La Bene Vita

Saturday

I don't know what we did or how, but "Prodigy: Youth Writers' Competition"  [ASR] really took off last month! I'm psyched. Shaziane and Sara - will be back soon are Prodigy's current judges. Wonderful couple of ladies.

One of these days, I'll get back to writing-related activities. When I do, I plan to keep George Orwell's 5 Rules of Effective Writing   in mind. You should, too.

Post at MichelleTuesday.com   at least once per week.
Goal met. Also, I've been updating the heck out of my site content in general. August is the advertising push!

Grow MochaNotes.com   blogs.
Dabbling in Domesticity  : I owe one for today.
SEO: Alexa ranking for MT.com = 522k, MochaNotes.com = 552k.

Increase search engine visibility for MT.com.  
PRIORITIES:
Columbus Radio Group ads: Waiting for Grand Opening date.
Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Pending GO date.
High school athletic calendar: Pending
Gahanna local papers: Pending
New Albany local papers: Pending
T-shirts (? maybe): Pending
Guitar picks: Pending
Drum sticks and shaker eggs: Pending
Tote bags: Pending
Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliers
Google "Now Hiring" campaign: Funded and running.

I hung signs in every other window of my studio announcing "NOW HIRING MUSIC TEACHERS". I posted the same at Facebook, where I have heard from two potential candidates, both of whom are people I already know. Nothing yet from the Google ads.

Business start-up activities.
PRIORITIES:
Order exterior signage: Artist still in progress. He gave me homework.
Payroll by Aug. 1st: Waiting on paperwork from two, maybe three, employees.
Chris the office manager officially starts Monday!

Launch one new performance repertoire song per week.
Pending.

Perform one household chore per day.
Goal met: I did one load of laundry. Now I need laundry soap and fabric softener, so I can do the other nine loads. *writes "grocery store" on the list*

Read a book in print 15 minutes every day.
I need to pick my next book. Maybe "Eldest" or the next Vicky Bliss book that MaryLou mailed to me.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10.
Weight: ?
Meals:
7:00 Coffee (1)

TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 1, but I'm meeting a potential teacher at Bob Evans   for breakfast. It's my favorite new business meeting establishment, because Bob has WiFi AND bacon, which are, like, my two favorite things ever. 

(Goal: 25)