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 |   The Good Life. |
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree . But that's just my resume. My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress. ![Merit Badge in Music
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I've been playing piano the last few days.   Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met, with a new music education post. My experience with MochaNotes is teaching me that regularly updated, dynamic, relevant content draws search engines more than stagnant sites.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Goal met.Grow MochaNotes.com blogs. Dabbling in Domesticity : Up-to-date!SEO: I have no idea how it happened, but MochaNotes.Com is now ranked around 4.6 million on the Alexa scale (versus 11 million last week.) MichelleTuesday.Com finally made a presence at 8.7 million. Google page ranks are still 0 and 1 respectively.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week.  Pending, but more likely with my freshly cleaned-up Potbelly folder.  Write one new original song per month. Pending.Brand the biz(es.) It's a small thing, but I sent a follow-up email to my broker about the status of my lease. My soon-to-be landlord is drafting it, but I thought my broker wanted to get started on build-out preparation in the meantime - drafting plans, getting permits, etc. I feel like I'm in a holding pattern.Perform one household chore per day. Goal met.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. Goal met.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10.  In progress. 7:00am Coffee (1) and pear (1) 8:15am Coffee (1) 11:00am Seven Life Savers (1) 1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7) 7:00pm Three Triscuits (1) 8:00pm Baked chicken (4), stuffing (4), carrots (1) 8:30pm Lemon sorbet (3) TOTAL POINTS: 25 |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Pending, due to scope creep on another long-postponed project. I've been cleaning up my Potbelly music folder. I still haven't finished, and I left a mess all over the living room floor. It's no wonder I've been putting it off for months. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Pending.Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Up to date.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Pending.Brand the biz(es.) Nope. I played Wizard101 pretty much all day yesterday. Sunday is my new favorite day.Perform one household chore per day. Goal met and then some.REINSTATED GOAL: Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. The 12-year-old brought the Percy Jackson book back this morning, but I didn't have time to crack it open.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. In progress. 158.8 today, and dropping. {e:determined} but also {e:cranky}7:00am Coffee (1) 8:00am Pear (1) 11:15am Seven Life Savers (1) 1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7) 2:30pm Five jordan almonds (1) 4:00pm Pear (1) 4:30pm Lima beans (2.5) 5:30pm Two squares Grapevine meat lover's pizza (8) and a chocolate mint (1) TOTAL POINTS: 24 |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. All caught up!Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Up-to-date.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Pending.Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. Filled out a credit app for the property lease. Perform one household chore per day. Goal met, with high likelihood of exceeding expectations on this goal today.REINSTATED GOAL: Read a book in print 15 minutes every day.  The 12-year-old accidentally took the book I was reading to his mom's house, and I won't get it back until tomorrow morning.  Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILINGMISERABLY}, but tomorrow I start counting and recording points for real, all day, every day. |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met, and I'm caught up through next Monday's scheduled post. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. I have one due at 7am tomorrow morning.  Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Between Storm Machine  and me, we'll have posts scheduled through Monday here shortly.SEO efforts: Still working on Domesticity, but I at least got a few ads posted. Meanwhile, look out, Google: Facebook Optimization may be the new SEO Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. Filled out a credit app for the property lease. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. I'm taking down this goal. I'm not even sure what it means anymore. I work on the biz(es) every damn day. Although, I do need some structure around work. This working from home stuff is a pain. When the twelve-year-old gets off the bus, nothing else gets done for the day. And I'm definitely most productive in the morning, sleepy in the afternoon, and busy spending time with family in the evening. It will help when I'm teaching lessons more often in the late afternoon. Maybe I can throw a couch in my office at the school and take a nap after Potbelly every day. Perform one household chore per day. Goal met: Dishes, and -um- dishes. (The latter of which is a euphamism.  )REINSTATED GOAL: Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. Goal met. I'm reading the first Percy Jackson book.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILINGMISERABLY}, but I have a plan. I made a deal with the boy, and it starts on Monday. Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 8:00am Raisin Bran (3) 9:00am Coffee (1) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 5 |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met, but apparently, I forgot to post yesterday. I don't know how that happened. So I published today's post immediately, and now I'm working on tomorrow's post. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Nope. Did I mention that I hate this goal? But so far, it's the only writing goal that actually earns me an income. Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity is launched. I optimized the layout and added Adsense advertisements. We are taking contributors, for anyone with a domestic story to share.  Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I signed an "LOI" (Letter of Intent), requesting a formal lease agreement with Vista Plaza on Hamilton Road. Check it out: Vista Plaza . As it scrolls through the photos, my store is the corner Soccer store unit. Obviously, the Soccer store is no longer there.15 minutes of small biz research per day. Nope.Perform one household chore per day. Goal met. Dishes, one load of laundry.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILINGMISERABLY} Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 8:00am Bean soup (4?) 9:00am Pretzels (1) with icing (2) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 8 |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Revision complete; pending a new article.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: Polished up Dabbling in Domesticity blog.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met: I made a decision on a location. Now we start the lease process.15 minutes of small biz research per day. Um... I don't think so. *shrug* Perform one household chore per day. Goal met. I made bean soup with the Honeybaked ham bone, and then the boy forgot to take it for lunch today. *kicks* (That was a gentle kick, though. I kinda like the boy.)Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILINGMISERABLY} Meals: 6:00am Coffee (1) and a Cheryl's cookie (2) 8:00am Coffee (1) and mocha cream puffs (5) 11:00am Chocolate (4) 2:00pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7) |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Pending, and I have to revise the article I submitted yesterday, too. Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: See my SEO comments below. I plan to spend some time today fixing up the SEO problems reported by the analysis I had done.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Nope: Funeral. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. Nope: Funeral. Perform one household chore per day. Nope: Funeral. Thank goodness that's over. Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 8:00am Coffee (1) Top 10 SEO checklist results for MochaNotes.Com Proper Title Tags Well-constructed title tags contain the main keyword for the page, followed by a brief description of the page content. It will be less than 65 characters and avoid using stop words such as: a, if, the, then, and, an, to, etc. Your title tag should also be limited to the use of alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and commas. Look out! The majority of your pages have title tag issues:1 page has invalid title tag characters. 194 pages have stop words in the title. 27 pages have title > 65 characters. Proper Description Tags Good description tags contain information about the page's content and persuade search engine users to visit your web site. They should be between 25 and 35 words in length. Great work! No significant description tag issues to speak of.Proper Keywords Tags Your keywords meta tag should contain between 5-10 keywords or keyword phrases that are also found in page content. Great work! No significant keywords meta tag issues to speak of:4 pages have no keywords meta tag. Proper Heading Tags Each page of your site should use at least the H1 heading tag for the search engines that examine it when crawling your site. Great work! No significant heading tag issues to speak of.Page Content Pages should have between 300 and 700 words of descriptive content that contains the keywords specified for the page. Look out! The majority of your pages have page content issues:186 pages have a highest meta tag keyword density of less than 2%. Proper Navigation Each page of your site should contain links to every other page so search engine spiders can find every page. This is a critical step for the proper indexing and page rank distribution of your site. Look out! The majority of your pages have navigation issues:2 pages have broken external links. 159 pages have no external links. Proper Sitemap It's important to use two site maps for your website--an XML version and a static version. The XML version can be created with Search Engine Visibility's site map tool. The static version should sit on a static HTML page and contain links to every other page.  Look out! No site map found.A sitemap XML file was not found. Controlled Crawling It's important that search engine spiders find your robots.txt file that guides spiders to pages and directories you want crawled and denies entry to protected areas of your site. Look out! You have robots.txt file issues:No robots.txt file found Duplicate Content/Tags Because search engines treat web sites as a grouping of pages and not a single entity, each page on your site should be unique so that the tags and content differ between each page. Doing so increases the number of pages that will rank. You have minor duplicate tag issues:145 pages are using the same description tag. 24 pages are using the same title tag. Word Density Pages should contain 300 to 700 words of unique and descriptive content. A page's meta tag keywords should also be those that occur most frequently on the page. Look out! You have major word density issues:120 pages have their most frequent word appear less than 2% of the time. |
