Hello, I've been a lurker on this forum for a few weeks now and this is my first post. As you can probably tell I'm taking the plunge with Adsense and have a good idea of the content sites I want to build. The thing is that I'm not a really technical person with the web development and design stuff. I was wondering if you guys think partnering up with a technical partner is a good idea while I focus on creating the content. How much worth it is learning all the technical stuff about web development and design and how long did it take for you guys to learn it? The technical partner would solely be responsible for web development and design as well as the webmastering and possibly Adsense and SE optimization. I would solely be the content guy. What percentage of profits do you think would be good in giving this parnter? My last question for the people who do their own technical and design stuff, what software programs do you use? Does anyone use Dreamweaver or is a program like Microsoft Frontpage sufficient enough? Frontpage looks like it is much easier to learn though. Much thanks for all replies!
WYSIWYG editors rarely do a decent job. Just say NO to FrontPage, use DreamWeaver if you MUST. If all you're interested in is writing content, I don't think you're going to make much money, the other person will be getting like 99% of the money. Writing content can be easier or harder than everything you listed. If you're a good writer you should probably look into freelance versus the whole "Adsense" format of income generation. I think it would be a lot easier if you really have no interest in even learning everything else, but don't expect much just starting out as a freelance.
A blog would be a good starting place while you read the forums and get your feet wet in other areas.