But I have no idea where to begin. I've made blogs in the past (with a blogspot.com domain) but I'm looking to do an official .com site with lots of pages and links. I want to be able to charge a fee for a service (not anything illegal). I know a decent amount about computers but know nothing about HTML code. So a few questions I have:
1. Do I have to pay for a domain name or can I obtain one for free? (I've searched for the name I like and it isn't taken by anybody).
2. Do I pay a programmer to set up the website, or could they screw me in the long run? (I just watched "The Social Network" and it made me paranoid that I could get screwed with my great idea).
3. How much money could it cost to get this started? I'm willing to invest in this opportunity, just curious what to expect.
Any ideas or opinions would be greatly appreciated. I want to know who I can/cannot trust to get this thing up and running.
Thanks!
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But I have no idea where to begin. I've made blogs in the past (with a blogspot.com domain) but I'm looking to do an official .com site with lots of pages and links. I want to be able to charge a fee for a service (not anything illegal). I know a decent amount about computers but know nothing about HTML code. So a few questions I have:
1. Do I have to pay for a domain name or can I obtain one for free? (I've searched for the name I like and it isn't taken by anybody).
2. Do I pay a programmer to set up the website, or could they screw me in the long run? (I just watched "The Social Network" and it made me paranoid that I could get screwed with my great idea).
3. How much money could it cost to get this started? I'm willing to invest in this opportunity, just curious what to expect.
Any ideas or opinions would be greatly appreciated. I want to know who I can/cannot trust to get this thing up and running.
Mapped out on paper what I wanted. Ran an ad on Craigslist for a web professional Interviewed 6 of them Decided whom I liked and negotiated a price and terms as well as allowed them free reign on ideas of what the design would be. Bought the domain name from GoDaddy and had them host it. Monitored the progress and made changes to fit my liking Went live
In the interim, I bought books and studied domain optimization, social networking and how to apply those methodologies.
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If you have any questions, PM me.
I've set up several and here is what I did:
Mapped out on paper what I wanted. Ran an ad on Craigslist for a web professional Interviewed 6 of them Decided whom I liked and negotiated a price and terms as well as allowed them free reign on ideas of what the design would be. Bought the domain name from GoDaddy and had them host it. Monitored the progress and made changes to fit my liking Went live
In the interim, I bought books and studied domain optimization, social networking and how to apply those methodologies.
I've seen a few posts on craigslist of web designers looking for work just didn't know if I could trust any of them? I like your idea of interviewing a handful of them to determine who seems to be the best fit. I have most of my ideas mapped out, just need to get them on a website.
Thanks for the advice Tim
I've seen a few posts on craigslist of web designers looking for work just didn't know if I could trust any of them? I like your idea of interviewing a handful of them to determine who seems to be the best fit. I have most of my ideas mapped out, just need to get them on a website.
I've seen a few posts on craigslist of web designers looking for work just didn't know if I could trust any of them? I like your idea of interviewing a handful of them to determine who seems to be the best fit. I have most of my ideas mapped out, just need to get them on a website.
I used to live in Minnetonka and the guy I chose from there moved to SFand married his husband. I told him that was too cliche of a gay man getting married and moving to Mecca. I continued to use him until I moved. In time, I didn't like doing business with someone far away and I eventually hired a guy here in Baltimore.
If/when you advertise, stress the fact that you want someone local. My thinking was if I have a challenge with the person, I can drive to their house and look the person in the eye to resolve any differences. Also, I avoided the people who worked at "firms" so I can negotiate a better price and better terms. There are quite a number of very talented people up there, so you'll have no difficulties getting on the same page with someone.
You're going to be asked what your budget is. NEVER divulge a figure. ALWAYS negotiate the price and get terms with progression payments. If you're doing a budget, add 50% to the amount you feel comfortable committing because you're going to make a ton of changes as usage gets underway.
Finally, in terms of html, there are many text editors out there where you can type in what you want and it'll convert it for you.
Happy Hunting!
Quote Originally Posted by tooez:
Thanks for the advice Tim
I've seen a few posts on craigslist of web designers looking for work just didn't know if I could trust any of them? I like your idea of interviewing a handful of them to determine who seems to be the best fit. I have most of my ideas mapped out, just need to get them on a website.
I used to live in Minnetonka and the guy I chose from there moved to SFand married his husband. I told him that was too cliche of a gay man getting married and moving to Mecca. I continued to use him until I moved. In time, I didn't like doing business with someone far away and I eventually hired a guy here in Baltimore.
If/when you advertise, stress the fact that you want someone local. My thinking was if I have a challenge with the person, I can drive to their house and look the person in the eye to resolve any differences. Also, I avoided the people who worked at "firms" so I can negotiate a better price and better terms. There are quite a number of very talented people up there, so you'll have no difficulties getting on the same page with someone.
You're going to be asked what your budget is. NEVER divulge a figure. ALWAYS negotiate the price and get terms with progression payments. If you're doing a budget, add 50% to the amount you feel comfortable committing because you're going to make a ton of changes as usage gets underway.
