I'm Worn Out!

The bike ride to the grocery store today certainly wore me out, but that is not why I am tired. Organizing a marketing plan online has really worn me out.  I have a handle on things, I hope.

For starters, my domain names are registered and properly forwarded to the right sites.

• Aiken1.com:  this domain was as simple as I could imagine, given the available domain names.  It will be my MAIN domain location, and will bring people here, this website at Blogger.com. I have had this account since at least 2007, maybe longer.  It contains the traveling blogs I wrote while on the road for over a year.  Links to all other web sites I run will be here.  If I ever get lost, I will know I can come to Aiken1.com and find what I need.
• AikenArtist.com:  this domain leads directly to my artwork posted online.  The site will contain my current paintings, drawings, exhibition information, and an art blog.  If I can figure it out, I also will include access to my store at Etsy.com for the sales of prints and other items.
• MitchellAiken.com and MitchAiken. com:  I have had these domains registered forever, and I'm really glad. Other "Mitchell Aikens" exist, three that I have seen online.  I'm glad I was early in registering my names. They both will be forwarded to either my art site at AikenArtist.com or here at Aiken1.com. 
• AikenVideo.com: will lead directly to my account at YouTube and will contain, obviously, my videos. I hope to include some art instructional videos in the future. 
• AikenWriter.com: is under development. As a screenwriter and graphic novelist, I wanted a separate site to contain my work as a writer.

As time goes on, each of these sites will grow and develop. Now that I have them set up, content will be easy to upload as it becomes available. When I shoot a video, it will be at AikenVideo.com. When I attend a screenwriter workshop or work on characters for an upcoming graphic novel, the work will be seen at AikenWriter.com. My visual art, especially paintings and any exhibition information will be at AikenArtist..com. Here at Aiken1.com, all things will be linked and brought together under one roof, like the Mother Alien watching over her brood of acid bleeding face suckers. 

Massive Reorganization Underway

Holy Cow,

It is amazing how much work it is taking to organize my online sites. Along with the social media sites, it has become a nightmare. But I'm slowing getting things done. The domain names MitchAiken.com and MitchellAiken.com are being forwarded here, to this Blogger site. I started this blog years ago, and it seems prudent to just keep it.

This will be my personal blog, as it always has been. I'll ramble here, with no apparent specific topic or subject. It will be the place I write stuff just for the hell of it. We all need a place to just let ourselves vent and post things that are on our minds. This will be my place to get counseling, therapy,  through writing what I want to write. 

For example, as an artist I have web sites devoted to my art. As a writer, I have a web site devoted to writing. Keeping it straight in my limited brain is a challenge. My motto has always been "keep things simple." But then, I hate mottos.

I have accounts on Instagram, Facebook (along with some FB Pages, which is another time-sucking task), and Tumblr (don't ask). I had to put a stop to all this madness, so I no longer Tweet. I feel someday that Tweeting will disappear anyway, Trump notwithstanding.  I have narrowed down my online social networking to just these three: Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr. Screw the rest of them. I don't have the time.

I spend one day a week, Monday, devoted to keeping this stuff updated and organized. It takes a plan, which I have, to keep things straight. Posting content on the various sites takes effort, though I have recently started using apps to help me. Crowdfire, for example, helps me schedule posts for Instagram and Facebook in advance, as does the scheduling on the Later app. I really need a full time assistant, but for now that is a pipe-dream. 

At last count, I have nine domain names. I must me out of my mind.