This Episode

• 16 Episodes into podcasting!
• Breakdown the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 in the Best Domain Registrar Challenge
• Talk about a few new domain acquisitions
• A coping strategy I implemented to help me deal with kids during COVID-19

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Intro – migrated my blog/domain name challenge being a time suck/still working for less-than-free. Coronavirus, kids out for the year, economic outlook. The wholesale market is ridiculous still – who buys all number domains (b/c I don’t know of a single end user who has them or uses it for a website).  “Domain investors” are judgy-jerks still.

16 episodes into podcasting

Good things

• Initial goals of 1 podcast per month (starting in August).  I’m a bit ahead of goal – which was modest to be fair.
• I’ve learned to quickly record/upload/update podcasts
• I feel like I’ve gotten better at speaking
• People are listening – it’s a fairly small number, but even looking at the data that indicates where people stop listening is encouraging.  Thanks to everyone for that.

Bad things

• I’m a little too formal in my approach – and I don’t think I’m being “myself” enough.  So I want to get smoother at just talking w/o all of the organization.
• Guests – I haven’t had any.  That’s mainly b/c I’m convinced I’m working through the kinks.  But I need to make that leap and soon.
• Lots of room to get better. Intro/music/talking points, less stuttering, being myself, being more consistent.  Most importantly, delivering information my listeners really want and deliver it in my own way (with my personality).

Future Plans

• Guests
• Maybe some better music or sound effects
• A video on youtube (do people really want this?)

Road to the Final Four

I break down the Final 4 and Deliver the 2020 Domain Registrar Champion.  Here's a full break down of the bracket from the first game to the most recent.

• Article stating how I set the seeds for the tournament
• East Bracket
• Midwest Bracket
• South Bracket
• West Bracket
• Sweet 16