Here comes the “This blog is coming to an end” message.
I started this blog five and a half years ago to share what I knew to help other freelancers, particularly direct market designers and copywriters.
I’m still going to share, but likely not in this spot. (Notice how I qualify that just in case I change my mind six months down the road?)
Let me give you a bit of background, and then tell you where you can find me if you want to continue taking advantage of what I’m learning.
If you haven’t noticed, the main site of www.mikeklassen.com has just gone through a total redesign. My old site was HTML-based, and while it was fine and did the job, I wanted to take the appearance up another notch.
Goodbye HTML and Dreamweaver. Hello WordPress.
The change allowed me to add some new areas that I’ve gotten into: speaking and consulting. (This goes back to my last article on Expanding Your Business Boundaries.)
As part of that change, I didn’t really feel this blog had a place. All the content for this blog will remain for now. But there won’t be a link to this blog from the main site. The only way people will find it is through searches that link to the content.
Having said that, helping people is still a part of what I do. And it hasn’t just been happening here.
You may not be aware of where else you can find me…
1. The Magalog Guy’s MagaBlog. This is updated weekly. It’s geared to businesses in general, not just freelance designers and copywriters. But since you are a business, the content applies to you just as much as anyone else.
2. The Increase Sales & Build Deeper Connections Podcast. These are short messages from me, covering similar areas to what I cover on the blog. I’ll include interviews from time to time.
3. The Neanderthal Marketing Radio Show with co-host Traci Hayner Vanover. This is a weekly podcast, about a half hour in length, where Traci and I talk about different business-related topics. Very informal and a lot of fun for Traci and I.
4. The Magalog Guy Facebook Page. I try to share a few links of interest or bits of business info each week. I don’t believe in using this page to send out dozens of messages each day. So if you “Like” this page, don’t worry about me flooding your FB stream.
As you can probably guess from that list, it takes some time to put together that content on a regular basis. Between that and my work for clients, something had to give. And taking the hit was this blog.
I appreciate everyone who has read this blog. I hope you did more than read it… I hope you took action on it.
And I hope that you’ll find at least one of the other avenues I mentioned to follow me as I can continue sharing what I learn.
Thanks!