Week 3

I didn't do a lot this week other than practice making videos with my laptop's webcam this time.  I can't seem to make my voice very clear, but people tell me that it sounds odd on everything.  I just have a strange voice, I guess.  I hate it, but I guess it's normal to hate the sound of your own voice...

However, I did do some great stuff.

1. New blog post about why marketing is like baseball.  I'm hoping to get a video up for my Youtube vlog, but I'm still tripping over my words and losing my thoughts too often to actually put a video up right now.

2. I was posting more on marketing forums.  Namely Digital Point and the Warrior Forum, which is sorely in need of good advice.  The link to my site is in my signature, so the more good advice I give out there, the more incentive they have to click my link.  Unfortunately, my site still isn't conversion-worthy, but I don't want to wait until it is to start building my reputation.

So, what do I want to focus on this week?  This week is going to be hectic, and I'm busy working on getting leads for a business down in the Twin Cities, so my time is, unfortunately, divided.  I'll probably get going on Better Networker next, working on more videos, and posting more blog posts.

My biggest goal is to actually get videos that, although not perfect, will actually retain viewers.

Week 2

All right, the blog is starting to go from embryo to actual baby website now.

1. Reshot video, still not uploaded: No Cost
2. Bought a tripod for camera: $15 (should arrive next week!)
3. Created Recommended Products page, Elite Marketing Pro page, My Experiment page: No Cost
4. Wrote one blog post. No Cost
5. Put in newsletter, plugins, etc. No Cost

Okay, so things are starting to take form.  I'm trying hard to work on my video skills, but things just aren't falling quite in place.  I'm going to edit the video I took anyway and wait until I get my tripod to start shooting more.

I plan to have video and text reviews for all the products I'm promoting (save MLSP), as well as for a lot of the blog posts.  My YouTube channel will, hopefully, become my primary list.

Still no microphone (the old one I had won't go into my laptop), but that's okay.  The sound quality is poor, but you can understand what's being said, so that's good.

I'm glad to be getting so many pages up.  I have a lot more to do, but I'm still working through my vision for this site.  I know my target audience, so I know what kind of language I want to use, but trying to figure out how many pages I need, etc. is a pain.

I have tons and tons of blog post ideas, though, so that's helpful!

First Week!

Week 1 is done with!

1. Register ThatOneGuy.ws with Website.ws.  Cost: $10/mo
2. Hosting at HostGator: Approx $9/mo (will probably switch later)
3. Picked out free theme.
4. Created About Me page and wrote 1 blog post.
5. Shot video, but haven't put it up yet.

Total cost: $19.