doesn’t get any better than that!

The Mom/Grandma

I’m a single mom of three – two boys and a girl – and a grandma, already, too! My office is my home, so if you call here outside my business hours (9am-3pm CT M-Th), you’ll hear kids and dogs and all manner of other racket in the background. That’s why I have published business hours – to spare you all that drama. If you need to talk to me outside of those hours, consider yourself warned, and you’ll have to schedule it ahead of time.

As chaotic as this entrepreneur-single-mom life of mine is, being self-employed is the only way my life works. Trust me, when your kids are 6 years apart in age, it’s almost like having 3 separate families to take care of and having to show up 5 days a week at an office somewhere to do the 8-5 thing just does not work for me. There’s just not enough me to go around. The last year I was employed (2002), I had a kid in high school, a kid in elementary school and a toddler. All these years later, I still have a kid in high school and a kid in elementary school, but the toddler is my granddaughter. If having a job in the face of all that isn’t a recipe for insanity, I don’t know what is!

I’d like to tell you that I made my grand exit from the corporate world on my own terms, but no…that’s not how it happened. I worked for two companies for ten years each and was downsized out of both. (2009 Update: If you’ve lost your job during this recession, I’m here to tell you that it might just be the best thing that ever happened to you, no matter how dire things might look to you now.) When it happened to me the second time, I decided – all the way to my very bone marrow – that I’d never have another job again. So far…so much better!

So, I “get” how important (and sometimes difficult) it is to grow a business in the face of the rest of your life. I’ve done it, and I’m here to apply my skills and experience to your plans and dreams so that you can use the web to make money doing your thing – in this lifetime!

The Coach/Web Designer

I always love the surprised reaction I get from people when I tell them what I do for a living. Coaching and web design seem like opposite ends of the spectrum to many people, but they’re the perfect blend for me. Successfully using the Internet to grow your business isn’t just about having a great website, although I’ll give you that’s an important element. I cover that in the other half of my business.

Learning Curve Coaching

You can have the most kick-butt website on the Internet, but “..if you build it, they will come..” is just not true. Hate to burst your bubble like that, but I want you to be successful, and you won’t be if you buy into that malarkey. I’m here to spare you the drama of trial and error. You don’t have to learn everything the hard way, and you don’t have to do it alone.

Tweet Me @SuzanneBHarris

Following me at Twitter will get you tweets about projects and posts I’m working on here, tips about making your life online a little easier to manage, cool new tools and resources I find in my travels around the web, all peppered with glimpses inside my wild and crazy life as a mom, grandma and entrepreneur.

Life is nothing if you’re not having fun, so follow me, if you aren’t already, so we can have fun together.