Today is January 23, 2024 and I began my Kaizen Guitarist website. I reserved my domain name of www.KaizenGuitarist.com on GoDaddy and set up a simple website. It’s not perfect, but it will get better.
This feels good.
I have no pretentious dreams or plans about the website. I want a “bucket” where I can store my guitar journal. I’ve been keeping one since I began playing guitar on October 5, 2023.
For 3 months I’ve thought of this website and for maybe 1 month I have checked frequently to see that the domain www.KaizenGuitarist.com was available. Today, I just grabbed the domain name.
Ironically, this is the same day I purchased a Journey JF410 acoustic travel guitar from Jay W.
For too long I delayed starting this website. Old thoughts on being perfect prevented me from starting it. I am newly retired. But after 5 years of working at CNA Insurance (love you guys), I became more Agile, hopefully Kaizen. You see, building a website is a bit like playing guitar. You don’t magically become good at websites, neither do you magically become a good guitarist overnight. It grows little by little, you get better, little by little. It’s a Kaizen kind of thing.
Website Plan for KaizenGuitarist
Here are a few ideas (I’m so rusty with WordPress I’ve forgotten how to do bullets):
- Guitar Journal. Store my daily Guitar Journal notes in this blog. It’s not because they are great. It’s because it shows how someone fumbles a bit as they learn to play guitar better. Hopefully, you’ll learn from my mistakes.
- Learn WordPress a 2nd time. I stopped blogging actively on WordPress perhaps 7-10 years ago. I have a lot to learn.
- Learn SEO. Search Engine Optimization is difficult. You can blog forever but if you don’t have good SEO, no one will find you. I hope you find me.
- Help beginner guitarists. I am a beginner so I hope to help beginners.
- Guest posts from experienced guitarists. Yes, I hope others will post for me. Or, I can at least interview them.
- Podcasts. People have said I have a pleasing voice. You can find some of my work on YouTube just by searching for Richard Kraneis. I’d like to interview other guitarists, luthiers, musicians, store owners, music groups, etc.
- Build an email list. Yes, that would be good. I haven’t done it in a long time.
- Get questions and feedback. Really, I want everyone to hang out with me, say hello, ask questions, give my advice.
- Make a bit of money? Yes, nice also. But we either blog for money or fun. Hopefully both. I think if I serve others with good content, a few dollars may come my way.
- Become a better guitarist. Yes, that’s the ultimate goal.
So today, Kaizen Guitarist is born as a website. I just want to have fun, learn new things, and keep getting better at guitar. Thanks for visiting www.KaizenGuitarist.com today.
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