This week is all about good, old-fashioned pragmatism. It’s about the specific tactics you can use to start getting the results you’re looking for — sooner rather than later.
On Monday, Stefanie Flaxman gave us some suggestions on timing when you want to approach that busy influencer with your killer idea or humble request.
On Tuesday, Jerod Morris let us know about the launch of Sites, a new podcast that helps you build the website you need to reach your goals.
And on Wednesday, I outlined specific steps you can take to gain momentum when no one knows who you are (yet). Your “1,000 True Fans” aren’t going to show up overnight, but there is a path you can take to get to them.
Over on Copyblogger FM, I talked about the “killer and the poet” — and what to do if you need a little boost in one of those two roles.
And … did we mention the new Sites podcast? I’m rather partial to the one that Jerod recorded based on my Digital Sharecropping post. 😉
We have four episodes for you at this launch. Each episode of Sites focuses on one of the four pillars of a successful website: content, design, technology, and strategy. The episodes are punchy and focused, and will get you right to the information you need.
That’s it for this week — have a great weekend, and we’ll see you Monday. 
Chief Content Officer, Rainmaker Digital
Catch up on this week’s content
![forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe – lao tzu]()
When to Send Article Pitches (and Other Important Emails)
by Stefanie Flaxman
![It can be scary to put your story out there on the web. It's also empowering]()
How to Build a Better WordPress Website … One Week at a Time
by Jerod Morris
![you don't have to just wait for your audience to stumble across you]()
7 Ways to Find Readers and Subscribers When No One Knows You Yet
by Sonia Simone
Advice for Poets, Advice for Killers
by Sonia Simone
The Simple 3-Step Process to a Winning Content Marketing Strategy
by Jerod Morris
How Great Design Can Help Your Content Marketing
by Jerod Morris
Is WordPress Hosting Really That Important?
by Jerod Morris
The Most Dangerous Threat to Your Content Marketing Strategy
by Jerod Morris
How Merriam-Webster Lexicographer and Author Kory Stamper Writes: Part Two
by Kelton Reid
![[08] 10 Goals that Make Content Marketing Meaningful](../../rainmaker.fm/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sites-008.jpg)
I really enjoyed the post on gaining momentum. It gave me the courage to keep on going even though i am not yet there traffic-wise.
I’m glad you found it helpful, Steven!
It always seems to take a lot more time than we wish it would.