View Post

Improving Internal Systems

In now by Michael Michelini

What Mike is Up to Now – Aug 9, 2020 for the here and “now” * Yes, still here in Shenyang, China. No travel plans, but do any of have those these days? * Online content creation – trying to scale it up even more across more websites with more of our team. * Delegating more of the SEO tasks …

View Post

Clarity in Community and Content

In now by Michael Michelini

You may notice if you visit MikesBlog – a lot has been stripped out. We are spinning off various sections of the site to standalone sites. XML blogger Templates – for those who are into blogger templates, we made a fully dedicated site for those at XMLbloggertemplates.com and would love your feedback on that. If you have your own template, …

View Post

Sticking It Out in China (for now)

In now by Michael Michelini

What Is Mike Up To Now – July 26 – Aug 1, 2020 Can you believe we are almost into August. Well, it does feel like summer here in Shenyang – much hotter than I expected. And yes, I am still here in China. Even with the Chinese embassy in Houston closing and the American embassy in Chengdu, I’m still …

View Post

The Quiet Grind

In now by Michael Michelini

What Mike is Up To Now * Still here in Shenyang, a few friends/ business associates have tempted me to travel down to South China (Shenzhen, etc) but really just avoiding travel right now. Was so hard to get back to my family do not want any more unnecessary risks. * Being a website geek – more and more content, …

View Post

Further Teambuilding July 12 – 18, 2020

In now by Michael Michelini

What Mike is Up To Now – July 12 to 18 2020 Just grinding away here on my laptop in North China. * Website building and optimization * Global From Asia content (as always) * Working hard at getting the team to work as a TEAM. Putting more SOP in place for website making and optimizing. Week Plan July 12 …

View Post

Mid 2020: Focused on Content and Affiliate Sites

In now by Michael Michelini

What Mike is Up To Now – July 5 to 12 2020 Still here in Shenyang. Feels strange for someone like me to have not gotten on a plane for 3+ months. But feel that may be skipping the planes for even longer maybe the rest of the year. Quick bullet points: * Content site building – doubling down on …

View Post

Content Site Building Mode: ON

In now by Michael Michelini

What Mike Is Up To Now – June 28 – July 4, 2020 Quick bullet points: * Select consulting clients – last couple weeks was talking to quiet a few people on consulting projects, have a couple great clients and not actively seeking new projects now. * Investing in our own website portfolio- our team is experts on content and …

View Post

Halfway Through 2020: What Mike’s Up To NOW

In now by Michael Michelini

What is Mike Up To Now – June 21 – 27, 2020 Real fast: * Enjoying father’s day with the wife and kids. Grateful that I am with them. And sending my deepest regards to those around the world separated from their family due to these troubling and challenging COVID times. * Sending out more and more marketing / content …

View Post

What Is Mike Up To Now – June 14 – 20, 2020

In now by Michael Michelini

What Is Mike Up To Now – June 14 – 20, 2020 * Just tons of content creation as always, really working to standardize and scale the process more. * Loadpipe, team building. Hope to confirm Ray on the team as our Project manager. * Working on more projects this week for content creation and building For those who want …

View Post

What’s Mike Up To – June 7-13, 2020

In now by Michael Michelini

What is Mike Michelin Up To – June 7 – 13, 2020 It is all about team, investing more and more into the team – finding the right people, developing them as best I can. What has been something I am working on more is allowing the team to work without me in the middle. * Training Anne, new on-site …

View Post

What’s Mike Upto May31-June 6 2020

In now by Michael MicheliniLeave a Comment

What is Mike Michelini Up To May 31 to June 6, 2020 * Chipping away at Loadpipe – still dealing with previous group buy orders of masks – what a nightmare the logistics has been! Working on re-tweaking the model to be a platform and also moving away from PPE / masks in June. * Enjoying our GFAVIP member calls …

View Post

What Mike’s Up To May 24-30, 2020

In now by Michael MicheliniLeave a Comment

What is Mike Michelini up to now – May 24 – 30, 2020 * Settling in to the new apartment / new life in North China. Morning work, afternoon calls, late afternoon home school my kids. * Re-starting Loadpipe group buy 8, with Cindy as the seller this week, and re-adjusting to be a more platform system. * Experimenting with …

View Post

Week Plan May 17 – 23, 2020

In now by Michael MicheliniLeave a Comment

What Mike is Up to Now – May 17-23, 2020 This NOW page has helped me quite a bit as friends ask me where I am and what is happening now with all the changes they see in my social media. Hope people remember to simply go to mikesblog.com/now to see the latest, updated each Sunday (where I do my …

View Post

Week Plan May 10-16, 2020

In now by Michael MicheliniLeave a Comment

What Mike is Up To May 10 to 16, 2020 Searching for apartments in Shenyang, China (check the latest video blog). Seems we found one and will be moving out of the in-laws to an apartment next door (in the same “garden) this Friday May 15. The “grind” and flow of Loadpipe weekly group buys. It is good to have …

View Post

Finding New Routine (What Mike’s Upto May 3-9 ,2020

In now by Michael MicheliniLeave a Comment

What Mike Is Up To Now – May 3 – 9, 2020 * Getting into a routine, although really just stuck at the in-laws and working online (sorry for delay of next video blog, really just would be me sitting in my aunt in law’s working online!) * Preparing group buy number 6 for Loadpipe, getting into a rhythm and …