Comments on: Niche Builders Club – Checking Interest in a Concept http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm Learn How to Build and Market Niche Websites Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A Basic Build Sheet for Team Niche Site Building | Niche Store Builder http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17977 A Basic Build Sheet for Team Niche Site Building | Niche Store Builder Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:11:30 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17977 [...] A week or two ago, I tossed out the idea of putting together a small group of people to test the idea of  Group Building a Niche Niche. [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17977','A Basic Build Sheet for Team Niche Site Building | Niche Store Builder'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17977','A Basic Build Sheet for Team Niche Site Building | Niche Store Builder','[...] A week or two ago, I tossed out the idea of putting together a small group of people to test the idea of  Group Building a Niche Niche. [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] A week or two ago, I tossed out the idea of putting together a small group of people to test the idea of  Group Building a Niche Niche. [...]
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]]> By: Olivia http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17904 Olivia Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:52:37 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17904 I love the idea and think it merits more discussion. I would be interested. I excel at writing content and can probably provide some back up, if needed, for marketing.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17904','Olivia'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17904','Olivia','I love the idea and think it merits more discussion. I would be interested. I excel at writing content and can probably provide some back up, if needed, for marketing.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I love the idea and think it merits more discussion. I would be interested. I excel at writing content and can probably provide some back up, if needed, for marketing.
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]]> By: Ben http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17903 Ben Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:13:28 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17903 It worked well when we did a similar thing with out services over at Niche Store Market back when BANS first came out. You just need one person leading and co-ordinating the builds and the other participants to have very clearly defined roles and timeframes for completition of their task(s). If you get a good bunch of dedicated people together it's certainly possible and would probably work quite well. As I say though, everyone needs to be 'singing from the same hym sheet' as it were. Ben<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17903','Ben'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17903','Ben','It worked well when we did a similar thing with out services over at Niche Store Market back when BANS first came out. You just need one person leading and co-ordinating the builds and the other participants to have very clearly defined roles and timeframes for completition of their task(s). If you get a good bunch of dedicated people together it\'s certainly possible and would probably work quite well. \r\n\r\nAs I say though, everyone needs to be \'singing from the same hym sheet\' as it were. \r\n\r\nBen'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It worked well when we did a similar thing with out services over at Niche Store Market back when BANS first came out. You just need one person leading and co-ordinating the builds and the other participants to have very clearly defined roles and timeframes for completition of their task(s). If you get a good bunch of dedicated people together it’s certainly possible and would probably work quite well.

As I say though, everyone needs to be ‘singing from the same hym sheet’ as it were.

Ben

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]]> By: Sonia http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17902 Sonia Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:35:59 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17902 I'm torn on this one. One of the biggest benefits, to me, for being self-employed is that I don't have to answer to anyone else but myself. But then again, I love sites like yours where we all have common goals and try to help each other out. Of course I would love it if a group of us could get in a canoe and each paddle down the river of success in unison, but I know that achievement wouldn't be easy. I guess I'd give it a try if there was some kind of deadline toward initial contribution & then each person contributes when they can - knowing that any effort you put towards the site, like any other, will increase revenue. I wouldn't want to be required, for example, to do x amount of things for the site every week of the year. I don't know, I'm just rambling.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17902','Sonia'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17902','Sonia','I\'m torn on this one. One of the biggest benefits, to me, for being self-employed is that I don\'t have to answer to anyone else but myself. But then again, I love sites like yours where we all have common goals and try to help each other out. Of course I would love it if a group of us could get in a canoe and each paddle down the river of success in unison, but I know that achievement wouldn\'t be easy.\r\n\r\nI guess I\'d give it a try if there was some kind of deadline toward initial contribution & then each person contributes when they can - knowing that any effort you put towards the site, like any other, will increase revenue. I wouldn\'t want to be required, for example, to do x amount of things for the site every week of the year. I don\'t know, I\'m just rambling.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m torn on this one. One of the biggest benefits, to me, for being self-employed is that I don’t have to answer to anyone else but myself. But then again, I love sites like yours where we all have common goals and try to help each other out. Of course I would love it if a group of us could get in a canoe and each paddle down the river of success in unison, but I know that achievement wouldn’t be easy.

