Ideas for a City website

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    I believe this is the right section to start this topic, I'm sorry if this is not.
    I am planning to start a city website, providing in depth details about it. The site is aiming at city dwellers. I will be mainly concentrating on shopping and customer needs (not online shopping, but shops, products etc.). I plan to include an entertainment section also. Can someone please provide me some ideas on what all features I can include in the site?
    Also please advise me on how to efficiently market the new site. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks :)
     
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  2. Keith Thompson

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    You might include a Merchant of The Month, local business people profiles, links to merchants pages, a local shopping/dining directory, classifieds, photo gallery. Of course if it was me, I'd be after monetizing ALL of these. You be surprised on what people will go for for a little exposure, especially if they are new and need it. Good luck with this!

    HTH

    Keith
     
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  3. Aragorn

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    Thanks a lot Keith, actually I was planning for the profile, classifieds and yellow pages. But 'Merchant of the month' is a new idea. I really liked tat one, thanks again :)
     
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    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    go for a classified site! get some paid options for featured merchants etc, and it will work well!:D
     
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    rzvagelsky Well-Known Member

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    What city are you going after? Is it just one city or are you going to compile data on multiple cities?
     
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    "Featured Merchant" for monetization purposes. You could charge so they are featured, and maybe even reviewed.
     
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    Take a look at the many other city sites out there that focus on local cities. See what sections they have to offer. For example, here's one for Philly...http://www.aroundphilly.com/
     
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    entertainment is a good idea, you can create a calender with the list of events going on that day in the city
     
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    A Map of the places is a must! (you can just foward to google maps)
     
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    I think it is a good idea. All information should focus on the city only including people there so it will make all people in the city look like a family.
    You can also add news about the city on your site.
     
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    promote it using craigslist....Just post in your town about the new site, Im sure some people will enjoy it.
    Also have a movies page with times and stuff....
     
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    Thanks a lot for all those great replies and advices :)

    I am aiming at a metropolitan city in India and not on multiple cities. Featured Merchants seems to be a very good idea, thanks. I have already plans for providing an event calendar, but filling up the calendar will be a problem. I'll be adding the city maps too. I've also plans for giving weather on my site, but I would like to have a custom solution like the one in pageflakes.com. Can you please guide me on how to get such a custom solution? Also is there any site where I can get news for putting on my site? Thanks again.
     
    Aragorn, Apr 14, 2007 IP