September is here and that means it’s the month that the hockey season officially starts.  Players start arriving in cities for training camps and preseason games will be played.  It also means this will be the fourth season that I’ve written about the Rochester Americans hockey team.

There is a lot of news I missed over the past two months but if you’re a die hard hockey fan you read about it already on the Amerks site or over at the Democrat and Chronicle.  There really wasn’t another perspective that I could have been provided on much so I enjoyed the summer the best that I could.

Unfortunately with a new hockey season comes a new work schedule for me at my job that pays the bills.  It just so happens that new schedules come out at the start of the regular season and then again at the start of the playoffs.

The few changes…

One change is that I’m not going to be able to go to most Monday through Friday games due to my new schedule.  Thanks to the Amerks though all of the home games are all televised so I won’t miss seeing any.  For most of [...]Read More

One of the keys to success in maintaining a web site that continues to grow over time is to have an understanding of the ‘online world’ and how it grows, evolves, changes, etc.. There isn’t any type of formal class or text book that can help a person accomplish those things, so understanding where to find information on the ever changing cyberspace is crucial.  It’s also important to be an active user and participant, not just a wall flower

Whether you have a web site that is intended to make you money or you’re just blogging about your personal life it’s important to set goals, sort of like a business plan (even if you aren’t in it for the money – we aren’t).  So when I read Daniel Scocco’s post titled “What are your internet goals for 2009?” it put my brain into over drive.

• Market and promote the site.  Up until now it’s just been a field of dreams, we built it and people came.  Need to go well beyond that in 2009.
• Network, Network, and more networking!
• Read the book Sports Media: Reporting, Producing, and Planning
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