I guess I’d give it a try if there was some kind of deadline toward initial contribution & then each person contributes when they can – knowing that any effort you put towards the site, like any other, will increase revenue. I wouldn’t want to be required, for example, to do x amount of things for the site every week of the year. I don’t know, I’m just rambling.

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]]> By: Joseph Archibald http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17890 Joseph Archibald Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:32:24 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17890 Hi, I'm new on here but I thought I would add my bit as its a very interesting and positive idea. There are - as others have said already, obviously a number of potential hurdles to this concept being successful, but to be honest the way I see it is that the amount to be learned from this is the motivating factor. The income is not going to come early on, we all know that, so how else to keep the motivation up once the initial excitement has died away? For me, the learning and the social aspect too - working together for a common goal. My main skills would be writing and I'm happy to use this for getting links to the site etc. Article marketing is my thing, so there is where I would fit in to this "concept". I'm not bad at keyword research too, having learned from making a huge amount of mistakes in the past. Looking forward to seeing how things work out here... Regards Joseph<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17890','Joseph Archibald'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17890','Joseph Archibald','Hi, I\'m new on here but I thought I would add my bit as its a very interesting and positive idea. There are - as others have said already, obviously a number of potential hurdles to this concept being successful, but to be honest the way I see it is that the amount to be learned from this is the motivating factor. The income is not going to come early on, we all know that, so how else to keep the motivation up once the initial excitement has died away? For me, the learning and the social aspect too - working together for a common goal.\r\n\r\nMy main skills would be writing and I\'m happy to use this for getting links to the site etc. Article marketing is my thing, so there is where I would fit in to this \"concept\". I\'m not bad at keyword research too, having learned from making a huge amount of mistakes in the past. \r\n\r\nLooking forward to seeing how things work out here...\r\n\r\nRegards\r\nJoseph'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hi, I’m new on here but I thought I would add my bit as its a very interesting and positive idea. There are – as others have said already, obviously a number of potential hurdles to this concept being successful, but to be honest the way I see it is that the amount to be learned from this is the motivating factor. The income is not going to come early on, we all know that, so how else to keep the motivation up once the initial excitement has died away? For me, the learning and the social aspect too – working together for a common goal.

My main skills would be writing and I’m happy to use this for getting links to the site etc. Article marketing is my thing, so there is where I would fit in to this “concept”. I’m not bad at keyword research too, having learned from making a huge amount of mistakes in the past.

Looking forward to seeing how things work out here…

Regards
Joseph

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]]> By: Bill http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17888 Bill Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:15:17 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17888 This is certainly something that would require the right group of people. Most successful companies are not started without some sort of help, or partners if you will. We all have things that we do well, it is just a matter of putting the right people on the right tasks. Money is definately the hard part. Who pays for what, and how are the assets to be disposed of when the time comes. Can someone be fired? If so, what happens to their piece of the assets? I have learned a lot from you Mark, and have had a great deal of success building sites as you have suggested. To me the greatest determinant of income generation so far is getting the traffic to the site. The sites that are making the most money are the sites that consistently maintain their top search engine rankings. For me outsourcing the content, and the tech stuff is the only way I can survive in this business. Promotion is the area that I specialize in, and luckily it is a skill that is in demand, although I certainly have time for more promotion. Bill<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17888','Bill'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17888','Bill','This is certainly something that would require the right group of people. Most successful companies are not started without some sort of help, or partners if you will. We all have things that we do well, it is just a matter of putting the right people on the right tasks.\r\n\r\nMoney is definately the hard part. Who pays for what, and how are the assets to be disposed of when the time comes. Can someone be fired? If so, what happens to their piece of the assets?\r\n\r\nI have learned a lot from you Mark, and have had a great deal of success building sites as you have suggested. To me the greatest determinant of income generation so far is getting the traffic to the site. The sites that are making the most money are the sites that consistently maintain their top search engine rankings.\r\n\r\nFor me outsourcing the content, and the tech stuff is the only way I can survive in this business. Promotion is the area that I specialize in, and luckily it is a skill that is in demand, although I certainly have time for more promotion.\r\n\r\nBill'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This is certainly something that would require the right group of people. Most successful companies are not started without some sort of help, or partners if you will. We all have things that we do well, it is just a matter of putting the right people on the right tasks.

