Resolutions
Wednesday 03 Jan 2007Well, another year has passed and it’s time to figure out what to do differently (or better) for this year.
Those of you who know me, know that I got married a couple months back, so inevitably, many of my resolutions are bound to involve family. But as far as studio concerns go, I do have a few changes in mind that I’ll be implementing very soon.
1. Blog Regularly - I’ve tried to make this site easy for me to maintain and keep up-to-date, however, I do put of contributing to my blog entirely too quickly. I’m not going to set myself up for failure by saying that I’ll contribute daily, or even two or three times a week - but certainly more regularly. No more five month gaps between posts. Future blogs will include more diversified topics, tips on working with a designer (preferrably me), as well as product reviews as I upgrade technologies in the studio.
2. Website Overhaul - Yes, I’ve talked about it a couple of times before already, but I’m tired of looking at this site in its current format and will be updating the look very soon. I had a new look for the site planned and nearly implemented, but quickly got bored of it as well… So I’ve been working on another cleaner, more streamlined look that’s growing on me and hope to have the upgrade completed within a week or so.
3. Develop a Plan - Sounds obvious… but I want to sit down and do some hardcore brainstorming about where I want the studio to be one year from now and then develop a plan to make it all happen.
4. Implement New Technologies - Another no brainer, but I’m constantly looking for new things to make me more streamlined. I enjoy the “work smarter, not harder” mentality. There’s a couple of investments out there that I’m considering that will add new services for my clients as well as offer improvements to internal workflows - hopefully making my life simpler!
5. Email Newsletters - This is something I set up last year, but never implemented. Personally I love newsletters and miss the days of working on the newspaper. As a part of my website upgrade, I’ll be adding an area where viewers can subscribe to an HTML newsletter that I’ll regularly (probably once a month for starters) publish. Planned topics for the newsletter will be design related, as well as a review here and there.
That about does it for now. I’m sure I’ll come across more ideas for improvements as the year develops, but I don’t want to overload myself coming out of the gate!
Happy New Year!
-c
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