Newbie..need advice please!
Hi all,
I'm new to the forum but I've been reading hundreds of posts the past week or so and it's been amazing learning so much about IM from everybody here. I think I want to create a review site that has the capability to review hundreds of products (of course that will take time) under the convenience of just one domain name. I have set up accounts at Clickbank, Joe Bucks, CJ, etc. to get me started with plenty of marketable products. Now it's time to take it to the next level.
My strengths are:
1. I am a good writer. I feel like I can easily write quality reviews on products.
2. I am a hard worker and I have flexible time to invest in developing a review site.
3. I have some money to invest in the project. I really don't want to invest a ton of money because I'm new to this and I realize that I could make a lot of mistakes. I'd rather invest a lot of "sweat" time.
My weaknesses are:
1. I know very little about website design, programming, etc. I will likely have to pay somebody to set things up for me and I don't really even know where to start or what a fair price may be. I sometimes feel like there is SO much information available that it's hard to pinpoint what direction to go and it's also hard to trust anybody because everybody is telling you they have the answers.
2. I am learning about marketing avenues such as PPC, blogs, Yahoo Answers, etc. but I still have much more to learn. I also don't know the slightest thing about SEO and how to optimize a site to get the site on Google for organic traffic.
My questions are:
Is the project to broad or too big? Is it more profitable to focus on one review per product? I'd really rather create a business here and eventually have a top quality site that has hundreds of product reviews. I'd like to have an interactive platform where visitors can submit their own reviews and possibly rate the products.
What revenue streams can be utilized besides the affiliate links? Can Adsense be used? It seems like if you have a quality site promoting/reviewing a product and then there are Google links to click of other products then maybe that compromises the integrity of the review. I'm not sure.
How much would a project like this cost to program and set up? I want quality, not some template that everybody has.
How much income could be generated in a business like this in say, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years? Assume that I do the right things, put the hours in, write quality reviews, etc.
I realize I'm not reinventing the wheel here and there are likely many sites like this but I think this would be a good fit for me.
Thanks so much for the feedback!
I'm new to the forum but I've been reading hundreds of posts the past week or so and it's been amazing learning so much about IM from everybody here. I think I want to create a review site that has the capability to review hundreds of products (of course that will take time) under the convenience of just one domain name. I have set up accounts at Clickbank, Joe Bucks, CJ, etc. to get me started with plenty of marketable products. Now it's time to take it to the next level.
My strengths are:
1. I am a good writer. I feel like I can easily write quality reviews on products.
2. I am a hard worker and I have flexible time to invest in developing a review site.
3. I have some money to invest in the project. I really don't want to invest a ton of money because I'm new to this and I realize that I could make a lot of mistakes. I'd rather invest a lot of "sweat" time.
My weaknesses are:
1. I know very little about website design, programming, etc. I will likely have to pay somebody to set things up for me and I don't really even know where to start or what a fair price may be. I sometimes feel like there is SO much information available that it's hard to pinpoint what direction to go and it's also hard to trust anybody because everybody is telling you they have the answers.
2. I am learning about marketing avenues such as PPC, blogs, Yahoo Answers, etc. but I still have much more to learn. I also don't know the slightest thing about SEO and how to optimize a site to get the site on Google for organic traffic.
My questions are:
Is the project to broad or too big? Is it more profitable to focus on one review per product? I'd really rather create a business here and eventually have a top quality site that has hundreds of product reviews. I'd like to have an interactive platform where visitors can submit their own reviews and possibly rate the products.
What revenue streams can be utilized besides the affiliate links? Can Adsense be used? It seems like if you have a quality site promoting/reviewing a product and then there are Google links to click of other products then maybe that compromises the integrity of the review. I'm not sure.
How much would a project like this cost to program and set up? I want quality, not some template that everybody has.
How much income could be generated in a business like this in say, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years? Assume that I do the right things, put the hours in, write quality reviews, etc.
I realize I'm not reinventing the wheel here and there are likely many sites like this but I think this would be a good fit for me.
Thanks so much for the feedback!
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Simple Mission Statement "Under the Radar and Over the Top!"
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