Advice and Training About Web Technology That Your Business Will Want to Hug

Do you want to grow your online business, expand the number of people you can reach with your offers, and create the lifestyle you dream of without getting stuck in the swamp of challenging web technology?

I deliver advice and training about web tools that are so clear and easy to understand that your business will want to give it all a big happy hug.

You (or someone on your team) needs to know how to build and manage a solid foundation of web technology in order to do things like:

• sell information products or services
• build an email marketing list
• send out marketing emails to that list
• create a paid access membership area of your site
• track affiliate sales
• …and a whole boatload of other stuff

I simplify the process of learning how to do those kinds of things so you can quickly and easily get your business moving, growing, and thriving.

In other words, I take the pain and frustration of learning to use web technology out of your life so you can be free to get on with the other important aspects of running your business.

And yes, I’m serving the ladies for now. Why? Because I enjoy helping them, and men don’t generally stop and ask for directions (whether on a road trip or when learning software), preferring instead to figure it out on their own.

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About the Founder, Forest Linden

Papa, Husband, Cyclist, Lover of Technology

I started the Tech Husband because I love to help people and I care about helping them succeed with all their business related goals…and if you’re like me, there isn’t a lot of distinction between what I love, what I’m good at, and what I do for a living.

I see the act of helping people with technology and their business as just helping people create the life they want, which feels yummy.

My tech path began in Silicon Valley during 2004, working for a super innovative company called Infinite Z, where I worked on the design of the user interface and user experience of a virtual holographic computer.

I then built a successful web design freelance business and started teaching people how to build websites with Joomla – a content management system like WordPress.

Eventually, I began teaching full time and built a six figure membership site called Joomlashack University, in partnership with Joomlashack.

At the same time, I helped my wife, Bari Tessler Linden (who’s a financial therapist), take her Conscious Bookkeeping teachings into a format that she could sell and deliver over the web. In my free time, I built her a new website with a completely integrated system that allowed her to sell her first information products.

That too turned into a business with a 6 figure revenue within one year of moving everything online.

That solidified my role as her tech husband, and a year later, after many requests for tech help from other amazing women entrepreneurs, The Tech Husband was born.

I’m passionate about technology, how it can change people’s lives for the better, and creating clear, easy-to-understand teachings on how to use it.

When not working on the Tech Husband, I am likely to be found spending time with my family and friends, going on adventures with my 3 year old, Noah, or training on my road bike in the mountains of Boulder, CO.

Buddhism and the Integral Theory of Ken Wilber have been major influences on my life over the past 15 years. Prior to my tech life, I was the associate editor of Wilber’s academic journal among wearing several other hats for his Integral Institute.

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What People Are Saying:

“I met Forest during the early stages of my business. He created my very first website. But he did far more than design the highly functional and beautiful website that launched me into the online world. He taught me how to navigate the technological terrain that can easily drive a creative spirit like me TO DISTRACTION.

I can remember sending Forest emails (and on one occasion a desperate text message) communicating my techno-despair.He would guide me gently and confidently “off the ledge.”

I will never forget the conversation that gave me the confidence to continue learning and growing into the systems that would one day take my business to a whole new level.

I was in the midst of one of my hair-pulling, brain baffling techno-confusion episodes and he said, “Sue Ann, you are doing great, you have mastered so much in so little time. Just lean into the complexity of this little bump and trust that you’ll master all that you need to know.”

Forest is more than a technological genius, he is a teacher. Who wouldn’t want a “tech husband” guiding them through this uncharted territory? I can’t wait to be a student again in the Forest Linden Tech Lab.”

Sue Ann Gleason – Conscious Bites Nutrition and Chocolate for Breakfast

“Let me tell you how much I love Forest Linden, my Tech Husband.

First, he speaks in a soothing, calm manner, using a tone that a very small percentage of husbands would actually use as they explain, again, something complex that I can apparently only grasp for small windows of time before having to have a re-xplanation. Aaaaaah, the magic of the Tech Husband and his video.

Secondly, I enjoy how he doesn’t talk down to me, or isn’t full of forced enthusiasm like a used car salesman, so as I refresh (see the first reason!) myself of a detail or concept I don’t grit my teeth or worse yet blow it off because I’m made to feel stupid.

Lastly, when something is a stumper, I shoot him a quickie email and he guides back to where he explained what I missed or helps me sleuth out the answer. There is no crying, feeling pissed, fighting or passive aggressively using the last clean towel, eating the last of his favorite cookies or whatever.

