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Posted By: Mel. White In Response To: help please.... (sry kinda long) (Amy)
Wednesday, 12 July 2006, at 3:02 p.m.
> have time. I am a mom of 5 and I also homeschool. So a lot of free time I
> dont have. I would like to do a website that pertains to the home-biz I
> already have. I have a company hosted website, but dont have much control
> over what I put on there. I would like my site to be informational on the
> diversity of out products and link to my company site. I would like to
> offer specials and write about new products coming out. I wouldnt say it
> is a sarurated market, but definitely competitive.
I think this may be the perfect case for a blog or two. Blogs are easy to put up, can be set up as subdomains (like WildWollies.bloggingthing.com -- a subdomain name and it would be free, rather than trying to register WildWoolies.com), and for many of them you can put up Adsense links. You can also post affiliate links in them.
If it goes gangbusters, you can think about a more formal website.
Let me point you to a model that does pretty much what you're talking about: www.woot.com
> links, I guess. Yikes i am rambling. I'm just not sure where to start.
Remember what Cory taught... find a niche. Your expertise is in being a mom of 5(!) and in homeschooling. There are products and resources that moms with larger families need (valium comes to mind, actually...) If you focus on that and in the blog talk about perfect gifts from Watkins for various holidays (and start talking about them 2-4 weeks in advance; 2 months for the winter holidays), then you can direct sales to your own sites and make something that a lot of moms will be interested in.
That's what I'd do, but I bet our other board buddies will have more marvelous ideas!
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