Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Computers are fun
you can sit in front of them for hours. A 10 minute email check generally turns into at least 30 minutes. If everything I did took me 3 times as long as estimated I wouldn't achieve anything. Yet, whenever I come away from the computer there is always something that I think I've done.
Blah blah blah. It's late here, and I'm just on way way into work to inoculate some bacteria into broth to grow overnight. I'm thinking it's about time to put out another press release soon- my first 3 month report. Definitely a lot has happened and the stories are under way. They aren't flying along, but I haven't really got a huge marketing campaign or any PR people working for me, so the public reach is pretty good (I think). It's definitely the sort of site which could be around for a while and also keep expanding into new households everyday for years to come. So I'm realistic as to the timeframe and targets that should be expected for this new venture, and I think the first 3 months have been pretty good. Some people have put comparisons between my website and the Million Dollar Homepage, but I don't think they should be compared in terms of success rate at all. That site was a phenomenon making $1 million in 4 months based on a simple idea. I think it is an incredible model, but unrealistic for any new venture to match those records (unless they are very lucky or have a lot of money to put into advertising). It has also been said to me that if a business is still around after 3 years, that is a mark of it's success. So that's probably a better model to try to achieve. ¶ 11:44 PM
aren't they?
you can sit in front of them for hours. A 10 minute email check generally turns into at least 30 minutes. If everything I did took me 3 times as long as estimated I wouldn't achieve anything. Yet, whenever I come away from the computer there is always something that I think I've done.
Blah blah blah. It's late here, and I'm just on way way into work to inoculate some bacteria into broth to grow overnight. I'm thinking it's about time to put out another press release soon- my first 3 month report. Definitely a lot has happened and the stories are under way. They aren't flying along, but I haven't really got a huge marketing campaign or any PR people working for me, so the public reach is pretty good (I think). It's definitely the sort of site which could be around for a while and also keep expanding into new households everyday for years to come. So I'm realistic as to the timeframe and targets that should be expected for this new venture, and I think the first 3 months have been pretty good. Some people have put comparisons between my website and the Million Dollar Homepage, but I don't think they should be compared in terms of success rate at all. That site was a phenomenon making $1 million in 4 months based on a simple idea. I think it is an incredible model, but unrealistic for any new venture to match those records (unless they are very lucky or have a lot of money to put into advertising). It has also been said to me that if a business is still around after 3 years, that is a mark of it's success. So that's probably a better model to try to achieve. ¶ 11:44 PM
