gifmore
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- Oct 12, 2007
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Folks 
,
Asking please, for some help on ideas, feedback and also to pick your brains on this business model.
Just for discussion's sake, let say I'd like to set up a website that has a generic Internet Marketing theme (it is actually in a totally unrelated theme ) or if you prefer instead, a DIY car modification theme to change your car from a regular to a turbo charged vehicle, if you like
Website Concept
Let's say I wanted the site to allows folks to:
1) Ask and post questions
2) Answer questions and/of offer advice, suggestions, etc.
3) Brainstorm and incubate new ideas
4) Allows people to interact (online or offline....and nope it's not some dating site)
5) Allows consumers (or people with problems) and service/solution providers to come together
Questions for Your Ideas and Feedback
Q1. What would you suggest as a Website Engine or Model?
Personally, I considered having a forum script coupled with a social networking script. Toyed with using Wordpress but as the information AND categories of information grows, I wonder if WP might not be able to handle it so well, but I don't really know.
Q2. What might be the best way to organize information and categories (both in terms of the content that I generate or provide, as well as the content that visitors or members might provide)? What I need is flexibility in having, adding, editing categories and the chunks of information in the respective categories.
Again, I thought a forum might do good on this but I'd appreciate other ideas or approaches.
Q3. What are some of the better ways to monetize such a website and its content? Obviously ad sense or contextual ads is 1 option, CS-ing might be another but I'm a noob so it might be risky, posting CPA offers, banners etc might be good.
Q4. What traffic methods might you suggest for such a website model?
I think article marketing might not be the best way but perhaps PPC, banner ads, social network marketing and email marketing might work. However, I am hoping to be able to do some initial free and/or paid advertising but let the subsequent marketing rely on word of mouth marketing to help spread its use, visitation, and repeat visitation. Again, I'm open to and would appreciate ideas
Q5. If you have other ideas or suggestions related to this topic, I'd be real grateful if you'd post it here
Thanks a bunch, folks.
Cheerio
, Asking please, for some help on ideas, feedback and also to pick your brains on this business model.
Just for discussion's sake, let say I'd like to set up a website that has a generic Internet Marketing theme (it is actually in a totally unrelated theme
) or if you prefer instead, a DIY car modification theme to change your car from a regular to a turbo charged vehicle, if you like Website Concept
Let's say I wanted the site to allows folks to:
1) Ask and post questions
2) Answer questions and/of offer advice, suggestions, etc.
3) Brainstorm and incubate new ideas
4) Allows people to interact (online or offline....and nope it's not some dating site
)5) Allows consumers (or people with problems) and service/solution providers to come together
Questions for Your Ideas and Feedback
Q1. What would you suggest as a Website Engine or Model?
Personally, I considered having a forum script coupled with a social networking script. Toyed with using Wordpress but as the information AND categories of information grows, I wonder if WP might not be able to handle it so well, but I don't really know.
Q2. What might be the best way to organize information and categories (both in terms of the content that I generate or provide, as well as the content that visitors or members might provide)? What I need is flexibility in having, adding, editing categories and the chunks of information in the respective categories.
Again, I thought a forum might do good on this but I'd appreciate other ideas or approaches.
Q3. What are some of the better ways to monetize such a website and its content? Obviously ad sense or contextual ads is 1 option, CS-ing might be another but I'm a noob so it might be risky, posting CPA offers, banners etc might be good.
Q4. What traffic methods might you suggest for such a website model?
I think article marketing might not be the best way but perhaps PPC, banner ads, social network marketing and email marketing might work. However, I am hoping to be able to do some initial free and/or paid advertising but let the subsequent marketing rely on word of mouth marketing to help spread its use, visitation, and repeat visitation. Again, I'm open to and would appreciate ideas
Q5. If you have other ideas or suggestions related to this topic, I'd be real grateful if you'd post it here
Thanks a bunch, folks.
Cheerio