I'm in Love with the Matchmaker

The steady stream of new visitors to my songwriting website continues. People are finally finding me through Google by searching the terms that I care most about--which means that Google is doing a great job of playing Cupid. 


Today I had a visitor who spent half an hour on my site and read fifteen articles after searching Google for songwriting resources. That's the kind of validation I needed! To give you an idea, I don't normally expect readers to stay longer than 90 seconds, or read much more than 2 or 3 articles.


Been writing some short news posts on the blog and gotten a good response, but I want to make sure it's balanced well. I still want the site to be an educational resource, not a source of news. I want most of my articles to continue being useful for years to come.


Thinking I'll change my front page to an excerpt view, with a thumbnail photo and blurb for each article, with a variety of categories available from the /words front page. More options, more variety, more content to choose from.


Geo just called in a writing assignment. Hoping to shave before I get out the door; I've got 5 o' clock shadow that would make George Michael jealous.


More soon.

I Just Got a Promotion.

This morning I sat in the middle of a semicircular pile of books, hunting for songwriting topics. In an hour, I had two weeks’ worth of posts.

I’m focusing hard on two of my other blogs—each is very different in topic—and posting at least once every day, then going out to raise the profile of each website by reaching out and being helpful on forums and other blogs for a set amount of time daily.

To sustain that kind of momentum, I need a content strategy to help me stay focused and oriented—and just to help me remember what I’ve already covered and what can be built upon and all that good stuff.

I’m not just a writer for my own websites anymore—I’m editor-in-chief.