I'm starting a network of websites and I need help figuring out the business aspects?
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Get a lawyer before you screw things up so bad it will sink you.
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You can go with Godaddy.com or I htink that yahoo also sell domain names now. As for design and set up, it's best to find some sort of content management system that is already packaged. YOu would have select one and then learn either php or asp or jsp and a database like MYSQL to st it up.. you should look up "open source content management system" and hopefully find one that doesn't require databases.
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Most businesses are using the Internet to find resources and services. In a recent survey of over 2,000 companies 78% replied they actively use the Internet to research and purchase services. It would be my suggestion to you, given your talents and these recent survey results, that you put together a web business site. I would be very glad to help you get your Internet business designed, operational, and marketed to bring paying customers to you. Please contact me at the source link below.
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I would strongly recommend www.mewebhost.com\n\nI've been using them for 2 years now and they're absolutely fantastic. Uptime guaranteed to 99.9%. They're hosting plans are very valuable and price reasonable. They're great for individual sites as well as for small business websites. As far as creating your own website goes, they even give you a link to download over 300+ PRE-DESIGNED WEB TEMPLATES which are really neat, so that might be of a great help for you.\n\nCheck it out: http://www.mewebhost.com
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Hi!\n\nWell, I presume this will be a website showing you off, vs. a generic download site...\n\nSuccess will all depend on how well you market yourself, how "close" you make your members feel and how fresh you keep your content. \n\nI knew a girl who lived off of her web revenue for a couple of years... she was considerably overweight, but even with that, she was able to get enough monthly memberships to make around 30K / yr with almost NO marketing, web expertise, etc.\n\nHow much to start? Hard to say, but if you start small and build up, you can begin for virtually no money. \n\nDo you know how to do web coding, etc? \n\nI too am considering a concept for a site, but it will take months of planning and more money than you will need, because no one wants to see this guy "nekkid"..  :)\n\nFeel free to contact me with any add'l questions.
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Start up a website and leave the rest on adevrtising companies.
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hi,\n\nTo start a web site:\n1. Name your site and see if the name is not already taken. If it is available you will have to register the name in your name. This is the domain name and you can check and buy domain names from yahoo by following the link: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/\n\n\n2. Once you have registered your name, the next step is to find a web server where your site will reside (hosted). There are various web servers available on the internet with a variety of prices and features. webhosttalk.com had some good discussion about hosting companies and the comparison of prices and features.\n\n3. Build the site. You can use MS Front page or take advantage of Yahoo web site develoment kits. These put you up and running in shortest possible time. Refer to the details at the link: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/sitebuilding.php
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You may find what you need here:\n\nThey've got over 500 samples for different businesses.\n\nhttp://www.getyourebook.com/bplanpropremier
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You Create HTML TAGS\nftp the html conent to a web server\n\n\nDon't hype yourself\nThe internet is a medium, just like radio, tv, and paper. It carries your message, that's all. Nothing to get excited and hot about. It's very easy to hype yourself into believing anything. Others may be succesful, but I'll bet you anything that they've worked very hard to get there. \n\n\nYou can't have it all\nThe triangle of expectations: cheap, fast, and good. You can choose any two, but can't have the third one. For example: fast and cheap means it won't be good.\n\n\n\n\nStart small\nBuilding a website takes time. Start small with a basic website, just a couple of webpages. It will give you a feel of what is possible and what not. It is very tempting to want to start big, with lot's of features and gizmo's, just like what you see on other sites. But it will delay the opening of your website. A website is never finished, plan for continuous updates and growth.\n\n\nGet a manager\nDon't put a whizkid, graphical designer, or a programmer in charge of your internet project. Whizkids are cheap and they have lot's of great idea's. But they focus on what's hot and new, not on finishing your project. A graphical designer will deliver a great looking but completely useless website. A programmer will make a website wich you can use, but don't want to. Building a website is just like any other project; lot's of little details have to be merged into a whole. You will need somebody to organise and keep track of the unruly designers and programmers. \n\n\nUse the possibilities\nInternet is a digital medium with a lot of possibilities. Making a flat copy of your company brochure is a valid way to start a website, but consider adding things like email, ordering, searching, sounds, link list. Maybe a game, chatbox, webcam, postcards. The extra's will make your site interesting to visit, will