Archive for April, 2009

Web/Business Planing

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Sometimes people get stuck when they want to get started in setting up a website or expanding further. We understand this so have put together some questions you can go through to get a better understanding to help you with your web project.

Summary

* What is the initial concept?
* What is your current situation?
* What will your key success factors be?
* What are your longer-term vision and goals?

Market analysis

* What does the current market look like?
* What is your target market?
* What are the characteristics of your perfect client?
* What do your target clients require?

Competitive overview

* What does your industry look like?
* Are there many competitors?
* Who are your 5-10 closest competitors?
* What products or services do they offer?
* What opportunities do you have to be unique? (Can you fill a niche or be different from your competitors in some way?)
* What are is the SWOT > Strength, weakness, opportunities and treats ?

Sales and marketing

* How will you attract clients?
* How can potential clients find you?
* What marketing activities would you consider?

Plan of action

* What do you need to do in order to kick things off?
* What should you do in the medium term?
* What are some longer-term plans?

Have you got a website or registered your domain name?

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I was searching the net the other day for a new domain name, but I was not having any luck. The domains names I was looking for where all gone. I tried and tried different variations but no luck. It was mad. I had the same response from a friend who was also looking for a domain name, but the domain he wanted was already taken and the owner wanted 2k for it.  He must have initially brought it for dollars/pounds,  2k he wanted how mad/great is that??

It makes you think right? domain names are becoming rare and you are getting situations where you start selling or exchanging domain names. Some will have more value then others and people are buying them up, with the aim of future potentials buying them off them.

A recent report said that in about 2010 the number of online purchases will rise from about 20% to about 30%… is that it??? We are only making 20% worth of purchase online at the moment???…. 20%!!! that’s nothing!. The web has huge potential.

My Advice is , get domain names while you can and get a website for sure. Imagine having a “.com” domain that everybody wants and people are willing to pay thousands for it…. You never know right! And setting up a simple blog may drive thousands and thousands of traffic to your site.

Get domain names for your name, your business, your ideas or even for fun. Setting up something simple on them is relatively easy these days.

Have a look at http://www.webbuilderbig.com for free or paid web builder tools.