Turning a fun hobby (websites, Internet, etc.) into full-time income. If you had several months and could 'start over', what would you do first? 1) Start with one site and do a really good job(??). Issues: -Building quality traffic requires hard work, why not have 2, 3, 4, 5 sites (a network?) and gain from 'cross-traffic' among the sites?? -One good site might not 'take off', but 5 original, quality sites have a great chance. 2) Count on Adsense for income. Issues (too many to list them all) -Google is "an out of control mess", needs better competition, bans innocent publishers, pays a low percentage, and gives really low quality search results compared to 5 years ago. 3) Plan on other sources of income. -Anyone want to post their 'top 3 or 5' alternatives to Adsense, and why they like them? 4) Too many original, fun, creative ideas. Issues: Preparing a site takes focus and planning. How do you evaluate 25-50 original ideas, without sharing them with people who could 'easily steal them all'? Note: We don't need a big debate about Google. I don't respect them, and that will not change any time soon. Any good advice would be nice. Than you very much, MGH
Well, You and I seemed to be gifted and cursed. Most webmasters cry for unique ideas, you and I are overburdened with the, I think the key to weeding them out, is to make a List. 1. Yes 2. Later 3. Most Likely Not Whatever goes into the yes pile needs top priority. Hire a developper and get it done immediately. Make sure only sites that will make profit within a month go into the YES pile, the others go into the later pile until you get some money and time
Think Offline I love anime, so I started selling anime toys. On a good month I make $4000 selling only on some conventions. On bad months I get like $500 but if I had the capital to rent a good store I could easily make 10k-30k wholesaling and retailing.
It's becoming increasingly popular. Last convention there were 3000 persons and I'm expecting 2 more events like that before the end of the year. Not bad for a country with only 15 million people.