TinaStephen International Weblog

Gawd! Why do I tend to forget all about this weblog and end up updating it about once a month when it dawns on me that I haven’t posted in ages. *laugh*

In my last post I mentioned something about a new schedule & changing the direction of where I’m going with my online business. Well, I’ve done a few things, but I am ashamed to say that I haven’t done much other than those few things.

My schedule I haven’t really kept up with.

I did sign up to some freelance sites and have taken a look and bid on one project for web design.

I finally created a weblog for my journey into the world of jewelry & beading, which you can visit here if you’re interested. (another weblog I haven’t updated in a while)

And lastly, I finally took the plunge and launched my first ebook, the FTP Handbook - written my yours truly. If you’re interested, you can read all about it here.

… You know, reading back through what I wrote I realize that I have done quite a bit of what I wanted to accomplish in the past month. *pats on back*

This next month should be much more productive — at least that is my goal!

I’ve written another course for WebDesignNewbie.com, which I’m aiming to get online. I’m also hoping to get some products up for current students — something I haven’t done as of yet since I launched the site. *hangs head in shame* … As for the coaching program, that’s been put on hold until this fall — when we’re all back inside and in need of something to do. *laugh* There is another ulterior motive to pushing the launch to that ahead, namely updating the WDN website. I’m not totally happy with using LaunchFormulaMarketing Membership Site Script. I think it’s just that it’s lacking in things to make it easier to add stuff (and other things), especially when your site has more than just a few pages that most Internet Marketing membership site’s seem to have. So I’m taking the time to really figure out how to get WordPress working as a membership/cms site. I’ve got the cms thing down, so am half way there before I even begin. With doing that, I’m going to give WebDesignNewbie.com a facelift to bring it more into the “web 2.0″ design world. If you’ve checked out WDN over the last week, you will might have noticed that there is a new logo up there now, along with a new color scheme. I’ll be working on that over the next couple of weeks to get it looking how I’m envisioning, and then going to work on getting the membership part of the site working with WordPress.

Other things I have to do are…

- updating this weblog with the new version of WordPress
- creating the habit of writing in this weblog, Kcrystina and WDN on a regular basis (weekly is what I’m aiming for)
- sending out another newsletter for eDesigner & WDN students

Well that’s it for me this time around… I would talk about my week at my parents place a couple weeks ago, however I would much rather just forget all about that week. — might share it with you at another day.

I finally got down to deleting my traffic exchange accounts. I’m pretty surprised that most of them were still available, as I haven’t logged in nor surfed them in at least 6 months. Guess not everyone cleans their database of inactive members anymore.

I also found myself cleaning my desk area. And boy did it ever need a good cleaning! Paper all over the place, inbox filled to the max and beyond, and other stuff I would much rather keep to myself. *laugh*

I have a HUGE stack of paper to go through just for webdesignnewbie.com of thoughts, ideas and important information that I have written down since the summer. It desperately needs to go through. More so because I need to get my thoughts in order for that venture and know exactly which way I’m going with it.

As for my other venture…I did some soul searching over the holidays and have come to a decision to put all my focus into webdesignnewbie.com and my students. I’m going to be moving my web design business on to tina-stephen.com, however I won’t be taking clients any longer—except for the few exceptions here and there.

I realized during my soul searching that though I love to work with clients and design websites, my passion is helping others. And I believe the best way that I can do that is through—and bring in a regular income—is through teaching others how to create their own websites. That’s what I plan to do with webdesignnewbie.com…. if all goes well I could easily be financially independant by next winter! I will have reached one of my goals *huge smiles*

It’s a little scary and exciting that I can see that goal within my reach. I have been working so hard towards that goal for quite a few years now, more so in the last couple years. And with reaching that goal, come other goals that will follow one right after the other because of the independence and money I will have in my possession.

What a ride this is going to be! … already is! *laugh*