Finally, in terms of html, there are many text editors out there where you can type in what you want and it'll convert it for you.
Hire a professional Marketing company, type in the term Full Service marketing......you will need a homepage with links, shopping cart as well as some form of traffic.....recommend back linking the hell out of it and blogging to increase your google ranking....once you tweak your Landing pages its off to the races and you can start buying PPC traffic from Google, Bing, and even banner traffic works but there is a point to where ROI is limited on banner. I do alot of Email but i must warn you Email traffic is expensive and not for the faint of hear.....can make or brake, make sure that for one thing you are capturing web-visitors...email so that you can re-market to them.......GL PM me if you need and help, this is what i do for a living.
Hire a professional Marketing company, type in the term Full Service marketing......you will need a homepage with links, shopping cart as well as some form of traffic.....recommend back linking the hell out of it and blogging to increase your google ranking....once you tweak your Landing pages its off to the races and you can start buying PPC traffic from Google, Bing, and even banner traffic works but there is a point to where ROI is limited on banner. I do alot of Email but i must warn you Email traffic is expensive and not for the faint of hear.....can make or brake, make sure that for one thing you are capturing web-visitors...email so that you can re-market to them.......GL PM me if you need and help, this is what i do for a living.
I just registered my domain name today and I've been searching for an actual person to help me and not a firm. I don't want to pay a set price for services if I don't neccesarily like the final product. I'm leaving myslef with 2 choices:
1. Learn HTML code myself. I looked into it and even though it's a little complicated I think I could figure it out with some trial and error.
2. Or have you heard of vworker.com? You post the job you want done and programmers bid on how much they would be willing to charge to make the site. Then, I don't pay any money until it's finished and I'm completely satisfied.
Deciding on which way to go is the tough part...
Thanks a lot dopalicous
I just registered my domain name today and I've been searching for an actual person to help me and not a firm. I don't want to pay a set price for services if I don't neccesarily like the final product. I'm leaving myslef with 2 choices:
1. Learn HTML code myself. I looked into it and even though it's a little complicated I think I could figure it out with some trial and error.
2. Or have you heard of vworker.com? You post the job you want done and programmers bid on how much they would be willing to charge to make the site. Then, I don't pay any money until it's finished and I'm completely satisfied.
I just registered my domain name today and I've been searching for an actual person to help me and not a firm. I don't want to pay a set price for services if I don't neccesarily like the final product. I'm leaving myslef with 2 choices:
1. Learn HTML code myself. I looked into it and even though it's a little complicated I think I could figure it out with some trial and error.
2. Or have you heard of vworker.com? You post the job you want done and programmers bid on how much they would be willing to charge to make the site. Then, I don't pay any money until it's finished and I'm completely satisfied.
Deciding on which way to go is the tough part...
#2 is a great selection.
Quote Originally Posted by tooez:
Thanks a lot dopalicous
I just registered my domain name today and I've been searching for an actual person to help me and not a firm. I don't want to pay a set price for services if I don't neccesarily like the final product. I'm leaving myslef with 2 choices:
1. Learn HTML code myself. I looked into it and even though it's a little complicated I think I could figure it out with some trial and error.
2. Or have you heard of vworker.com? You post the job you want done and programmers bid on how much they would be willing to charge to make the site. Then, I don't pay any money until it's finished and I'm completely satisfied.
Just dont forget because you have a website doesn't mean people will know about it. Will the site get Traffic .....Make sure that the domain that is very keyword relevant. If you sell things on your site you will need a shopping cart and a merchant account. I do alot of webdesign and a decent site with a shopping cart would cost about 2-3 grand.....Depends on content and how many links....
you could always use Elance they are cheap, however its not a safe idea if your idea is that great....because whomever you contract a freelancer, they can steal your idea unless you have a non-circumvent in place......PM me and we can talk. I can give you advice on search traffic. Dont forget VERY important to capture every web visitor email address you can so that you can re-market to them. This will help you either cross sell products or pick up a affiliate link and generate additional revenue.
Good Luck-
Just dont forget because you have a website doesn't mean people will know about it. Will the site get Traffic .....Make sure that the domain that is very keyword relevant. If you sell things on your site you will need a shopping cart and a merchant account. I do alot of webdesign and a decent site with a shopping cart would cost about 2-3 grand.....Depends on content and how many links....
you could always use Elance they are cheap, however its not a safe idea if your idea is that great....because whomever you contract a freelancer, they can steal your idea unless you have a non-circumvent in place......PM me and we can talk. I can give you advice on search traffic. Dont forget VERY important to capture every web visitor email address you can so that you can re-market to them. This will help you either cross sell products or pick up a affiliate link and generate additional revenue.
.....Make sure that the domain that is very keyword relevant. If you sell things on your site you will need a shopping cart and a merchant account. I do alot of webdesign and a decent site with a shopping cart would cost about 2-3 grand.....Depends on content and how many links....
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