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Journal – July 15, 2011

  • Researched different WordPress communities.
  • Took notes about each one and planned to interact with people who need our solution.
  • Researched a variety of affiliates plugin for WordPress.

Journal – July 14, 2011

  • Fixed a bug where image caption and link are mishandled during auto-save.
  • Released version 1.1.2.
  • Gave out free licenses to three people that blogged about us.
  • Followed-up on tens of emails that fall off people’s radars.

Journal – July 13, 2011

  • Launched our very first marketing campaign. You can get Artsy Editor for free by writing a blog post about us.
  • Filled our Buffer account with 15+ tweets.
  • Wrote the draft of an upcoming guest post of Buffer’s blog.
  • Updated getting started help text since we added new features.
  • Discussed and received some critiques on site’s design and copywriting.
  • Sorted out couple issues with the WooThemes giveaway.
  • Explained few bugs occurred to customers that are caused by something outside of our control.
  • Started to fix few bugs existed in v.1.1.1. Will finish them tomorrow.

Journal – July 12, 2011

  • Released version 1.1.1.
  • Published blog post about new additions in version 1.1.
  • Prepared for a marketing campaign launching tomorrow morning!
  • Started to set up the ground work for several future campaigns.
  • Wrote a short, friendly email pitch that I’m going to send to bloggers who use WordPress.
  • Remade screenshots for Artsy Editor vs. WordPress distraction-free editor page.
  • Researched examples about human-readable policy documents.
  • Learned about WordPress future roadmap, specifically for 3.3.

Journal – July 11, 2011

  • Today is the first day for executing my full-strength marketing plan. :)
  • Emailed more bloggers who wrote about WordPress 3.2 release.
  • Researched and created a list of niche writers I am planning to get in touch with.
  • Optimized artsyeditor.com for better search engine optimization.
  • Adjusted settings in A/B testing based on previous performance.
  • Figured out few issues with PayPal.

Journal – July 10, 2011

  • Completed a little makeover on artsyeditor.com. Mainly added feature list and simplified pricing columns.
  • Check AdWords statistics.
  • Check Visual Website Optimizer A/B testing statistics.
  • Check Clicky traffic statistics.