Like most professionals who also blog, I’ve wondered what steps to take to make what I do really rock so to speak; take it to the next level if you know what I mean. This post kicks off my nomadic blogumentary, a journey through the world of the web, creative thinking, social networking, business strategy, personal brand building and self discovery.
This is the start of my nomadic BLOGUMENTARY, a journey through the world of the web, creative thinking, social networking, business strategy and personal self discovery.
On this digital journey I aim to take myself from amateur blogger / professional web designer with little direction, to what I always envisioned myself to be. I aim to become an agent of positive change and innovation, and to find true meaning and purpose to what I do.
How do I plan to do this you may be asking yourself?
I’m still in the process of figuring all the steps out and plotting my course ahead. I know coming out with this self challenge is a brave move, one I could very possibly be very sorry for if I don’t keep up with the challenge, or fail to achieve the goals I set.
Therein lies the secret. I plan to drag you all along on this journey, get your feedback, give you advice and ask for some as well. I might even involve a few of the Guru’s out there to help make this journey an action packed adventure, which we can all benefit from.
I hope to cover everything from the initial idea / vision phase, on to a little bit of a business plan with clear goals. I will be developing a strategy including the steps which I will need to take to achieve certain goals.
What will I be sharing with You
- my Brand building endeavours and the lessons I learn
- selecting & shaping my niche
- the technologies & methodologies I will be using
- the tutorials, tips & advice which shape my decisions
- my favourite resources & influences
- The tools I use to make my tasks easier
Sharing the Experience
I’ll be sharing the troubles I encounter along the way, the feelings of failure if any(I’m sure there will be), the stumbling blocks & challenges faced and the stresses I experience.
Sharing the successes, stats, milestones & profits
Any success achieved along this perilous journey will be shared with all of you. I’ll let you now when I earn my first paycheck, which I hope will be soon, in fact I desperately need it to be soon. I’ll tell you about what this project does to my web stats and when I’ve made a major breakthrough in learning or self development.
What do I want from YOU
the visitors to this site have pretty much kept their identities to themselves for their own specific reasons. I hope this will change.
Involvement. I hope you will share this journey with me. To this point the visitors to this site have pretty much kept their identities to themselves for their own specific reasons. I hope this will change and that you will start to engage with me and get to know me as well as help me to get to know you better.
Feedback. I’d like to know what you think about what I have to say, about the decisions I’ll make and the advice I’ll be giving. I plan to put in place a few incentives if and when I am able to make it worth your while to get involved. I started with a little experiment in the form of the Logo Design Q & A competition which I ran recently.
Inspiration & Advice. We can never achieve much on our own. We achieve things by learning from others and benefiting from others, and then by sharing this with others. I hope we can develop a mutually beneficial relationship where we influence each other and inspire each other to achieve great things. Where there are areas which you could help me I’ll appreciate it and if there’s anything I could do for you I hope to be able to help as well.
So where do we Start?
Well we kind of have started already. I’ve met some great people already and have a few of you subscribe to my RSS feed. I’ve just crossed the 4000 hits mark since starting out blogging more seriously a few short months ago and have a few more RSS subscribers but have no idea who they are.
I’ve just completed negotiations with a few parties to get into my own office space and have just moved in. I’m also in the process of re-designing my website to empower me on this journey.
I’ve gotten started on a few post series and have some great ideas for interesting and value adding content to help you guys out there with your journeys.
What I’d like to know from you guys is this:
Who are you all out there?
What Can I do for you?
Do you have any advice for me in getting started?
- Who are you out there?
- What do you guys do for a living?
- What can I do for you out there?
- What would you like to see on this site?
- What would you like to hear about?
- How can I empower you all to excel in what you do?
- How do we develop a platform or community which can be a springboard for us all to achieve something good?
- Do you have any advice for me in getting started?
Lets start talking and start something meaningful!
I say we do it..I am a journalist for Avusa Media Limited. It produces publications such as the sowetan, The Times, Business Day, Sunday Times and many more…I recently started blogging too and i have the same vision as you..the question is what can i do for you..what can you do for me..! check it out http://www.frecklethejourno.blogspot.com
Mazola, great to hear from you. I think it’s time we all start opening ourselves up to collaboration, sharing, learning form each other and growing together.
Just checked out your blog, this is the great thing about the web, ideas spread virally and the whole concept of journalism in general is open to all.
How do you find blogging as a journalist? What are your plans for your career going forward? Do you think the Citizens of South Africa have what it takes to start a major movement towards positive change?
I started out mine as just a photo blog, housing collections of pictures in particular themes, since i enjoyed that kinda thing.
Later on, it expanded, and i realised it was an ideal medium through which to express myself in writing – which i’ve always enjoyed doing.
Professionally, i’m a Technical Writer in an I.T. environment. At the moment, I work on instructional material; but prior to this I was also doing quite a bit of communications work which involved bits of technical writing.
I really admire what you’re trying to do, and would love to see the day when there’s a positive media platform – an alternative to the negative news which is always present. i mean, news nowadays is a product, and i think it’s just overdone. where there’s money to be made, these extremes happen.
i’d love to work with you somehow in future, on something. i don’t really know what my ideal role or job is, but i know it involves the same abilities i use when writing or posting for my blog. and something i truly believe in and can benefit the world with.