The DIY Daily: Inspire. Educate. Motivate.
November 16 2011, 01:14 PM
Filed in: Music News
What started as a simple newsletter in January 2011 has now evolved into a full-fledged website. And it's all thanks to the amazing feedback, support and encouragement that I receive from all of my readers!
So as of today, The DIY Daily now has its very own web site and finally, an online archive. And with the new site I hope to continue pursuing my new mission statement for this new venture of mine: Educate. Inspire. Motivate.
Want to know the story behind The DIY Daily?
The DIY Daily is the result of a spontaneous thought conceived by myself, Brian Thompson, while walking my dog Koda at the beach on a cold, rainy January morning in 2011.
The concept was simple; compile all of the music, tech and marketing stories I was reading everyday and quickly send them out to a few people who might be interested. It would be a quick cut and paste email newsletter, with nothing but a few story headlines and their web links.
Only two short hours after dreaming up the idea, my newsletter was launched to an audience of zero. But thanks to the power of the social web, my subscriber list grew considerably... and fast. Nothing spreads faster than an honest and functional product, backed by zero hype and praise from peers in the industry.
But there was a problem. Since the newsletter was being delivered via a free service with limited functionality (the very cool and awesome TinyLetter, still used to this day), I needed more flexibility for both myself and my readers.
And with that, the seed for developing a website version of the letter was planted. And a day later, I also decided to create and publish a daily podcast to accompany each morning's newsletter.
It took considerable experimentations and tons of brainstorming across many different web development platforms. But once I found the right fit, the site came together very quickly.
In fact, in only two days I built and launched this website.
My goal for The DIY Daily is to educate, inspire and motivate anyone who's following their passions in a creative and entrepreneurial field. Let me search the web so you don't have to.
I hope you dig it.
—Brian
PS - oh yeah, don't forget to stop by the forum and introduce yourself.
