Although BeerChief has been up since Tuesday, i haven’t stopped working on it or backed off any less. It’s a massive relief to have the site online as we’re now making real progress even if we’re doing nothing on the site – the community does the work for us. Or at least in theory that’s what can happen.
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First though, i need a community! The site itself is improving daily. I’m getting loads of feedback, some bugs and some suggestions for the long term. That’s all good, it helps me build and perfect something that people want, not what i think they want.
Overall, i’m happy with BeerChief’s progress this week. A membership and traffic blitz hasn’t come but as i’ve said before, that’s down to us sneaking the site out on Tuesday, rather than shouting it from the rooftops.
I’m still confident that getting traffic and members on to BeerChief initially won’t be a problem. Keeping them active on the site will. However, that’s my job, that’s one of many challenges facing me & BeerChief.
But the site is looking good, it’s looking unique and more importantly it is unique – there’s nothing like this on the internet. It’s not just a change of template and off we go… it’s been a long hard battle to get the site in to it’s current state and the battle for perfection is far from over.
Sitting beside me right now is a list of 20 improvements i want made to the site. Tomorrow i’ll spend the day working on some and coming up with more. Sunday i’ll spend a few hours working on the site… it’s that committment which keeps things moving forward.
20 improvements doesn’t mean 20 and i’m happy – BeerChief is finished. It means i want 20 improvements to the existing site right now in the short term. If you gave me blank cheques, i’d completely transform the site yet again to take it up another few levels.
At the minute, it’s a case of working with what i’ve got and getting the most out of it. You’ll never hear me say i’m happy with the site – let’s stop working on it – that’s a cardinal sin in IT. One which too many people suffer from.