make visitors want to come back, and will set you apart from your competitors. You can also have protected pages for your own use, or for subscribers. Internet pages are cheap, you can have a lot more information on a website than in a brochure. \n\n\nDatabases\nConnect your database to the internet and pronto, another website is born. The database-sellers make it sound so easy, just make some templates and you're in business. Not! You can't break the triangle of expectations (see above). The speed of a database-driven website is an order of magnitude slower than a flat-file website. Search engines generally cannot index database-driven websites. Security is a big issue and must be looked at very carefully. Of-the-shelve programs have very limited customizing capabilities, or are so general that it's faster to build a custom solution. If you don't have sufficient database-knowledge in-house, then you may very well end up in the unbreakable grip of the company you have contracted to build your website. \n\n\nDon't relax\nUpdate your website regularly. Add new information, remove old stuff. Creating a website is step one, there is no such thing as a finished website. Maintenance will cost a lot more effort than creating the website. Investing to make maintenance easier will definitely pay back. \n\n \n\n\nPlanning\n\n\n\nDescribe, don't dictate\nThere are basically two ways of telling a professional how to build something. You can describe what you want in global and functional terms, or you can dictate exactly what you want. I favour "describe". It leaves room for the professional to come up with more creative, cheaper, easier, and faster solutions. Beware of wizzkids that may take the opportunity to sell you on using some unproven new hot technology they want to try.\n\n\nGet your own URL\nGrab your own domainname, before somebody else does. Don't limit yourself to the .com domain's, also grab .net, .org, and any others that you can get. Also take permutations
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Hi\n\nI will be able to handle your website desiging and give the full control to you. \n\nI can provide you the recommendations on hosting\n\nwww.verio.com (Expensive but Good)\nwww.netandhost.com (Good price and you get more features. You can activate your site by paying instantly)\nwww.melbourneit.com.au ( Good provider in Australia)\n\nThese are the HOSTING PROVIDERS I use for my clients. Let me know your requirement, I can handle the web design.
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You're in luck because Bplans.com has a free sample business plan for a contracting business. Take its key points and adopt it to your own situation and business strategies:\n\nhttp://bplans.com/spv/3057/index.cfm?affiliate=pas
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Try using Yahoo Small Business.  They will help you with web hosting as well as facilitate transactions.
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not exactly what you asked for, but the link gives you information on starting an online business\n\ni guess you'd have to be more explicit what do you need\n\n1.- programing\n2.- marketing
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First, secure a URL and purchase the website domain name (register.com, godaddy.com).  Second, determine the scope of work involved with the site.  ie: how much information do you want to convey to the user?  Third, determine if this is something that your company has the bandwidth (and resources) to create in-house.  Remember that this website is an extension of your company, your brand, and an important touch point for your clients and prospects.  I can't believe how many horrible websites are out there.  Lastly, contact a few different interactive agencies that specialize in website development work.  Submit an RFP and see what kind of pricing they give you.  \n\nThis is something that is worth spending money on...and worth doing right.
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see there are many things involve to have a good dynamic website,  few main points are give below\n\n1- first you outline your business plan and find out what you want to see in your website, \n1- goto designer who will design your site as per your requirement.\n2- then ask developer to create your site, and all the dynamic components in it; again you will be telling him/her how you want to see things in your site, means how your would come up, main categories payment procedures, etc. \n3 - your will have to register a domain for you business \n4- and a hosting plan to physically place your site on Internet\n5 - and finally you will need some technical person to update/maintain your site.\n\nhope this will help you!\n\ncheers\nRizwan Yahya
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Write columns for informations sites like about.com, sourceforge, investopedia.com, wsj.com, etc.\n\nSetup your own e-commerce site.\n\nSetup a payment gateway online, introduce it to merchants, and let their CC transactions go through your site to the financial instts and banks.\n\nSetup your site, give some useful info and email-id's free. Sell the site to some big boy once you build a strong network.
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http://www.geocities.com is how I started up.You will need your yahoo sign in details and they even supply the software for you to quickly build your pages. This bit is free. I upgraded to a domain name ($9.50 per month) and you can see that at http://www.mwitham.com     this will show you what can be done with a free site but be warned the data transfer limit is tiny on the free sites 3.3GB which has got an hourly limit also,so don't get building a site too big. I had to upgrade due to my expanding site which is soon to have 120 pages of free travel/tourist information on.