Photo-illustration — ALEX MESSMER
BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC
A weekly look at what’s new, what’s coming on our site …
• January stinks. I’m not going to lie. It stinks in most every business, and the sports/news business is hardly an exception. This was our worst week since going online in terms of new subscriptions.
That said, as of this writing at 10 p.m. Friday, our six-month marker to the minute, we’re at 7,760 subscriptions. Our stated goal for the first full year was 10,000, so we’re obviously in excellent shape to achieve that at more than three-quarters complete. This is what’s counted from the outset.
One thing business people warn me about is keeping a level head, whether it’s the crazy highs from the subscriptions soaring in December to the drought this month, and they’re right. Nothing is measured in daily, weekly or even monthly goals. It’s all about the full year. And beyond that, it’s about keeping the subscribers you’ve already gotten.
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January 24, 2015
Saturday site stuff: January stinks
by Dejan Kovacevic • Site stuff
Photo-illustration — ALEX MESSMER
BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC
A weekly look at what’s new, what’s coming on our site …
• January stinks. I’m not going to lie. It stinks in most every business, and the sports/news business is hardly an exception. This was our worst week since going online in terms of new subscriptions.
That said, as of this writing at 10 p.m. Friday, our six-month marker to the minute, we’re at 7,760 subscriptions. Our stated goal for the first full year was 10,000, so we’re obviously in excellent shape to achieve that at more than three-quarters complete. This is what’s counted from the outset.
One thing business people warn me about is keeping a level head, whether it’s the crazy highs from the subscriptions soaring in December to the drought this month, and they’re right. Nothing is measured in daily, weekly or even monthly goals. It’s all about the full year. And beyond that, it’s about keeping the subscribers you’ve already gotten.