Well it's a Friday evening Trail Check this week since I'm getting this post up a bit late, but it's still Friday at least 😀. These check-ins are posted right before the weekend on purpose so you can take Saturday or Sunday to reflect if you need to. Whether it's Friday, Saturday, or even Sunday by the time you put that reflection into a comment, please still take the time to think about your website accomplishments this week and post something good below!

Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is having a great second full week of the new year. Since there were no live questions for our second Base Camp Q&A session today, I took this time to cover an important but often overlooked topic: What actually matters on a website (and what doesn't). These principles hold especially true for photographer and artist websites and really any small business website at some level. I think we've all been here at some point on our own website journeys, and if you're just starting out, hopefully these ideas can help make your climb a least a little bit less steep. When you watch the recording (about 8 minutes), I'd love to know which ideas spoke the most to you for where you are on your journey right now. Feel free to drop your thoughts and reactions in the comments below. And remember that these weekly Base Camp sessions are here for us to help each other on our climb. If you can't make it live, post a comment with a topic you'd like covered here, and we can incorporate it into a future Base Camp session. Until next time, have a great rest of your week, and keep climbing! 🏔️

If it's Friday, it's Trail Check time! That means it's time to share something positive about your website. Nothing is too small to mention, and everything we share here moves us further along the trail. So, what's good this week?

It was a little bit lonely in our first Base Camp Q&A Call today (just yours truly in fact), but that's okay. We'll have another one next week! Since there were no "Q's to A", I used this time as an opportunity to talk a bit more about our Community and where we're headed, using my own website as an example of how we can get there. You can catch the recording below (it's about 10 minutes). If you couldn't make it today due to a scheduling conflict, drop a comment below with some preferred times you'd like to see for our interactive calls. Since we have members in different locations, please also be sure to include your time zone when you suggest a time. And, if you didn't even know the call was happening today, head over to the Calendar tab to check out the schedule. No shame there, but now you know. Have a great rest of your week, and keep climbing! 🏔️

It's here - our first ever Trail Check! If you've landed here and found this post, you're ready to share something positive about your website. The path forward is waiting for us ... take that first step and share what's good this week!