Most people spend a few days at year’s end working on their marketing plan for the next year. Me? I did nothing in December, so I spent the entire month of January procrastinating and scheming. Mostly procrastinating. However, I decided early on that I needed to completely revamp my Web site and incorporate my blogs into the site.
Once I made that decision, the procrastination set in and settled on me like a stack of Grandma’s quilts on a cold winter night. I just could not make myself get started. I needed to download WordPress (free), upload to my host, find a theme (also free), and install it. I had plenty of tutorials and how-to information to support me. But, I just kept putting it off.
Finally, we had a week of bad weather, including three snow days when we didn’t get out of the house at all. I suddenly had plenty of time. I looked at my plans for the year again. I realized that procrastinating on the Web site was holding me up on the whole deal. Once I forced myself to begin, I found that the ideas flowed easily. My marketing plan for 2010 is off to a great start.
What do you think of my new site, www.emilyakin.com? I chose the new Mystique design because it has several page layout options and other custom features. I’m not finished tweaking it, so I will let you know when I consider it finished.
I have incorporated the past material from this blog into the blog on the new site. I combined the marketing posts with the content from my WiredtoWrite blog, because most of my e-mail subscribers are subscribed to both blogs.
Soon, I will stop posting on this blog and on Wired to Write. I will post only on the new site’s blog. I’ll let you know in plenty of time so that you can subscribe to the new one. If I can figure out how to transfer the feed without your having to do anything, I will.
I invite you visit www.emilyakin.com and browse around. I welcome any suggestions to make it more helpful and easier to navigate. I’m working on the home page introduction this week. Without further procrastination, I should be able to move on to the next steps in my 2010 plan.
