Gone Fishin (July 4 through July 16)

It’s July 3 and after today I’m on vacation for the next 12 days. Here’s a short list of things I hope NOT to think about while I’m away:

1. Tony Dungy’s book tour (and media appearances) begins July 10. He’ll be appearing on the Tonight Show and Good Morning America…and may mention his blog, which could put mycolts.net on the map.

2. July 15 is the scheduled launch date for myindianafootball.com. We’re still slinging code and trying to find administrators for each school site. We’ll make it, but it’ll be interesting…

3. August 15 is the scheduled launch date for the redesigned Colts.com – ironic that this, our most important site, has been in the background for so long as we launch our newer sites. Colts.com needs some serious love before the season begins.

4. The “custom group” pages are piling up – we need to design geographic groups, sponsor groups, media groups, celebrity groups / profile pages and I’ve got to pitch them…BEFORE the season begins

5. Marketing plan? Rollout plan for the new sites? Oh, yes, need those too!

While my unconcious mind is working on all this and more, I’ll (hopefully) be totally focused on my family as we travel the the great state of Michigan for some fun in the sun.

When I return, I hope to find some way to liven up this blog. It feels like I’m going round in circles a bit. I suppose the new sites will give me a lot of news to report, but by the way my readership numbers are sinking, I’m not sure anyone out there is interested.

So – in the spirit of Web 2.0 – I’ll throw it out there – I NEED YOUR HELP – please add comments to this blog post and let me know if there’s anything you want me to write about. Any questions you have about the Colts strategy or areas you’d like to see me cover? I could use your input to get energized again. Thanks!