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

Digital Image Comics Submissions

I sent a message to Image Comics submissions asking what format is best for them.  This is the response I got:

Thank you for submitting to Image Comics. Due to the extraordinary number of submissions we receive, it is impossible for us to respond to each and every one. We do look at every submission, but in the interest of time, we can only respond to those submissions we are actually considering for publication.

Thanks,

Image Comics

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The thing that bothers me is if they can’t take 20 seconds to answer my simple one sentence question how do I know they are going to actually look at my comic book proposal.  I would hate to waste two days putting together a perfect proposal in return not having them read it.  Are image comics submissions looked at?

I better get working on that proposal.

Project notes

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

Kickstarter Fail

This was in my inbox from Kickstarter:

Dear Jason Love,

Unfortunately, your project, MADMAN OF MAGIC: Chapter 1 Comic Book, was not successfully funded. Because funding on Kickstarter is all or nothing, all pledges have been automatically canceled.

We understand the hard work that goes into running a project, and we hope it helped to build connections with your community.

Best,
Kickstarter Staff

http://kck.st/HD7Wjs

Secret to Kickstarter, make a plan!

From my white board

This is my basic plan for Kickstarter. The goal is to get the writing done, then the images, and finishing up with the video. The problem is I wanted to get the project launched by April 1st, so while I did an extradited version of this list, I now need to go back through and fill those that I feel need a little more work.

3 steps to Getting Feedback on Kickstarter Video

I have been working on getting a Kickstarter page up for my Madman of Magic Graphic Novel/Comic Book. To have a fighting chance at getting the funding it’s important to put a Kickstarter video together so backers can get an idea of the project and the creators. If you are at the same point in the process as I am, it’s imperative that you get feedback on your video, constructive criticism will make it the best it can be in order to help get your project funding.

Getting Feedback on Kickstarter Video:

1) Post your rough draft video on YouTube. It’s important that at the end of the video you have a request for the viewer to: subscribe to your page, join your mailing list, connect to your social media pages, or some variant of all three. Be sure to ask viewers to leave constructive criticism in the ‘comment’ section.

2) Find videos that share a similar audience as your project, you’ll have an instant listing of your target market. Using the Madman of Magic Graphic Novel as an example, I looked up “Watchman Motion Comic”, “Avenger’s Movie”, “How to make comic books”, etc…

3) Lastly you go through the comments section of those videos and then contact these individuals via ‘YouTube Messenger’ requesting feedback on your own project. Make the message as short and as clear as possible.

If you want to see an example, I will leave my motion comic rough draft on YouTube as an example: http://youtu.be/xanebZmrVrw