Comments on: Mini (Niche) Affiliate Site using a Forum - Part 4

By: Al

Al — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:40:20 +0000

One more thing about outsourcing is the capital of the siteowners and the ability of the contractor…if one can match this 2 successfully, half the battle is won:)

By: tarawat

tarawat — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:02:12 +0000

Thanks for your post.
This is a nice way for Affiliate Site.
Merry x’mas Justin

By: Al

Al — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:35:33 +0000

One thing I learn this year that you really can’t do everyhting yourself..and at somepoint outsourcing is the way to go to be pro

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:35:39 +0000

Thanks for the feedback!

By: Adie Cooke

Adie Cooke — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:27:01 +0000

Hi Justin,

You really need a custom logo and forum skin to match as in your market it will make a big difference as it looks like to many out there.

You have to be different in many ways…

I will let you all know how much I have spent in my next update.

Oh, remove the (PHPBB as soon as possible)

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:19:32 +0000

I’m with Mikael, I’m curious to see what your spending limit is on getting the forum off the ground. I’m running a few ads currently on specialized sites and a campaign on Microsoft adCenter to drum up traffic for fbappdevelopers.com. Do you think there is any value in getting your forum a custom skin/style? I’ve been posting questions myself and I’m getting some decent daily referral traffic but I’m wondering if the default look of the forum is turning people off?

By: Adie Cooke

Adie Cooke — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:33:00 +0000

Hello Mikael,

Yes I do agree with you, I decided to do this so quickly I haven’t put a business plan together. You see, that is the problem sometimes with the net, it all seems to easy to buy a domain name throw a site up and hope for the best!

I have do have a plan in my mind but I think I will document everything in a eBook at the end of the Case Study which will include my marketing plans, budgets, goals etc…

By: Adie Cooke

Adie Cooke — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:29:03 +0000

Thank you all very much, I hope it inspires you to have a go yourself. There are so many niches you can exploit…

By: Asthma

Asthma — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:53:22 +0000

Great case study Aide, looking forward to see how you get on

By: Mikael

Mikael — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:05:27 +0000

Adie, how much will you spend on outsourcing? As you say you can probably outsource everything but don’t you agree that you will have to have made a business plan, a budget and some profit estimates?

I would hate spending +$1,000 to see the deal flop. But maybe thats just me :)