In This Episode

This is the August 2020 monthly report.

Show Credits

Main show hosted, produced, mixed, edited & music by Mark.

BlogScript

Welcome to ApexThis.Podcast. A chronicle of my journey to start a publishing side business. This will be a behind the scenes look at what I’m doing to make that happen. I’ll share tips and best practices that I learn along the way. Tips that you can use to start your very own indie publishing journey and share your voice with the world.

Coming up…the August Update

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You know the deal. August is over and it is time we see how things went.

Monthly Focus

There was a lot of focus areas for August:

* Mixtape Formatting* Project Dollar Revision* Waited Revision* UX Training

These are the primary areas to which I should be focusing on for August.

For the secondary focus I noted to do:

* Mail list* Website Prototype* Social Media Content Prep* 2 podcast episodes* 1 youtube video

Let’s jump into the work hours for the month to breakdown the actual work down:

Hours Worked

Time Logged – 50hrs 14min

What Happened?

Time Breakdown

Here is a breakdown of my monthly time and the coinciding monthly focus.

Focus – Mixtape Formatting – 5h 4m

Revisions and formatting research and testing

Focus – Revise Project Dollar – 6h 38m

Plotting and early revisions

Focus – Revise Waited – 11h 29m

Short story I am aiming to publish. First revision post 1st draft. Needs to undergo second revision after feedback.

Focus – Social Media Content Prep – 1h 48m

Keynote slide designs and prep

Secondary Focus – Podcast

Podcast – 7h

Dreams, July, and Q3 episodes

Secondary Focus – YouTube

YouTube – 2h 47m

July Planning video and planner swap videos

Misc

Editing Notes – 50m

Started outlining a document for editing and revisions to share

Training – 12h 10m

Publish & Thrive course on indie publishing and author business

Admin – 2h 30m

email finances taxes planning

Finance

Two items happened:

* Split podcast hosting fees for exclusive reporting for ApexThis.* Purchased Publish & Thrive training from Hearth Breathings. Focused on self-publishing.* Invested in writing and formatting software: ProWriting Aid & Vellum

Summary

Two secondary focus items were not completed: Mail list and Website Prototype. All other items were worked on and advanced in major ways.

What’s Next?

Focus Areas:

* Website Prototype* Mixtape Formatting* Waited Secondary Revision