My Blog Network
Here's a rundown on what I'm up to these days. In addition to the crazy schedule that we have at stashSpace, I'm trying to create and maintain a network of blog in my "off-time", you know, the 8 to 10 hours a week that I'm not eating, sleeping or working (It's 3:30 in the morning right now, but I really wanted to get this post up for the family).
Anyway, I'm not really sure at this point which ones will continue to be regularly maintained. Some of them (this blog, Fun For a Family, Sailing the Northwest and Start a Fish Tank) are for personal interest, and should probably get a post once a week. Others are quasi-professional in nature (Online Video Sharing and DV Gadgets) where I am trying to gain a voice in the blogosphere to be able to drive traffic to stashSpace, although they are in no way related other than in content . And I'm tracking all my activities at a blog called Make Money Online, on which I hope to be able to provide some baseline level of analysis on what works and what doesn't work in terms of making money online.
So here's a brief rundown on each blog:
- http://www.KrummeFamily.Com
Wait, that's this blog! It's my personal family blog. Does the world really need another personal blog? In my case, yes. With the relocation of one of my companies (stashSpace) to the Methow Valley - a remote rural mountain valley in North Central Washington - my family moved ~250 miles away from our closest relatives, and find little time to get across the mountains for visits. I'm hoping this will be a quick and simple way to keep you all updated on our activities.
In addition, a personal blog is a great general platform to be able to post about anything you might want to write about. I'm also hoping that my family might just also get more variety in their activities -- you won't want to go to the same place more than twice!
- http://www.Online-Video-Sharing.com/
This is a personal blog about an industry that has been my life for the last 7 years. My two companies have been involved in online video since 2000, long before anyone ever heard of "User Generated Content". This blog will include information about Online Video companies, products and services; Video Tips and Tricks; Photo Sharing Tips and Tricks; and Video editing and storage services.
- http://www.DVGadgets.com/
This will be a companion site to Online Video Sharing, where I will primarily post product reviews for items in the Digital Video and Audio space, and the companies behind them. Consider it the site for that which is "tangible" in audio/video, whereas Online Video Sharing focuses on web-based applications.
- http://www.Sailing-the-Northwest.com/
This is a blog about a long-time hobby of mine - sailing. Growing up, my family spent 6 weeks each summer on our sailboat, and during my college years I managed a Sailing Club and raced 4-5 days/week over a five year period. This will be my "hobby" blog.
- http://www.FunForAFamily.com/
This will be the family blog about activities that families can do together. This blog will let the whole family feel like they are part of the process, and will give us some undisturbed, scheduled time each weekend to spend time together. It was Tabitha's brainchild, and she will be driving the content and activities each weekend. In her words, "I'm kind of like your boss, right?"
- http://www.lugnut22.com/
This site will be where I document all my different approaches and track my results and lessons learned through my online blogging. During the first few months, the blog may be a bit disparate in nature, but after getting these other blogs established and full of content, I will start to compile my various experiences and lessons into month-by-month activities, checklists and approaches to succeeding online.
- http://www.StartAFishTank.com/
This one is more of a lark than anything else. I've been keeping fish for a long time, and want to be able to impart some of what I've learned to others, and be able to point them in the right direction to what's available online. Simplicity will be the key. I already have a bunch of content that I had previously prepared for a never-launched site, "Aqua-Pages", so I'll only need to spend a few hours to get this one going, and then will probably only add updates twice a month.
- http://blog.stashspace.com/
This is our corporate blog for StashSpace.com, where we track the latest feature enhancements and bug fixes for our online video sharing and editing product aimed at home videos. It's a great system for unlocking the video content that is stuck on your videotapes on the shelf, and then sharing it with friends and family. You can either record video through our website on your own computer, or make it even simpler by sending us your videotapes to digitize for you. You then can access your video to watch, edit, share and store your video memories from over the years... I'll be posting some of my movies as soon as I have time to actually work with my own video!
So that's about it. If you want, subscribe to any of the RSS feeds for the blogs and pass them along to your friends and family. I'm not sure which ones will continue to grab my attention (other than the StashSpace blog for obvious reasons), but that will probably be determined by the users....