| Today is the funeral. Kenney was a big Skynyrd fan, so I'll be singing "Freebird" at the service, which is lyrically very appropriate for a funeral. I'm also singing "I'll Fly Away," an old gospel song that fits the theme nicely, and will make Keith and Kenney's mom happy. Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Goal met, and I accepted one for tomorrow morning.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: Here are some SEO notes:1. I noticed that while http://michelletuesday.com is ranked 0 by Google, http://www.michelletuesday.com is ranked 1. Storm Machine found an article about the discrepancy, and I have plans to read up on it and fix some things, as soon as this funeral business is done.2. My Advice for Business Managers readership was up this weekend, compared to previous weekends. It may be because of my plea in the blog description above  . Thanks for your support. Still no Google ranking, but I did finally make an appearance on Alexa's rankings.3. I started a blog called Dabbling in Domesticity (thanks to Storm Machine for the name!) Any domestic divas who would like to contribute, by all means, drop my a note.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I held my first monthly Repertoire Class, which was fun. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. Goal met. Perform one household chore per day. Goal met, in the form of chatting with a friend from the biz who showed up at the viewing.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) and two cream puffs (2) 8:30am Coffee (1) and a banana (2) |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. I need to do this today. I'm not sure when, due to the viewings and family time.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list:  THANK YOU to everyone who clicked the link above yesterday. I'm not sure if it did the trick, but the Alexa page rank of MochaNotes.Com went from unranked to Rank = about 11 million in a day. The site is still unranked on Google.MichelleTuesday.Com is still unranked both Alexa and Google. I'm using MochaNotes.Com as a training ground for optimization.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Goal met: "You've Got a Friend"Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Not really. Yesterday was Potbelly, praise band, and funeral planning.15 minutes of small biz research per day. Goal met. Still checking out competitors, and paying attention to website quality and copy. Check out these two competitor sites, and comment below  if you notice anything: Competitor #1 and Competitor #2 .Perform one household chore per day. Goal met, although Keith and I did it together: Grocery shopping. I hate the grocery store on Saturday, but we had to do it to get meal supplies for the viewings and funeral. We went ahead and shopped for the next two weeks.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} but going to get better. Keith and I are going to make a deal, after we get past all this funeral stuff. Meals: 6:30am Coffee (1) |
Keith's boss brought over a 15-pound Honeybaked ham!  ...along with pasta salad, potato salad, rolls, fruit, pastries, and mini muffins. We ate some, but we're taking it over to Keith's mom's to serve between the viewings tomorrow.I need a bean soup recipe. That's a huge freaking ham with a big-ass bone. (That's what she said.  )Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met, and I plugged at Facebook.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. It's due Monday, so either I write it tomorrow afternoon, or I let it go. Actually, I need to write five articles tomorrow afternoon since I slacked all week. {e:sternlook}Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: I checked Adsense every five minutes (I'm not obsessing, I swear!) Readership is down to its pre-advertising levels.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Goal met: "You've Got a Friend"Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. Been workin' on the websites again. Eventually, I'll need to create a brochure (or several) for the school and one (or several) for my performance biz. Someone gave me a tip to produce a media pack: A brochure with a demo CD and/or DVD tucked in. Great idea! You'd think I would have the time, now that I'm less employed. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. Goal met. I drove by the location of yet another competitor in Pickerington, where 88 Keys is located. Four music education establishments already grace this lovely town in which I live: 88 Keys, my former employer; Rock Factory, started by two teachers who left 88 Keys and sued Molly, the owner of 88 Keys (they lost, and they are violating their non-compete contract, but apparently there isn't much she can do to shut them down); Music, Movement & Me (who specializes in younger children, and whose owner, Janet, is a Reale sweetie); and Mid-Ohio Music, formerly Lang Music, who just moved from another location closer to Columbus. Lang is very, very well-known on the east side of Columbus and might be a formidable competitor for the other three. I stopped in to chat with them a couple nights ago. Nice guys.It's not a problem for me, because I'm opening in Gahanna, which boasts only one other formal music school, and which serves several affluent communities with high family densities. But if I ever want to expand and open a shop in my hometown, say, after my non-compete agreement expires, the new boys in town might deter me. Perform one household chore per day. Goal met. I made breakfast, took out the trash, put away the dishes.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: Um... ham. And mini muffins, and cream puffs, and ham. And coffee. |
