Noobie group project. Any takers?

by condra
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Hi everyone.

I've been thinking about this for a while and haven't gotten around to it until now.

I would like to invite some people, to partake in a group project.

Ideally, it will be a handful of relatively inexperienced IMers pooling our knowledge and ideas, to create and promote a website or product, in a way that we can all learn together, and (hopefully) make some money together.

I will foot the bill for any website hosting and domain name, within reason.

Even if the finished project isn't very successful, I hope the educational benefits would be worth it for us all.

I'm looking for around 4 other people with anything from zero to 18 months experience in Internet Marketing, Web Design, Blogging etc.

If you would like to get involved. Please reply here with a brief note about your enthusiasm and commitment. In the interest of fairness, I'll be taking on the first 4 people who commit to getting involved.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please post them here or PM me.

PS - This is not a scam. This is an opportunity to learn.
#group #noobie #project #takers
  • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
    Wow! What a fantastic idea! I am very interested and can devote full time to this, as I am currently off of work for the next 3 months or more. Please let me know how I can help to get us started.
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    • Profile picture of the author Filter
      Hey Condra

      Totally brilliant idea. Count me in too please

      I'm also full time IM so can commit a great deal of time and effort to the project. This should be an awesome experience.

      Cheers
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      • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
        Hey Filter, I look forward to hopefully working together.

        Originally Posted by Filter View Post

        Hey Condra

        Totally brilliant idea. Count me in too please

        I'm also full time IM so can commit a great deal of time and effort to the project. This should be an awesome experience.

        Cheers
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        • Profile picture of the author Filter
          Originally Posted by fredjr1978 View Post

          Hey Filter, I look forward to hopefully working together.
          Right back at ya fredjr
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          • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
            I dont know about you guys, but I want to get this started like YESTERDAY! When will everyone else be ready to get started?

            Originally Posted by Filter View Post

            Right back at ya fredjr
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            • Profile picture of the author Filter
              Originally Posted by fredjr1978 View Post

              I dont know about you guys, but I want to get this started like YESTERDAY! When will everyone else be ready to get started?
              hehehehe, totally agree. I'm ready to start as soon as Condra gives the word...

              (and thanks to all for the words of encouragement!)

              Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author awmi
    Great idea; somewhat like a study group or think tank.

    After you form the group let us know the progress.
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  • Profile picture of the author BillVB
    Hi Condra,
    This is a great idea. I would like to be included also.
    What do you need from me to get started? Like an email address or something.
    BillVB
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Fullman
    Hey, go for it, and I wish you all the very best of luck!

    You can be more powerful collectively than individually...(the gurus know this, too)

    Cheers,
    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author inter123
      I would love to take part, is it too late?

      Maybe a biggish website can be created with different people assigned different roles. Collective effort is always easier then 1 person doing everything.
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  • Profile picture of the author ladyspinner
    That really is a great idea. I wish all of you luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author revjoe
    PM me I would like to get involved.
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  • Profile picture of the author BenFranklin
    I wish there was something like this when I fist
    started out! This is a great way to finally get
    your feet wet and take action. One of the hardest
    things to overcome was picking one thing and going
    with it, but now that should be no problem if you are
    almost "forced" to work on it to help your co workers out!

    Let me know how it goes!
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    • Profile picture of the author omac
      I'm in if there is still room !!
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      • Profile picture of the author ozduc
        While I think this is a very noble idea and I wish you all the best of luck, just remember that you are getting into a business partnership with other people and all the terms and levels of the partnership should be spelled out clearly in written agreements. If the site is successful who benefits from it and for how long etc. Even business partnerships between the best of friends have turned sour so while it is not impossible, the odds of 5 total strangers forming a successful partnership are already stacked against you. The last thing you want to do while starting out is to put in a lot of time and effort only to be taken advantage of. While I am not saying that this is the OP's intent, it is just a heads up to make sure you all protect yourselves, including the OP.

        Edit: Another option instead of just creating one site spilt between 5 people, is to form a mastermind instead and everyone have their own site that each of you contribute your area of expertise to.
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        • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
          Great points! We will take these into consideration....although, I havent been contacted yet so I dont know if I have even been accepted into the group. Has anyone else been accepted yet?

          Originally Posted by ozduc View Post

          While I think this is a very noble idea and I wish you all the best of luck, just remember that you are getting into a business partnership with other people and all the terms and levels of the partnership should be spelled out clearly in written agreements. If the site is successful who benefits from it and for how long etc. Even business partnerships between the best of friends have turned sour so while it is not impossible, the odds of 5 total strangers forming a successful partnership are already stacked against you. The last thing you want to do while starting out is to put in a lot of time and effort only to be taken advantage of. While I am not saying that this is the OP's intent, it is just a heads up to make sure you all protect yourselves, including the OP.

          Edit: Another option instead of just creating one site spilt between 5 people, is to form a mastermind instead and everyone have their own site that each of you contribute your area of expertise to.
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          • Profile picture of the author condra
            Hi guys. I didn't expect such a fast and encouraging response. Just two minutes and I'll post my full reply. I want to address everyone.
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        • Profile picture of the author condra
          Originally Posted by ozduc View Post

          While I think this is a very noble idea and I wish you all the best of luck, just remember......
          Hi Ozduc. I agree with everything that you said, and the first thing I plan on doing is collectively coming up with a framework that everyone is happy with.

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          Everyone else,

          It looks like we have a team!

          THE TEAM!
          TonyDavis
          fredjr1978
          Filter
          BillVB
          inter123
          revjoe
          omac
          l23bc

          .. and me.

          I will be PM'ing you all individually, and setting up a group for private discussions. I guess we will take it from there.

          This group project is not taking on any more people.

