It’s the end of a month of 5-minute missions, and it’s time to unwind. Get away from the computer, turn off your phone, and spend five minutes doing whatever would relax you the most. Thanks for following the missions and giving us feedback. I’m going to spend my five minutes relaxing, then get started on…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Help one person
photo credit: h.koppdelaney Find one person who needs your help and give it to them. If you can afford to, do it for free. Dedicate all your energy until you have solved one small problem for this person and they’re happy with the result. Don’t ask for anything in return, don’t use it for marketing,…
Complete a task
Go back through the 5 minute missions and find one you haven’t completed. If it’s relevant, do it right now. Set the clock for five minutes and get started! What mission did you complete? Tell us in the comments!
Do some weeding
photo credit: caseywest As you likely know by now, we’re big believers in the later/rinse/repeat approach to websites. There’s lots of reasons why, and one is about content freshness. Content gets old fast on the internet. I’m not just talking about phone numbers and other details that you need to keep up-to-date (because you already…
Create a resource
photo credit: jcestnik If you want a website that visitors will return to, it has to provide value to them. That part is pretty simple, but how? Spend 5 minutes planning and starting a simple resource that your readers will find useful. If you were a landscaper, you could create: a layman-friendly glossary of jargon…
Define your mission
You might have read an article a while ago where I was talking about the two purposes of a business website: to save money or to make money. This is true, but… Money isn’t really that motivating, long term. It’ll get you out of bed on a pretty regular basis, but money alone won’t make…
Please help!
Hello everyone, I need your help. I’ve been talking with some of you (which has been truly fantastic, by the way; please keep chatting, tweeting, commenting and emailing us!) and I think I have an idea that will really help people start and grow an awesome website. Could you spend three minutes to tell me…
Defend yourself
photo credit: darkpatator 1. Write or type the sentence “You charge a lot of money! Why should I pay you for [whatever you do]?” 2. Spend 5 minutes doing nothing else but answer that question. Don’t worry about the tone (if you’re like me it will start out heavily defensive), just try to provide as…
Take a snapshot
It’s really easy to forget how much your website has improved over time. It’s like how kids grow; you don’t notice much day by day until you suddenly realise they’re taller than you are and have five tattoos and a weedy beard. photo credit: aussiegall So, the same way that parents mark a doorway with…
One simple goal
1. Think of a goal that you can complete in the next week. It should: have clearly defined metrics be possible, but require some effort support your business be entirely controllable by your efforts fit in your available time be kick-ass! Examples include: commenting on two blogs each day this week, writing and uploading a…