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Week 3 (Week 2 conclusion)

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I didn’t check in at the end of the week last week. However, we had a decent week productivity wise. What I wanted to accomplish was

  • Write 2-3 more articles
  • Start social media
  • Clean up the website visually

We ran into a snag starting the social media. I wanted to get an email set up for the website but I am just not sure on the best way to do that. I want it to be able to grow into a potential email list but it seems too early to start a google business account. My plan for this week is to sign up for just an average gmail account for the website and to start the social media with that. We will worry about business accounts and email lists down the line.

Articles were written, and we got even better with using WordPress design tool. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t believe me based on how this website looks so again, I implore you to visit onlinecaddie.blog. So as for my progress last week, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.

Now, onto this week. I have one main goal for this week:

  • Write one article every day Monday through Friday

By the end of the week I want 5 articles that are written and SEO optimized and published on Online Caddie. A bit of a lofty goal given my work ethic, but I now feel comfortable enough with how the website looks that I want to post as much (good) content as possible. In addition, today I want to at least start a Twitter account and a Pinterest account, and post these articles on there. I will eventually start an instagram account as well, I am just deciding if I should turn my personal account into the online caddie account so that I won’t have to start from 0 followers.

I feel as though I am officially in the “writing” stage of this journey. All I am worried about for the near future is writing as much content that is quality and SEO friendly as possible. This week I will try to remember to check in at the end to see what progress I made.

End of the Week Update: Week One Remix

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I’ve made a lot of good progress this week. I did not complete everything on the to-do list I made for myself at the beginning of the week, but that is because I was so focused on my golf blog onlinecaddie.blog. It is still very much a work in progress obviously, but I feel really good about my first post, 8 Etiquette Tips that are Important to Know for Every Beginner Golfer. I worked really hard on it and used SEO tactics. Again, still a lot to clean up. I definitely struggle the most with the actual website design and making it look “professional”, I plan to work on this more in the next few days. What I am excited about is putting out more content and growing the credibility of the page, because I have a lot of ideas for blog posts that I can write next.

Looking at what I planned to accomplish this week vs. what I did accomplish this week, it doesn’t look great. However, with the progress that I made, I still feel good about the direction I am going in.

What I planned to accomplish this week:

  • Start Social Media for Daily Content Writer
  • Start “Online Caddie”
  • Come up with a list of content and start my first post
  • Figure out how to share resources while giving proper credit

What I did accomplish this week

  • Started “Online Caddie”
  • Worked on making the website more presentable, still more work to do on that front
  • Write, finish, and publish my first post

I essentially completely ignored this blog this week, which I think was good for me. Not only are there still 0 readers on this site, but it allowed me to focus on the actual product that I want to put out. And there are already far more visitors on that page than this one which is encouraging.

I still plan to do social media for this website and continue to work on it to make it more marketable, but this blog is far more personal and not exactly a top priority of mine right now. One thing this week made me realize is that it is a lot of work to blog, much more than I thought. I can’t believe I even considered the thought of starting more than two at a time. Once I feel more comfortable about where Online Caddie is and how it looks to the potential reader, then I will invest a little more time into this blog. By then, I should have a bit more content and have a better idea of how to organize it.

I plan to work more on the site this weekend, but my next check in here will most likely take place on Monday. Where I will again, make my to do list for the week. Over and Out.