And I recently LOVE this muckraker:
https://rachaelkayalbers.co... I like how she is humorous and serious at the same time, and how she encourages her guests but doesn't 'battle' them.

And just because I can't help it. My husband doesn't get this, but it makes me laugh out loud. Maybe we can about mistakes by watching exaggerated ones (even if intentional for humorous purposes). https://www.youtube.com/wat...

4.  Get colors and paper out and brainstorm about how to deliver fun content and flow on Instagram (I'm new to the platform). 

Ah, September at last! 

I'm in tidy up mode, and have been working on the underpinnings of my biz, stuff that's felt vague is now clear (like my terms and conditions, and privacy policy....small things to be sure, and not too much time spent there, but enough to make sure everything is in order). 

My goal this week has already been accomplished, thanks in part to the fire under my accountability buddy@Donna Becker 's butt that has her dragging me along for the ride. The week seems to be titled "Getter Done!"

And so dates are set for my newest launch (and crossed off my to-do after 17 weeks of gathering dust there, making me feel bad); Website Wednesdays and Follow-Up Fridays, and it's on my calendar, with a zoom link and a rough sketch of topics to be covered over 4 weeks. 

So the real objective of this week: build the sales page, announce it widely, figure out pricing, decide if I'll run a FTA webinar or just dive in, and start putting together the materials. 

The real progress here is actually something I've let go of in order to move forward. 

For a long time now I've been wanting to run courses, but I was thinking of them needing to be pre-recorded, on Udemy (the platform my one completed course lives on). What I've finally figured out, though, is that that seems too big somehow, and too formal, and is blocking my progress (17 weeks on the to-do list, years in my head). I've realized that I want to teach live first, before recording anything. That way I can be more responsive to the actual needs of the students, and be a better teacher in the long run. Also, I like teaching live! I like the community that builds, and the way we co-create our learning. 

Starting the week out with a hoorah!

@Shay Nichols

I'm curious what others have found as I've looked at this recently too. My list is ... 

Discord - nerdy, like Slack, learning curve (where I landed)

Mighty Networks - pretty, learning curve, I'm still mad at them for some stupid ui choices when they first started so I'm unreasonably biased against them.

Kajabi - I think has membership spaces? But seems like total overkill for me at the moment.

Simplero - eh, I'm not a forum-style person, though it's growing on me somewhat

... Like I just can't believe there aren't more group-style options out there, but nobody has quite nailed it like Facebook.

Heya, @Sonja Carey !

Biddy Tarot had a program where people could be tarot readers on their site that I did for a while. The readings were free, and I'm trying to remember if you had to pay to be a reader, or if it was free, I can't remember. 

Personally I don't think it matters much - only if you want to pay or not, really. I would imagine the people showing up are just excited for the free reading. But I will say that at least within the Biddy structure, it was decent amount of work and not really good lead generation tool. But Biddy's structure wasn't necessarily geared toward getting your own name out there, if I recall correctly. 

It feels a little sticky to me, but for the students more than the audience. So to me, it would depend on how you feel about it, and if the cost is worth it. 

... It may be a better use of the funds to run an ad (or ads, depending on how much the thing costs). Because the visibility when you pay for the list is still only one person per reading you do, whereas an ad is going to put you in front of hundreds of people. But also depending on your finances and/or the cost of the thing, it might be interesting to try it for a month and see? 

Thank you, George!