La Bene Vita

Whacked

Student Count = 268.5. Which is lower than the 275 - by a lot - on which we based our last staff addition. I'm not worried... much...

My schedule, my motivation, my volume, all whacked. I think I'm still a little numb from Holy Week. I've been relaxing the last couple days, not replying to messages or taking care of business, mostly just reading (yay, Dresden) and working on the website. I've consolidated blogs (my blog with the school's news blog, that way the posts happen twice as often); started to reorganize my files (and reap the consequences of moving things around); and set up redirects like they're going out of style.

I base a lot of my web design decisions on my ranking at marketing.grader.com (formerly website.grader.com) because I'm irrationally competitive. I know, deep in my gut, that the true grade for my marketing strategies - web or otherwise - is in volume and sales. Since I'm not a web business, I don't need "engaged" visitors or a compelling blog that brings people back over and over. My website is not about engaging visitors. It's about making sales.

But, damn it, I'm going to get that grade higher if it kills me.