Well, let’s first start off with a recap of last week and how I did. I had 6 main things I wanted to work on last week and while there are always gonna be other things that come up week by week I really want to try and start knocking more and more stuff off my list systematically rather than just whatever I feel like working on if that makes any sense.
Here is a recap of last week:
1. Finish up some work for a local client – I got the site done and now I just need to move it over to their host. But a majority of the heavy lifting is done on this one. So I will give myself a “complete” on this one.
2. Set up sites for 4 incoming NFL rookies – I got two sites set up, one mostly set up, and one more to go. The sites are nowhere near complete but I did get over half done of what I wanted but still I have to give myself an “incomplete” for this one.
3. Write 2000+ words for an ebook – Only got 500 words done. It is some OK progress but I need to do much better this week. Incomplete.
4. Write 8 product descriptions (200-500 words) – Never got started on this. Fail. Incomplete.
5. Update the datafeed on 5 old sites – I got two sites updated but they were some of the bigger (150,000+ pages) and more time intensive sites to update so I will give myself a “complete” on this one.
6. Work on getting a new client – I have been talking to a couple local businesses about this so I will say complete.
Overall I completed a bit more than half of what I was hoping to. Not good. I will need to do better this week. Yeah, I did get some other stuff done that isn’t on this list that needed to be done so the whole week wasn’t a waste. But I do need to do a better job this week.
So here is my to-do list for this week:
1. Get the first draft done on the ebook – I am guessing I have at least 2,000 words (maybe up to 5,000) to go to get the first draft done. It isn’t hard to crank out 500 words so I just need to do that a few times and I will be done. This is one of those projects that just hangs there taunting you and you always know you should work on it but you avoid it whenever possible. It would be nice to get this one off my plate.
2. Update 5 more old datafeed sites – This should’t take more than a couple hours. Just have to pick the sites I want to update.
3. Transfer that client site – Site transfers are the type of thing that can go super smooth or they can totally take way more time than they should. Hopefully this one goes quick. Once I transfer it I will need to meet with the client and teach them the basics of WordPress so that might take up a decent chunk of time. I will only be showing them how to add posts, add pages, and simple stuff like that. I really should have charged them more. Seems like I always undervalue my time on projects like this.
4. Write Product Descriptions – Any more than a few a day and I start losing my mind. So if I can get 8-10 cranked out this week I will be happy. I will probably need 30-50 for the site so ideally I can have that site launched by the end of February and then add to it as I go. I really want to do a good job writing these descriptions so they will take a bit of research which could be time consuming.
5. Come up with a plan for an old site – Maybe I should just let this old site go but I just can’t let go! It was one of my first affiliate sites to make any sort of decent money and it has been performing very well up until a few months ago. Panda killed it and I need to rebuild the site, restructure it, and make it more Panda friendly. If Google wants content, freshness and links I really gave them none of that. They loved this site for so many years and then kicked it to the curb. How can they be so shallow and callous? Time to spruce this site up and get it cranking again. I have until April to get this site back and ranking and I really want to do it right.
6. Start revising my datafeed ebook – Last summer I wrote about 20,000 words on how to build a successful datafeed site. The final product was pretty rough and I never really did anything with it but I think it could be useful to some people so I need to dust it off, clean it up, and do something with it.
I think all that could keep me nice and busy this week. Lots of writing in there and hopefully I can focus enough to crank a lot of it out so I can spend next week doing some more exciting stuff.
What else should I do this week?
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