| Keith's brother is finally at peace, which is good, but also sucks. Or vice versa. One of those. Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Keith is home this morning. I don't see this happening until later this weekend. First, I made breakfast, which took writing time. Second, the TV is on, and I can't focus. Third, I have lessons this morning, cutting into writing time. Fourth, I'm apparently skipping Potbelly to be with Keith. You'll have days like that.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met, and I plugged at Facebook.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Not gonna happen today.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: Apparently, I need to work on my Page Rank. I'm taking tips... *points to comments section* Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Goal met. I launched "You've Got a Friend" yesterday.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I worked on a .php version of my Music School website . Meanwhile, my second commercial property prospect (Hamilton) said verbally that they're unlikely to agree to the terms offered by my first commercial property prospect (Vista).15 minutes of small biz research per day. Now I know how to parse HTML code with PHP code. Perform one household chore per day. Goal met: one load of laundry.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 7:30am Two eggs (4), two strips bacon (3), English muffin (1) with butter (1) 8:00am Coffee (1) 11:45am Nuts (4) and jelly (1) TOTAL POINTS: 16 |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met, for whatever it's worth. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. I think I hate this article.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: It appears that all my hits were just people clicking my ads, because the hits came to a screeching halt when my ad campaign stopped yesterday. I'll give it about a week to see if average readership increased. If not, that's a tad discouraging for my top goal. Why bother?Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Goal met-ish. Not really, but I have two Potbelly stores, and I played "Hi De Ho" at the other one yesterday. It was a hit.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I forgot to mention yesterday that I also went to the local library where I'm opening my school and asked about holding free community music classes or events there for children. I got a phone number. I also worked on my website offline.15 minutes of small biz research per day. Hell, yes. I spent about four hours looking up and implementing more web development stuff. I am officially a CSS expert.Perform one household chore per day. Goal met: one load of laundry.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 8:45am Tortilla (2) with cheese (2) and salsa TOTAL POINTS: 5 |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. In progress on the article I grabbed Monday. Slacker!Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: Readership is exploding, so that's good. I'm still keeping an eye on it. When I finish my ad campaign, I'll be able to see if it's just people clicking my ads or loyal readers coming back for more.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending. I remembered my music binder yesterday, so I have no excuse.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I spent some time at Commercial Property Prospect #1 and took measurements. Then I updated my business plan with actual lease and capacity numbers. Lookin' good. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. Goal met. I discovered a new local competitor who just moved into town, although they spell more trouble for Molly, my former employer, than me, because of their location. If I have long-term plans to expand into the area they serve, it might affect me. While I was at it, I checked out another local competitor and was shocked to find them competition for my performance gigs, too. I need to take this goal seriously and dedicate fifteen minutes every single day to raising my awareness of local competition.Perform one household chore per day. FAIL... just dinner. I need to do a load of laundry today. It builds up so quickly. But one of the other music directors at church had a stroke, and the rest of us have been filling in for her. I have some church-related stuff to do today.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 8:30am Fiber English muffin (1) with jelly (1) 10:00am Coffee (1) 11:15am ZonePerfect bar (4) 1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7) 6:30pm Nuts and croutons (3) 8:00pm Baked tilapia (4?) with salad (2) and roasted potatoes (3?) TOTAL POINTS: 27 |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. Readership appears to be taking off... Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. In progress. I should work on this next and finish it before Potbelly!Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: Adwords and Adsense both took off yesterday.  I can't explain it, but I'm not complaining. Will it be sustained activity? I had my biggest hit day so far yesterday, and today, I had a slew of hits right around the time my post was published. It seems to be a following, but I'm still keeping an eye on it.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending. I forgot my song binder yesterday, so I didn't have any new songs in front of me to try.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) My broker submitted a counter offer to Commercial Property #2 (Hamilton), basically matching the most recent offer from Commercial Property #1 (Vista). I really like the landlady at Hamilton, but Vista has some serious biz perks that I might be hard-pressed to ignore, like a Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins, a dessert shop, an aquarium store, and a -successful- dance school in the same plaza, as well as great big window walls ("Hey, Mom! Look at that! Those kids are playing guitar and drums and stuff! I wanna do THAT!")15 minutes of small biz research per day. FAIL. I was busy. I went to the hospital with Keith.Perform one household chore per day. Goal met. I did the dishes and made dinner.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 8:30am Leftover jumbalaya from Cheesecake Factory (tons - maybe 10) 1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7) 4:45pm Fiber English muffin with jelly and nutella (5) 5:45pm Wasabi almonds (1) 7:30pm Three pierogies (3) with bacon (3), sausage (3), pasta sauce (1), and cheesy broccoli (1) 8:30pm Light ice cream (3) TOTAL POINTS: 38? |
Robert Waltz  met Dar Williams Saturday. Bastard. On a more serious note, Keith's brother is in bad shape. He's getting morphine about once an hour, so the doctors are only giving him a couple days to live. It's so hard on Keith.Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. I posted today and scheduled a post for tomorrow.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. I grabbed an article, but it's a long one. I'll start it today and turn it in tomorrow.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: Adwords and Adsense are seeing a teensy, tiny bit of activity. It may be looking up.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) FAIL. Weekends are church and family time, especially on weeks when we have the kids.15 minutes of small biz research per day. FAIL.Perform one household chore per day. Goal met.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 8:00am Coffee (1) Saturday, I had leftover pizza and ice cream cake from Keith's daughter's birthday, and yesterday, she wanted Cheesecake Factory for her birthday dinner. So my point counts were off the charts. Guess I need to make bigger charts. |
| I am {e:jealous} of Robert Waltz , who is in New Jersey today attending a Dar Williams concert, and who may get to meet her. Bastard. Today I participate in an all-day church meeting for which I regret volunteering. I don't expect to get any writing or business work done. Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Monday's post is still pending. I added links to my Thursday and Friday posts, and I started looking for links for my Training series. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Not applicable.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: My Adsense and Adwords accounts are not moving. *kicks*Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Goal met: "Hi De Ho" by Carole King (or Blood, Sweat and Tears, depending on your leanings)Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met: I taught lessons all day, and one student's stepdad suggested they may enroll a sibling. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. Goal met. Besides reading up some more on web development, I also did some recon at the Plaza, which is the property whose re-counter I liked. I interviewed some of the other tenants, all of whom seem to like it there, and all of whom see good business in the location. Perform one household chore per day. Um... I'm really not sure. Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. {e:FAILING} Meals: 7:45am Fiber granola bar (2) 8:00am Coffee (1) |
| Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Pending, but I have all weekend to schedule Monday's post. I want to be in the habit of completing these each weekday morning, but I need to spend some time planning my next week of articles (Topic: Employee Training) and searching out links. I forgot links the last two days, so I need to add those, too. After I find some. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Goal met.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: Created two new Adwords ads. These are image ads instead of text ads, so let's see if they're any more successful. So far, my two text ads have generated one click apiece.  Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending, and I'm working on consolidating my song sheets (still.) I can't get anything done after the kids get off the bus. I can't wait until I have an office in my music school , so I can go there after Potbelly and work in peace.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I got a kick-ass re-counter on one of the two properties (Plan A) I'm looking at. We're in negotiations still, because I have an ace in my pocket that will make the deal even sweeter. Once I settle on an agreement, I'll counter the other property (Plan B) and basically say, here's what Plan A offered, can you beat it? 15 minutes of small biz research per day. Goal met: Web design research, and I read a few pages in "Small Business for Dummies" again. It's been awhile since I pulled it out, but I gave up my computer for a couple hours for the kids to fight over Wizard101.Perform one household chore per day. Goal met: One load of laundry, plus watching the kids for the last couple days while Keith has been at the hospital.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. I've been bad. Not writing all my food again.Meals: 6:30am Coffee (1) 8:00am Coffee (1) and cashew granola bar (3) 10:45am Fiber English muffin (1) with 2 tbsp orange marmalade (2) YUMMEH! TOTAL POINTS: 8 |
