Every once in a while, I like to write a friendly little blog post, you know, the way blogs are supposed to be. That way I’m treating those in my “tribe” more as buddies you chat with around the coffee machine.
So, I’ve spent a lot of time and WORK setting up my website, and transitioning it to it’s own Bluehost site. Michael Hyatt was right about Bluehost. No real problems, although at times it feels a little slower than others, but not as slow as wordpress.com was!
What haven’t I gotten to?
- Email address. I’m pretty comfortable with my email address on Cox. I KNOW I should make one @nicholasreicher.com.I’m procrastinating on that, because I really only need one email address. Besides, my name is a lot of typing, and nicholasreicherauthornovelistscreenwriter@nicholasreicher.com would cause peoples eyes to glaze over!
- Photo session! I’m told that looking at me will inspire trust. My answer to those people is usually, “Um… have you seen my face???” Maybe I should just crop pictures of William Shatner from the 70’s and use those instead!
- Social Media. Yeah, I know. I do have a lot of warnings about social media, and I think people need to read and heed.Apparently, you cannot get any recognition without it.
- Completed Blog header. Right now I’m using my logo from Logaster (very affordable!). It needs to be shrunk slightly, the canvas slightly enlarged (this will make the text look sharper) and add a photo of me to it. So consider this part about 33% done. I did like my old blog header – laptop and coffee. I thought it summed up who I am! Maybe I should use Schwartzeneggar’s face instead of mine!
- Professional Logo. I’m good for this year, perhaps next year as well! Once I’m selling scripts and getting novels on the shelves, I’ll worry about the $275 branding logo package. I just got a VERY good design from Logaster for $30, and it came with far more logo formats and types than I can use!
In addition, there seems to be a whole host of things you have to add and configure to get a viable brand going, and all of that takes time and some money! Right now, I’m working hard on writing!
