Yesterday, I wrote some specs on what I thought existing visitors to the website were getting out of it. Then I wrote what I wanted to get out of life, my mission statement. Reader David commented that my mission statement was weak, and it could apply to anyone. I realized then that I’d written my internal mission statement, my own “am I on the right path” compass. So today, I shifted my thoughts more toward the external. (more…)

Day 1 of the Marketing Challenge began with 15 minutes of writing; if you’re curious, I’ve put the raw text online. Summary thoughts follow:

First I defined what it was: making my website easier to use for particular audiences, which I described as:

• People who are looking for solutions. They arrive through Google.
• People who are subscribed, because they like to see what new tools I have.
• People who are subscribed, because they like to see HOW I’m building tools.
• People who are subscribed, because they like to READ about what I’m THINKING about.

There are also the following personal requirements that I think should be reflected in the website.

• I am standing for a set of values: the “Dave Seah Way” and “Creative Independence”
• I have a mission statement: I want to succeed by becoming as excellent as I can be, producing original works and seeding the world with them to see what comes back. To create, and connect, at the highest level I can.
• I want to extend optimism and enthusiasm to as many people as I can, because I want to be around people like that. Be a beacon!
• I want to celebrate creative independence as I find examples of it.

Then there’s the sundry necessities:

• I need to sell my digital and physical goods and make some money to sustain what I’m doing.

That’s as far as I got in the writing. More definition will follow tomorrow!