Instead I have bold growth, covering new ground, increasing tech skills, and I have a go-to person on topics that were previously daunting, like Mt. Vesuvius daunting. 

Forest, my tech husband, showed me they were just mole hills.”

~ Rowan TwoSisters, urbandcurandera.com

“Kind, reliable, thorough, smarty-pants, and a tad geeky when it counts: my Tech Husband. I love working with Forest – he makes my job a gajillion times easier! I’m a Virtual Assistant (Bari’s Marketing Wifey?), and not only do I turn to Forest when I hit my own “tech walls”, I find those of my clients who have his support are able to leverage my time and energy (and their investment in me) so much better.

Forest knows his stuff and approaches his work with amazingly high standards and thoroughness. Even better? The man can communicate too! He provides the missing piece for so many women entrepreneurs I work with. Without Forest’s clear and compassionate tech how-to, so many of us can stay small and stuck, lacking the *knowable* skill sets to operate the technical aspects of our business (yes, the same tools that are absolutely essential to our bottom line, save time, and increase profit.)

Forest is expert at supporting conscious, passionate, could-care-less-about-technology women who do phenomenal work in the world. I imagine the ripple effect of the Tech Husband will be monstrous . . .”

~Hannah Williams, takeitoffyourplate.com

“As a female entrepreneur, I am constantly awake to the (often challenging) dance of honoring my feminine qualities (like flow, softness, and intuition) within both my life and my business and implementing them in a practical, masculine way so that they can be shared through tangible, physical products and offerings.

This requires the use of lots of web technology that’s constantly changing. To stay effective in my online service, I need to stay on top of these tools to run my business.

I have a love/hate relationship with this technology. I need it to do my work and to give my vision “legs”, so I love it.

But when I get stuck with how to format a newsletter or set up a tricky option in my shopping cart, I want to rip my hair out and stamp my feet. This is where Forest comes in.

I participated in his “Mint” video training series, and his gentle, yet direct and authoritative guidance immediately soothed and relaxed me.

Like a true “tech husband,” he held my hand, spoke softly and in a language I can relate to, and gave me a bite-sized entry into usually overwhelming information.

He made what felt like a hyper-masculine system much more palatable, so I could do my work with more ease, flow, and pleasure (and less melt downs).

His guidance helped me to do what I do best–live and work like a true woman.”

~Sara Avant Stover, saraavantstover.com

“Forest Linden is a down-to-earth super likeable guy who knows what we don’t need to spend our time knowing: how to do ALL that techy stuff! (and when I say all…I mean ALL OF IT! He’s a storehouse of know how.)

I utlilized Forest’s services to learn how to use an online program that was essential for running my personal and business finances more smoothly. His tech teaching video course was 100% easy to follow, 100% implementable, and even better…it was 100% ENJOYABLE.

In this “forest” of constant technological bombardment that we live in, it is so dang refreshing to work with a man like Forest. Everything he delivers comes across with the utmost simplicity and ease. He made the experience of learning an online financial system FEEL like it was just having a cup of tea with an old friend. It was actually relaxing!

To put it simply ladies: Forest Linden IS our Tech Husband…he’s the man we’ve all been waiting for!”

~ Indigo Bacal  www.indigobacal.com

“As a financial therapist myself–and seasoned Mint.com user–even I greatly benefited from Forest’s Wake Up with Mint video training course  (this is a course offered on his wife’s site.) His teaching style has a simple elegance and he got into all the nooks and crannies of Mint.com, which truly amped me up to a Mint.com power user. I recommend his course to all of my clients!”

Lora Sasiela
Founder, financiallysmitten.com

“Forest is an amazing teacher. He’s thorough, kind, prompt, patient, and has forethought. His videos are very detail-oriented and super easy to understand. I’ve been taught on various online courses, and I’d have to say that his lessons are my absolute favorite!”
- Brenda Meritt-Motta

FOREST…. YOU ARE THE BOMB!!!!!
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!! I must have changed that setting a million times and you’re right it didn’t do anything. This is my first website and I’m learning, and THIS is why I became a lifetime member!
Thank you!

Theresa Santa

“As far as I can tell your tutorials are the best out there on the
internet. The most comprehensive and very high quality video feeds. I will
spread the word.” 
- Christina Parker

I am overwhelmed at your level of assistance provided, let alone speed.  Saying thank you doesn’t seem enough – if you were in my town I’d certainly be buying you a beer or 7!
Thanks Forest
Cheers,
Robyn Stark