Need Some Ideas for New Long Term Venture
The site I want to build is guitar/entertainment related. I'm very experienced in the field of playing, teaching, gigging, even booking entertainment, bar management etc. This topic is something I will enjoy doing. I've put it off for years because I wanted more experience selling online and learning the ropes.
I feel I am ready now. I have decent success with affiliate marketing via amazon and EPN. I've created ebooks, promoted them and made sales. Nothing great, but I know how it works and understand (and have used) the purpose of an auto-responder. I'm now at the point that when I build a site, I don't wonder if it will make money, I wonder how much. I am terrible with tech stuff and don't like it at all. I'm far from an expert on IM/affiliate marketing, but I'm confident enough now to start the site I will enjoy working on and be able to write content with ease for many years to come.
My indecision lies in me not being able to see how to monetize this properly. I want a site that is truly helpful. I'm happy to video tape guitar lessons, tips & tricks, but don't really want to get into making lessons for sale. In time, with a lot of good content, would adsense be an option? Should I use a paid video hosting service or post them on youtube for free? Or maybe post some on Youtube and some with the paid service? I've thought of a forum type site, paid, but I think it would be a bit much for me. I can't stress enough how awful I am at techie stuff. That won't get better. It's been 5 years and I just get worse at that stuff as it changes. Please keep that in mind.
Should I organize the site so that there is a lesson section, a blog section, a store section? Something like that? What would be good for me to produce for the auto-responder? Getting emails would be easy with a few good solid lessons, but should those be private and on the paid server?
As you can see, I'm pretty much in need of some good ideas so I can sort this out. My mind is in the affiliate marketing niche mode and I've no experience with the type of site I have in mind, primarily blogging with regular posts. Any ideas or thoughts from anyone will be greatly appreciated! I look forward to hearing from you so I can get my mind out of this hamster wheel. Thank you!
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