| Keith's brother is in the hospital again. He has blood clots in his lungs, which is interfering with his ability to breathe. Random temporary goal: PAY TAXES BY 4/15! {e:FAIL} I *forgot* to go to the post office after Potbelly, damn it. Okay, I put a calendar reminder in my phone for today. Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Goal met, and holy crap there are a lot of OpenOrders.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: I set up Google Adwords and activated a "free" GoDaddy advertising credit worth $75. Google made me pay a $5 activation fee that didn't come out of the $75 credit, plus they have a minimum charge of $10 on my credit card, so I paid $10 out of pocket for $80 worth of advertising. I created one ad and set up the keywords to trigger the ad. You pay per click, so the money just hangs out in your account until people click on your ad, and then Google deducts the payment for the click....and so far, I've had 350 "impressions" (page loads with my ad embedded on the page) and zero clicks. Apparently, those are bad stats, because a typical CTR ("click-through rate" - percentage of impressions that result in a click) is 2%. So, apparently, I suck at advertising. Good to know. Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I made up for yesterday by: replenishing my supply of music business cards printing letter-sized copies of my promo poster to insert in the covers of my repertoire folder fixing the treble clef in my Music School logo writing website copy for my first section of links (not uploaded yet because I'm researching web design stuff) setting up Adwords for my blog, for whatever good it's doing15 minutes of small biz research per day. Still reading JavaScript, CSS, and DHTML. Perform one household chore per day. One load of laundry, dishes, fed the kids while Keith was at the hospital.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. Meals: 6:00am Coffee (1) 7:30am Coffee (1) 8:30am Leftover steak (6?), shrimp (2), and veggies (1) TOTAL POINTS: 11 |
| Random temporary goal: PAY TAXES BY 4/15! Scheduled: this afternoon! Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met.I'm seeing an interesting trend in my readership. I get more hits on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and less on Fri-Mon. That sort of makes sense, if I'm actually hitting my target audience, because I'm publishing new posts on weekdays. I *would* like to see it pick up on Monday and Friday a little more. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Goal met.Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: No activity.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Although, I think my lyrics pale in comparison to these compelling lyrics! {e:giggle}Brand the biz(es.) {e:fail} Not really, at least not deliberately. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. I met with a small biz attorney and chatted about setting up an LLC. I need to do that... after I pay my taxes!Perform one household chore per day. Groceries.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. Meals: 6:30am Coffee (1) and a banana (2) 9:45am Fiber English muffin (1), 1 tbsp jelly (1), 2 tbsp Nutella (3) TOTAL POINTS: 8 |
| Random temporary goal: PAY TAXES BY 4/15! Scheduled: tomorrow afternoon Post at Advice for Business Managers once per weekday. Goal met. I have been researching Adwords to see what it would take to advertise the blog and boost its readership.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Goal met. I plugged my new song.Write one Textbroker article per weekday. Goal met... but it's official: I cannot write with Spongebob Squarepants playing in the background. Thank goodness for Pandora and a good set of earphones. Meet other writing goals. MochaNotes.com list: No activity.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: Hey, Baby Brand the biz(es.) Goal met. I did some shameless self-promotion at church on Sunday morning, with the son my praise band drummer. The son happens to manage an upscale restaurant in the Nationwide Arena / Clippers Stadium district, so I gave him a card and casually mentioned my acoustic performance rates. He asked for a handful of cards, so he could hand them out to peer managers at other company restaurants. 15 minutes of small biz research per day. Hell, yes. I've been reading up on limited liability companies, articles of organization, operating agreements, etcetera.Perform one household chore per day. One load of laundry.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 6/1/10. In progress?Meals: 7:00am Coffee (1) 8:30am Coffee (1) and cashew granola bar (3) |
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