Yikes, week 12 is over!
This is a big milestone because it represents the approximate midpoint of a 6-month period.
I’m not planning any broader rumination on where I am and where I want to go for this retro, but it’s on my goals for the week to think about it more.
Goal Report Card
| # | Goal | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Able to actually collect money on placecard.me | A |
| 2 | Some marketing plans for placecard.me | C- |
| 3 | Add project/portfolio page to website | F |
| 4 | One more blog (monetization test?) drafted or shipped | A |
| 5 | Continue pushing on freelancing conversation | B+ |
Comments
- Place Card Me is now collecting payments! Well, you know, if anyone were interested in paying it would be… For all the time that I put this off I actually was able to end-to-end everything in less than a day. Stripe is pretty great.
- I thought a fair bit about marketing but didn’t execute very much.
- Been meaning to add a portfolio page to this site the help boost my freelance presence. Didn’t get around to this.
- Wrote and shipped an update on testing pricing.
- Have a number of conversations in flight though nothing concrete in place beyond that. Also started doing a tiny bit of contract work for Dimagi a side effect of which is a video tutorial series about CommCare.
Time
Week 12 time breakdown
Place cards are back on top in a big way and everything here actually looks pretty good to me. Rare and nice to look back on a week feeling like I prioritized correctly.
Life
My place card marketing exploration took me to the Cape Town Wedding Expo!
It was a strange event that mostly reinforced how out-of-place I feel in the wedding industry. But it was fun and interesting nonetheless.
Here’s a shot of Ro trying to help me gear up for marketing—something that ended up not really happening due to scary signs triggering a fear of being kicked out and sued. The world continues to expect and work against marketers!
—Cory