Welcome to the team!

Things have been picking up at Chris Bloczynski dot Com since I threw the doors open (figuratively) on July 16th… more and more readers have been introduced, RSS subscribers have increased, and page views and unique visitors are at an all time high. In short, business has been getting better.

Which means content value and posting frequency should be getting better.

Which means I’ve run out of time to figure things out as a new blogger and start getting “better and better” serious about doing what I do, which is writing and marketing.

So as a result, I’ve decided to create room for growth by expanding my personal team this week. I retained a dynamic husband-and-wife team, Jerry and Michelle at Gartner Web Development, to tend to the technical details of my site. I’m excited to work with both of them… I find Michelle to be chock full of ideas and marketing wisdom, and Jerry sounds like he can make my website do back flips, so it should be interesting to see that after he’s done. Please contact me if you have any web development or marketing needs, and I can arrange an introduction (after my work is done, first, though!)

I’ve also taken on a personal assistant named Melissa. Inspired by Tim Ferriss’ ideas on outsourcing, I tried to contact Brickwork in India to inquire about a remote executive assistant, but even the basic plan seemed to be out of my reach. So I looked locally, and found a friend who was willing to work with me 8 to 10 hours a week doing research, managing contacts, and general business housekeeping stuff that I generally remember or forget to do. Filling this assistant position will hopefully create consistency where I may lack it, and free me up to work on heavier projects.

I’m excited to work with all three of you… I’m ramping up for some fun projects, and you’re going to help me get there. Thank you so much!

Drop by and say hello to Jerry, Michelle, and Melissa in the comments!