Okay, I've got bad news and some more news about the posting here at TMW First off, the freelance job didn't work out, the commute was too long and there's other factors I'm not going to get in to here. As I've always said, I don't blog about my job here. So that didn't work out, which means I have to get serious about looking for a job, which means I can't be updating this blog everyday. But I don't want to totally stop the blog while I search for a job, so I've decided to post updates, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Tuesday through Thursday there probably won't be anything. I figured four days a week are better than none and again, I appreciate everyone's loyalty and nice comments. Now I'm going to relax and try and get rid of this sinus headache that is making me feel like I'm bleeding from the eyeballs. We'll see you next Friday! Thanks for being patient with me and this blog! Oh and if you're wondering why there's a picture of Joan Jett up there, I figured that if she Google's herself (and who doesn't?) maybe this will come up and she'll give me job, hey you never know!
A funny thing has happened here, well, actually it’s not too funny unless you’re a sadist, and even I’m not quite that twisted. But what’s happened is, I’ve lost a good portion of the audience I had a week ago. Here’s what happened: Last Wednesday I announced the new blog, Tripping With Marty and I got a great response from people and was really excited. The numbers were really big, I got a ton of hits, so I was off and running. The next day was the first day I live-blogged and I did it from McSorley’s and the numbers were even bigger! I was really happy and thought I had discovered something that was going to be huge. Then Friday came and the numbers started to decline.
“No big deal,” I thought to myself, “Friday’s usually slow down as people start gearing up for the weekend. And then the weekend came and weekend’s usually are kind of slow as well, but it was slower than usual. “Don’t worry,” I said to myself, “It’ll pick up on Monday.
Then Monday came and it got even worse. Then I started worrying, Monday’s and Tuesday’s are usually the biggest days of the week. Oh speaking of Tuesday, that was yesterday and the number of hits continues in a downward spiral. Then I thought about it and realized maybe people don’t like this new live format. Some people have told me they don’t like commenting on older posts and that while they like what I’m doing, the number of posts is a little overwhelming.
I thought live-blogging would be a great idea, but you live and you learn. Some people really got into it, but the majority has spoken and I’m not too proud to listen. Maybe it’s not that great of an idea.I’ve deccided to with the advice that my old co-pilot Al tried to give me, and I’m going to start doing this blog the way I did 365 Bars and MAD. That is one post a day from whatever I did the day before. And I’ll post it around noon.
I still like the idea of Tripping With Marty and now this opens up even more doors to the idea. I can go out in the afternoon, early evening or late at night. Sometimes good things come out of mistakes and I think that’s going to be the case here.
So this is the only post for today, I have to go out and do something I can post tomorrow. Here’s hoping people give me a second chance with this idea! If you’re reading this, I thank you and I’ll be back tomorrow at noon with a new TWM post. Just once per day! Cheers and beers to you all!
Okay, I've got bad news and some more news about the posting here at TMW First off, the freelance job didn't work out, the commute was too long and there's other factors I'm not going to get in to here. As I've always said, I don't blog about my job here. So that didn't work out, which means I have to get serious about looking for a job, which means I can't be updating this blog everyday. But I don't want to totally stop the blog while I search for a job, so I've decided to post updates, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Tuesday through Thursday there probably won't be anything. I figured four days a week are better than none and again, I appreciate everyone's loyalty and nice comments. Now I'm going to relax and try and get rid of this sinus headache that is making me feel like I'm bleeding from the eyeballs. We'll see you next Friday! Thanks for being patient with me and this blog! Oh and if you're wondering why there's a picture of Joan Jett up there, I figured that if she Google's herself (and who doesn't?) maybe this will come up and she'll give me job, hey you never know!
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