          If you like the idea but were too late, why not set up your own group project? I got my team together here in a couple of hours.

          Wish us luck! Will update with a progress report soon!
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          • Profile picture of the author Filter
            Woohoo!!! Thanks Condra, it's a pleasure to be on board. Look forward to hearing from you soon and look forward to meeting everyone else in our group too.

            Cheers
            Filter
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  • Profile picture of the author Zentech
    If y'all need a copywriter sometime down the road (and you probably will), hit me up and I'll see if it's something I'd be interested in taking on.
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  • Profile picture of the author Laura B
    Hi condra - in the interest of helping out newbies, I'd like to offer you guys 6 months of free hosting for one domain, no strings. If you've got an active site going at that time, I'll extend it another 6 months.

    PM me if you're interested.
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    • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
      Wow! Thats awesome. Thank you so much Laura.

      Originally Posted by Laura B View Post

      Hi condra - in the interest of helping out newbies, I'd like to offer you guys 6 months of free hosting for one domain, no strings. If you've got an active site going at that time, I'll extend it another 6 months.

      PM me if you're interested.
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  • Profile picture of the author l23bc
    I know you mentioned you said you got your team but if you ever want to concider anyone else then please pm me i just seen this post and im a little gutted i have hosting and even a domain which is 3 years old i could contribute to and i have experience in many online methods of business online.

    If the answers no then no worry's but wish i got here sooner.
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    • Profile picture of the author condra
      I really have to draw the line at this point.

      Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm.

      We have our team.
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      Laura B. Thanks so much for the kind offer. I'll be sure to bring it up in our first cyber-board meeting
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      • Profile picture of the author condra
        BillVB, inter123, revjoe, omac, please check your PMs.

        Brainstorming has already started and we are waiting for you to join the group. Everyone seems to be enjoying it so far.

        If you have changed your mind, please let me know....

        The gate will be closing in 24 hours.
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  • Profile picture of the author TonyDavis
    So, I have to ask.....

    What the hell happened that this group got closed without discussion what-so-ever?
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    • Profile picture of the author condra
      The project was an utter failure, mostly in my opinion because the initial burst of enthusiasm was not sustained. On the contrary, the forum was a virtual ghost town and it would have taken a long time just to make the most straightforward of decisions.

      In the main thread discussing our creative options, nobody but myself and Fred posted in the last 4 days.

      I take partial responsibility for its failure, because the idea of getting everyone involved in each decision was flawed from the beginning.

      I wanted to keep things as "democratic" as possible, but if I am to do another similar project in the future, I will be placing myself in charge and vetting people more thoroughly.

      Fred is setting up his own group project and I wish you all the very best with that. He knows his stuff and has boundless enthusiasm and optimism.
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  • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
    Condra -

    I thank you very much for giving an explanation on why you closed the group with no explanation and that I am starting a new one as well. You will be missed and I wish that we could of worked together.

    We are trying to keep our group delegated properly with everyone having different talents in different area of internet marketing. I know that people that join today, may not last a month, week or even days.....so if you are interested in working with a group that is focused on building a project together then visit this thread below:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ess-group.html

    Thanks everybody!
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    • Profile picture of the author azombay
      That seems to be the way it always works out on these group projects. I was a member of a forum years ago and I proposed just such a group project and we started off with 7 people. Everything was all hot and heavy at first and we even had some "experts" in different areas: traffic generation, squeeze page building, etc. There was a bunch of brainstorming and we even came up with a tentative project. Then came time for members to start doing their part. It all went to heck from there and I had invested a couple hundred bucks myself (as the project leader)to purchase the various things we needed to bring this to fruition. I was also responsible for some articles to promote the project which I actually wrote. In the end there was nothing to show for any of it. Waste of time and money.
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      • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
        Thanks for the advice, but IMHO, why would you need to spend that much money or why would you?

        We are just going to do some of the fundamentals at first to get things going which wont cost more than $19 a month on my end.

        This includes: Hosting, Domain Name and Aweber.
        (Hosting I already have, Domain I can get for $1 and Aweber $19)

        Originally Posted by azombay View Post

        It all went to heck from there and I had invested a couple hundred bucks myself (as the project leader)to purchase the various things we needed to bring this to fruition.
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        • Profile picture of the author azombay
          Well, besides the hosting, domain, AR, etc. I also had a salespage designed by someone. The page was a masterpiece, btw. But, with no product it was useless.
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          • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
            Ahhh, bummer. Sorry that you lost out on that money and the group failed.

            The reason I am putting the group together is to have someone in the group that would know how to do that (like me) to help save on those costs. Thats the main purpose for a group project.

            Originally Posted by azombay View Post

            Well, besides the hosting, domain, AR, etc. I also had a salespage designed by someone. The page was a masterpiece, btw. But, with no product it was useless.
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      • Profile picture of the author condra
        Hey Azombay.

        Overall it was a positive experience for me, probably because I learned something, but didn't invest money like you did! (sorry to hear it by the way)

        I do believe working in a team can yield great results, but my first project of this kind wasn't very well conceived. I'll be doing something again in due course, and will have learned from my initial mistakes.
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        • Profile picture of the author azombay
          You know the real kicker was one "partner" after never contributing anything beyond taking part in the group brainstoming session actually emailed me later to ask how it was going, if "we" had made any money and where was his cut... LOL
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  • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
    I have created some rules for the group and if not followed will cause them to be terminated from the group..
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    • Profile picture of the author azombay
      Originally Posted by fredjr1978 View Post

      I have created some rules for the group and if not followed will cause them to be terminated from the group..
      Yes, that's a MUST! Have deadlines and if they don't produce by the deadline they need to be booted and replaced.
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