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Archive for March 10th, 2010

Do you like deadlines? I absolutely love them. They’re one of my favorite things. I think I thrive on the pressure (a.k.a. stress) of a deadline.

Now, my deadlines at the moment aren’t high pressure. The 15th of every month is the close of advertising sales for the next month’s issue of Two Lane Livin’. Besides the sales, I have to have any advertising designs completed by the 15th or shortly thereafter. No big deal. I love sales and I love designing.

Probably more high pressure are my self-imposed business deadlines. I’m working with @stargardener to develop a social media presence for Skala Creative.

I managed to complete the Step 1: create a twitter account. You can follow Skala Creative here. You’ll receive helpful tips on writing and editing, thoughts and quotes (related to writing), special promotion discounts and lots of other stuff. Trust me, if you’re a writer, you don’t want to miss out on some of the future discounts on my services!

Step 2 has me totally intimidated. I need to rework my business website. I love the look, but the behind-the-scenes setup is a royal pain. I hate to sacrifice the look, but I’ll probably need to so I’ll have a site that is manageable and easily updated.

Step 3 is the addition of a blog. I’m really excited about this part. Unfortunately I have to get beyond Step 2 before I can enjoy Step 3.

Here’s the sad part … I’ve been thinking about Step 2 and Step 3 for almost a year. I haven’t done a single thing to reach those goals. Well, I’ve looked at some potential site redesigns and talked to a web designer who agreed to do the site for me and then totally fell off the face of the planet. Other than that, I’ve done zilch.

So, I’m imposing some deadlines on myself. Once deadline week is over, 100% of my work time is going towards recreating my business site and adding the blog. I have until the end of the month to have everything working to my liking. If I don’t … well, I’m not sure what a suitable punishment will be. Any suggestions?