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Total noob here!

by SmokeandShadow
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Hi all, name is John and after buying and reading some of vivek narayan's "24 hour emergency cash" guide, I have decided to invest time into marketing my knowledge and skill of guitar (playing, recording, songwriting e.c.t) and just purchased a domain name (fingerbattles.com).

I know barely any HTML and haven't even got content sorted out yet, so I assume that is my first big blunder (I got too excited). I have a good idea of what I want, that being video and written commentary. Ive even picked out the camcorder and started writing subjects for content.

Lets assume I have my content all ready... my question is... am I aiming too high going for a content rich site (like "shok'z starcraft 2 guide") and should I be focusing on many smaller and easily produced "reports" or even a blog? Would it be in my best interest to just use something like "site build it"?

I found the mentioned guide a little vague in its parameters and paradigms. I'm an intelligent guy, but I need some fundamental starting points to work off of.

Any help is appreciated and I hope to learn a lot on the forums here!
#cash #guitar #html #noob #total
  • Profile picture of the author Daryl Lim
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    • Profile picture of the author It Should Be Easy
      I would suggest that you get yourself a template to start with. They are everywhere and they loog good

      If you start learning everything from scratch you will probably just grow frustrated. Buy or download a template and you will eventually HAVE to do changes to it. In that way you will slowly learn the stuff you need to learn and you are ready to go in just a few days.
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    You can get up and running quickly if you have the skills and content in your head.

    I am a lapsed guitar player, and I know there is a never ending supply of people who search for help, songs, tips, stories on other peoples journies and experiences, gigs etc.

    I would go personal, set up a wordpress site, and write about how you do things, with songs and other resources strapped on.

    You need to consider monetization. what would people buy from you and why would they?

    PS - I love the domain name!
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    • Profile picture of the author SmokeandShadow
      Thank you guys for the input! I will go about changing that title too (just attempting to be humble).

      Hmmm, so what I'm gathering is that there is no fine line between mediums (blog, e-book, website) but simply an imperative to have SOMETHING to drive traffic towards and then monetizing it through ads and affiliates?

      I originally intended on charging a membership (like $10 to join and then $5 a month) considering the content is indeed the product along with weekly updates and videos. Can I possibly make enough money using just ads/ppc/affiliates to pay the costs of hosting hi-def videos that are updated weekly and monthly?
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  • Profile picture of the author dejurs2000
    If you don't know much about HTML yet wanting to have a rich site, have a go with Dreamweaver. I don't know much about HTML either, but this tool is so easy to use it almost a click and drop process. It'll be easier to edit your site if you have some basic HTML knowledge, but you can manage by following this software tutorial.

    Alternatively, you can use wordpress. It so easy to update your lessons and articles using this tool, not to mention there are plenty of free templates for wordpress out there. Easy set up, you can have your site up and running in just 30 min.

    Let me know if you uploading some music chords in your website...
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