Money is definately the hard part. Who pays for what, and how are the assets to be disposed of when the time comes. Can someone be fired? If so, what happens to their piece of the assets?

I have learned a lot from you Mark, and have had a great deal of success building sites as you have suggested. To me the greatest determinant of income generation so far is getting the traffic to the site. The sites that are making the most money are the sites that consistently maintain their top search engine rankings.

For me outsourcing the content, and the tech stuff is the only way I can survive in this business. Promotion is the area that I specialize in, and luckily it is a skill that is in demand, although I certainly have time for more promotion.

Bill

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]]> By: Rochelle http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17887 Rochelle Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:50:25 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17887 My plate is too full at the moment to participate in anything like this, but it sounds like a very interesting idea! BTW, the site looks GREAT!!! I look forward to seeing how you created that menu with the Image Menu Mootools Script. Rochelle<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17887','Rochelle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17887','Rochelle','My plate is too full at the moment to participate in anything like this, but it sounds like a very interesting idea!\r\n\r\nBTW, the site looks GREAT!!! I look forward to seeing how you created that menu with the Image Menu Mootools Script. \r\n\r\nRochelle'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My plate is too full at the moment to participate in anything like this, but it sounds like a very interesting idea!

BTW, the site looks GREAT!!! I look forward to seeing how you created that menu with the Image Menu Mootools Script.

Rochelle

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]]> By: Mark S http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17885 Mark S Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:52:02 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17885 I think there'd be too many partners. I think 2 people working together would work well and outsource what they're not good at.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17885','Mark S'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17885','Mark S','I think there\'d be too many partners. I think 2 people working together would work well and outsource what they\'re not good at.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think there’d be too many partners. I think 2 people working together would work well and outsource what they’re not good at.
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]]> By: Mike Lytle http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17884 Mike Lytle Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:50:32 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17884 I'm interested. I am best at content but could branch out to other things.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17884','Mike Lytle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17884','Mike Lytle','I\'m interested. I am best at content but could branch out to other things.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m interested. I am best at content but could branch out to other things.
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]]> By: Mark Hansen http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/niche-builders-club-checking-interest-in-a-concept.htm#comment-17883 Mark Hansen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:59:09 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=1685#comment-17883 <a href='#comment-17881' rel="nofollow">@potentmix</a> - Yeah... I found this "<a href="http://www.phatfusion.net/plugins/imagemenu/" rel="nofollow">ImageMenu Mootools script</a>" and modified it to work for the site PM. It took a few hours of trial and error (documentation is kinda slim, but its free) to get everything set the way I needed. I will start a post about how I did it now. Mark<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('17883','Mark Hansen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('17883','Mark Hansen','<a href=\'#comment-17881\' rel=\"nofollow\">@potentmix<\/a> - Yeah... I found this \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phatfusion.net\/plugins\/imagemenu\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ImageMenu Mootools script<\/a>\" and modified it to work for the site PM.\r\n\r\nIt took a few hours of trial and error (documentation is kinda slim, but its free) to get everything set the way I needed.\r\n\r\nI will start a post about how I did it now.\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @potentmix – Yeah… I found this “ImageMenu Mootools script” and modified it to work for the site PM.

It took a few hours of trial and error (documentation is kinda slim, but its free) to get everything set the way I needed.

I will start a post about how I did it now.

Mark

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