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So, it’s been nearly a month – again – since I’ve posted anything. That makes me super sad. So I think I’m going to steal an idea from The Book of Wooby and toss an offer out there. See, Francis has this thing where he promises to post once each week (Assuming he’s not overrun with other stuff) and if he doesn’t, he sends one of his commenters $20.00. I like that idea… And have been trying to light a fire under my seat for a while to post more often. So I’m going to steal and tweak it a little.
The Promise
I’m committing to post once at least every 3 days. So today is Monday, meaning you’ll get another post on Thursday. Then Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday and so on. Like Francis, I’m offering a $20.00 (CAD) reward to a random meaningful commenter (No “Good job” or “I like this” comments allowed) if I don’t post – but the commenters I look at will only be in the past 3 weeks starting with this post. Yes, that means you have to comment regularly to stay in the draw. I’ll end this if I end up run too poor, so get in while the getting is good. Yeah… This just ain’t happening anymore.
Topical Texts
One of the other things I’m trying to do is get a little more topical with the blog’s subject matter. I’m doing this with alliterative topics for each day of the week. Today, for example, is ‘Meta Monday’ – where I can talk about the projects I’m involved in, site changes, updates and so on. I’ve also got ‘WordPress Wednesday’ planned and ‘Follow Friday’ will probably show up.
But I’m stuck on the Ts and Ses and am open to suggestions. Feedback is welcome – and hey, if you do it via comment, you get entered into that lovely potential cash giveaway!
Of ‘Press and Snowmen
A couple of weeks ago now, I launched a new look over at the WPBTM site. The site is now looking more like how I’d wanted it to look for a long while, and has some handy new features like the front carousel and the availability meter on the side bar. With the new site came a re-structuring of the monthly services offer, new pricing across the board and (By request) the option to bring us in on a retainer. Oh yeah – and I say ‘us’ because there are two part-time developers working on the project, too.
We’ve also dressed the site up for the holidays with a snowman and some falling snow. :)
Tommy Vallier helps groups, individuals and businesses understand how social media tools can be used to their fullest. He is also a community builder and web developer living in Kingston, Ontario.
Sounds like a great idea! I've been reading for a while, and I'm gunning for my New Year's resolution to get WP installed… so I'll probably need a little help with that! :) For one of your 'T' days, how about "Toss-up Tuesday (or) Thursday" …. then you can do anything you want (or something requested). The snowman and snow is a nice touch.
Cheers!
Ohhh – I like "Toss-up… Thursday". Or Tuesday, I guess. Part of me wants to do a Twitter day on a Tuesday or Thursday… But then I'd have two Twitter days… And I'm not sure there would always be enough Twitter news. Or I could move my follow tips to the Twitter day and free up a 'Facebook Friday'.
Maybe a 'Social Sunday' for all of the social media news?
Yay! More potential for me to win yours, and Francis' money. Seriously though, if this works for motivating you, then more power to ya. I would also suggest that if you need ideas for discussion, a bit of crowd sourcing might also be worth while, if nothing else but to get you writing about something.
It's really never been an idea thing – I can come up with post ideas like there's no tomorrow… In fact, I often mentally dictate posts to myself when I'm out on a walk, riding my bike or in the shower… It's more of a time to write them, read them, edit them and so on.
Good job! I like this!