Wow. I’ve hit a wall. I’ve been doing keyword research on my WIP lenses and have decided not to proceed with some of them. Done the same thing with most of my current lenses and am making hard choices about where to put my time.
So now, I’m kind of frozen as to what to do next. I’d like to get to 100 lenses by the end of the month so I can get into the 100 Club. But I also don’t want to jump on some of the good niches I’ve found because I’d like to use them for the 30-day challenge. So just not sure what to do next.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
You and thefluffanutta both got me curious about this 30 day challenge thing, so I decided to give it a try. Still working out the Flock browser…
Would it be possible to make Squidoo lenses that complement the niches you’re thinking about pursuing for the 30 day challenge, or would that stretch your content too thin?
June 16th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I think that’s my problem right now. I could go ahead and do Squidoo lenses on these areas. But I’d miss out on the learning of the process using those niches. Does that even make sense? I’d like to go through the whole process using some of these. Because otherwise, I’ll just have to come up with more for the challenge. (OK, it’s really all about me being lazy.
Flock is making me slightly crazy. Mostly, what’s making me crazy is that I work on four different computers at any given point during the day. Trying to get all the stuff downloaded to each is proving to be a pain. So I’ve designated one as my 30DC computer. Hopefully that will keep me from obsessing about it all day and I can actually do some work.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Yeah, spreading my content ideas too thin is something that always worries me. That’s a small part of why I haven’t really started a newsletter/mailing list yet, which most internet marketers say is one of the best things you can do.
I’m cool with Flock and most of its add-ons for now, but what’s making me crazy is the Twhirl application. For one thing, it’s buggy and doesn’t work for me. And. I. Hate. It. Yeah, it’s I’m sure it’s better to set things up so that using Twitter/Friendfeed doesn’t interrupt your “flow,” but I don’t like things of this nature floating independently from the browser. I’m afraid I’m just going to be bad and break a TDC rule.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Ooo. I’m telling!
Actually, I’m not that big on it either. Can’t get it to work with FriendFeed, which would be the main reason I’d want it. And (as someone asked in the 30DC forum), if you have TwitterBar and Flock, do you really need Twirl? You can post to Twitter from both of those without interrupting flow. (Must resist quote marks.)
The only reason I think I’d never start a newsletter is that I have no idea what I’d talk about. (Kind of the same thing as the e-book, although that would be one discrete thing with no further committment.) I’ve done enough newsletters via work/volunteer stuff to know what a struggle it can be to get consistent content. Not sure I want to sign up for that pain. (And I know, I’ve managed to average a post a day for the last few months on my blog. But, I’m writing about me and for me. Big difference. :-))
June 16th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
I looked at flock once and my head exploded.
I say go with the lenses Susan! Use the niches you have now, and as you build them out, you’ll get ideas for new niches :). That’s how it seems to work for me at least…
You’ve been doing great with your squidtop by the way, I love reading your updates.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Thanks, Captain. Flock definitely takes a little getting used to. I’m only using it for the challenge. I’m sure it will have some good purpose for what we do there, but I’m sticking to Firefox most of the time. Annoying thing is that I have them both open, and when I click things in Twhirl or even a PDF that’s loaded in a Flock tab, they open things in Firefox. Silly!
June 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
You’re using both Firefox and Flock too? Well, now I don’t feel so weird, or at least not so lonely in my weirdness.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
If there’s anything we have learned by now, it’s that we’re not alone in our weirdness.