TagLine to Digital Media Alchemist

Yesterday you might have noticed I switched the tagline of my blog from “Making money publishing comic books online” to “Becoming a Digital Media Alchemist”. The reasons for the changes are many but the main was is you, my audience and friends.

COMIC BOOK ARTISTS AREN’T THE ONLY ARTIST WHO CAN MAKE MONEY ONLINE

Through my experiences with Kickstarter and my research into how to make money as an independent artist without getting stuck in the world of Freelance I have been approached and asked by many people who are interested in using what I have learned to do the same in a variety of digital media. Film Makers, podcasters, writters, musicians and other media creators can learn from each other and I feel this gives me an opportunity to help more people make money in their choosen media make money online.

What does the new tagline mean for future posts:

Url Url, should I buy more than one domain per website?

I am yet making a full time living with internet business, so it is important for me to pinch pennies where I can.  Today I have stumbled onto the fact that I have been purchasing multiple spellings for many of my site names (which seemed like a good idea at the time).

The problem with this now is I am spending $12 a year to register each and with one domain I own 5 versions.  Let’s do the math 5 domain x $12 = $60 a year. The kicker to this, is that this website is not currently monetized.  Meaning I am losing $5 a month on something that will hopefully make me money in the future.

PRO’s to getting multiple domains:

Creating a Logo with Meaning

Creating a logo that fits both the wants and needs of an organization sounds easy, unless you have experienced the frustration of constantly being asked to recreate a logo design because it wasn’t what the client wanted.  If you have been in this situation you must realize the importance of constant communication with your client and having a process in place to figure out the best design in the first place.

When I create a logo I follow a simple 5 step formula for the first draft of a logo.

The 5 steps to Creating a Logo with Meaning:

1) Get into the mind of your client

Find out what interests them, what other logos do they love, and what hobbies do they enjoy.  This is both to get an idea of what kind of logos they will be interested in and to just build a connection with your client.

2) Determine the Goals of the organization/idea the logo represents

Feel free to ask your client this specific question, but make sure to read

Project notes

This is how I keep track of my life…  Something needs to change.

Madman of Magic the Comic Book

Cleaning my email

Truth be told, I have been saving emails that I wanted to record onto this blog. They were ones relating to the Kickstarter process and setting up Google AdWords, etc., etc. I now realize it is a waste of space to keep them in my Google email account, as at this point I am probably not going to go back and publish them.

Why delete email that I might one day want to use in a blog post? Simple, first is that if I haven’t written a post yet, there is a good chance I am not going to get to it. Second, I can always go back over the process by starting a new account, going through the help section of those websites, or just ask someone who is currently going through those processes. The last reason is that these systems change. If I wait 3 months to publish the process, it may no longer be the same. Why would I blog about something that is no

Kickstarter Update #2

Yada says I need to fix it now!

We have hit 8% funded, which is awesome! There is a long way to go, but we are on our way with a great start! Thanks everyone for sharing links and telling friends the past few days!

By order of Yada, our producer, I posted the updated version of the trailer yesterday. It needs some music added and a few touch ups but I felt people would enjoy it more than the shorter version, but it still didn’t upload 100% correctly. I hope to get at least some of the problems fixed by tomorrow, but the music is going to take a few days.

The shorter trailer seems to be getting a good response. I have been responding to YouTube comments, most of the morning in fact. The current stats are 463 views, 38 “Likes”, 6 “dislikes, and 140 comments (with about 70 of them being my responses to other people’s comments) in 2 weeks. Now figuring out how to get those viewers to the Kickstarter page is the trick.

Since I said there would be an update today I did add a few photos I put together this morning. Thanks for following along and enjoy the updated video and the images.