This whole process has taken a few sprints to really get right, a lot goes in to it but I’m pleased to say it’s close to finalisation now and I can start integrating social logins.
Now you can talk to bots with your own account!
Outsourcing
I figured I can’t do this all by myself especially as I’m working, so I decided to start reaching out to people for help.
Video Editor
I decided to reach out to a bunch of people, give them all the same video and see what they come up with.
Some good, some bad but mainly it’s helping me identify what information a video editor actually needs and how long it takes.
I need to make a basic intro video which i’ll do next sprint and then i’ll start posting the game night videos 🙂
Lore Writer
Some artwork a local designer has kindly made for me
One of the biggest changes for SoSa 2.0 is a backstory I wanted to create an interesting and immersive lore that will help me expand on the experience within SoSa.
This sprint, I’ve interviewed a total of 11 writers and decided to go with Karl!
Karl’s from the UK, he’s been in the game industry for about 6 years, has a passion for writing, horror, sci-fi, gaming and currently works full time as a QA / Tester for a large game studio.
Karl will be working with me on a freelance basis from this sprint.
Developer
This sprint, I’ve reached out to another developer to help build out the bug / issue tracking system for SoSa.
I haven’t outsourced any of SoSa yet because I’ve still been deciding how everything fits together.
This is going to become a requirement fairly soon and is relatively isolated from the rest of the platform, so figured I may as well outsource it to someone I trust to do a decent job of it. Hoping that will kick off this sprint too.
PA
Lastly, ’ve been looking at the possibility of working with a Freelance PA for a few hours a week.
Nothing is solidified yet but there are a bunch of non-developer things I need help with that take me away from actually developing SoSa, this wasn’t an issue when I was working on it full time but now every hour counts.
Eurovision
What up music fans? The covid is still roaming the streets but don’t let that stop you from indulging in the glory of Eurovision! That’s right, Eurovision 2020 is still a gogo for Sosa.
We’ll be bringing you the trashiest, glampiest, rock, classical, pop, ballad fusion fest in history!
Join us on Friday at 7PM BST / 12PM PT / 3PM ET for some witty banter, brilliantly awful music and an unofficial drinking game as we journey into the joy that is Eurovision!
Game Night
Thank you everyone that’s coming along to these, it’s a lot of fun having you and a good way to spend a Sunday evening.
Next SoSa game night we will be playing Jackbox Party 3, 4, 5 and 6!
Sunday 3rd May 1900-2100 GMT / 1200-1400 PT / 1500-1700 ET
You don’t need to buy anything this time around, it’s free to take part and you just need a mobile phone / web browser.
Games are max 6-8 players but unlimited audience players, so if there’s a lot of us we can either split ya’ll into groups or just take it in turns who plays!
I don’t know how many reading this are stats nerds but stats are very important for any budding entrepreneur or start up, they help you identify what you’re doing right or wrong.
It’s also really easy to get disheartened when you’re building something, especially something as big as a social network. So knowing where you actually stand is far more important than your perception.
Choosing the right metrics to monitor is also very important and I’m still personally trying to work that out.
Firstly, our beta list is now at 276!
Site Visitors
Unique visitors is down generally over all, averaging about 700 a day with some peaks
I’m just sad one of those numbers isn’t 420, at-least it’d be funny
Search Engine
Our average position is up to 23.9 vs 37.1 a month ago, clicks have over doubled from 23 to 54 and our impressions have doubled from 1.07k to 2.04k.
This is all organic, based on the content on the site and no ads, no paid SEO.
Social Media
Instafollowers are up a bit, I have no idea how to use instagram but it’s going in the right direction!
@sosacommunity @ me baby
Facebook reach is a bit misleading at the moment, last year we had a single post go viral and resulting in thousands of additional followers.
During sprint 7 was the year anniversary of that and Facebook forces the post back in peoples face so… and it happened again….
I am hoping next sprint things will start to look normal again!
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Squid James
Guess who’s back, Back again!
Sprint 28 – a New Hope
Sprint 2 – The ummm Foundations?
Sprint 1 – The Foundations
Precursor
