This year has gotten off to a real flyer, what with a redesign of my blog, Beanbag Media’s first client – the Incredible Connection blog and all the Mycoke.co.za fiasco!

From all of this I’ve learnt a number of valuable lessons too, not so much from mistakes, but just generally from a business and personal perspective.

Incredible Connection blog

The launch of the blog went really well. I gave it a slight push online via my twitter account and the MyBroadband forums and that pretty much got the ball rolling. Running a competition for a digital camera helped too. :) The blog is definitely a long term strategy for IC, as they do need to bridge the gap between themselves and Generation Y. It’s still early days, but with their Macbook prices being the cheapest in SA during February and now their gaming clearance sale which is once again rocking any prices online, there definitely is a good reason why you should be following the blog.

MyCoke.co.za blog

I’m not too sure how much I should say about the whole thing just yet, but all I will say is I have moved the blog off the offending mycoke.co.za domain, removed all their logos and trademarks and relaunched it at musicfestivals.co.za/mycokefest. I haven’t had much time to dedicate to updating the content and blogging at the new site, but hopefully that will change next week. I also want to add a couple more features to the blog to allow for a more community vibe to the site. Niche social network? Maybe… ;)

I was pretty stoked the amount of publicity the whole closing down issue got. Tons of tweets, blog posts and even airtime on News24.com was something I never expected.

Beanbag Media

Beanbag Media is my new company that soft launched only a few weeks ago. Branding, stationary and the website are in the process of being designed, so hopefully I’ll be able to show you guys soon. Who knows exactly where I want to take Beanbag Media, but what I do know is its mine and it will take a couple of months to a year to build a solid foundation for it. Taking over the world didn’t happen in a day you know!