Newbie looking for your opinions.
Hello everyone!
I have been reading this forum for a couple of months now and it has really inspired me to act on my desires to get into internet marketing. I have been interested in internet marketing since the Rich Jerk program caught my eye several years back. I read a lot of that information and really was interested, but never took action. Well, after reading the forums for a while, I saw in a post that HostGator was having a %51 off sale. I thought to myself, "This has to be a sign!" I pulled the trigger and signed up for a year. I registered a domain Platteriverairboating.com and am building a blog on there around my passion of airboating for practice building sites.
Anyway, on to the meat of this post. I would like to build a second site to actually monetize and build up to a successful (hopefully!) business. The idea I had in mind is a photography site that focuses on how to shoot, not as much on the hardware side. I was thinking of initially offering some affiliate links to clickbank products and maybe some affiliate links for actual cameras and accessories too. I would like to build an online community, and build a list that I can market to.
My question is, does this sound like I am approaching this in a way that could be successful in time? I am not looking to get rich quick here. I am looking for something that I could build up to replace my 8-5 income within 2-4 years of working at it. I am also not trying to reinvent the wheel, but rather apply my topic to a wheel that has been proven to roll! I would love any recommendations, suggestions and tips you guys can offer me.
I would like to close this post by saying thank you to all of you; not just the ones that reply to this post, but also to everyone that has helped me already up to this point. I truly appreciate it.
Sorry for the long post, but I have had these questions building up for a while!
I have been reading this forum for a couple of months now and it has really inspired me to act on my desires to get into internet marketing. I have been interested in internet marketing since the Rich Jerk program caught my eye several years back. I read a lot of that information and really was interested, but never took action. Well, after reading the forums for a while, I saw in a post that HostGator was having a %51 off sale. I thought to myself, "This has to be a sign!" I pulled the trigger and signed up for a year. I registered a domain Platteriverairboating.com and am building a blog on there around my passion of airboating for practice building sites.
Anyway, on to the meat of this post. I would like to build a second site to actually monetize and build up to a successful (hopefully!) business. The idea I had in mind is a photography site that focuses on how to shoot, not as much on the hardware side. I was thinking of initially offering some affiliate links to clickbank products and maybe some affiliate links for actual cameras and accessories too. I would like to build an online community, and build a list that I can market to.
My question is, does this sound like I am approaching this in a way that could be successful in time? I am not looking to get rich quick here. I am looking for something that I could build up to replace my 8-5 income within 2-4 years of working at it. I am also not trying to reinvent the wheel, but rather apply my topic to a wheel that has been proven to roll! I would love any recommendations, suggestions and tips you guys can offer me.
I would like to close this post by saying thank you to all of you; not just the ones that reply to this post, but also to everyone that has helped me already up to this point. I truly appreciate it.
Sorry for the long post, but I have had these questions building up for a while!
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