An Announcement From An Idiot

I was enlightened this week.

I was having lunch with my friend, Matt McWilliams, and I was sharing with him how I had just finished an "epic" blog post.  I was really excited.  I had written the post as a brainstorming session on how private community pools could expand or grow their pool membership and felt I had a ton of value to offer.

The post was nearly 3,000 words long.

Matt kindly looked at me and said, "Sorry, but I will never read it."

At that minute, I was enlightened.  My goal with this site is to provide tools to help small business owners free up their time.  Yet, my articles were asking for a ton of your time.  3,000 words worth of time.

And my focus is on business hacks - something that should be quick and actionable.

Duh.

So I decided I needed to cut back. By 10 times.

Starting this week, I have a new blog format as follows:

  • 300 words or less
  • 3 posts a week (M,W,F)
  • 3 minutes of your time

Don't worry, if you still like my "epic" posts, I will still be sharing those from time to time (like the one on pool membership).  Just not on my blog.

Also, look for my weekly summary e-mail to now be published on Saturday morning.

What do you think of the change?

ACTION ITEM: Write down 3 things you might need to hack in your business to connect better with your customers.

Adam Witmer