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Couldn't agree more with you re: building a community, which is one of my main concerns with a big project I'm trying to raise money for as it relies directly o

by pxlpshr 18y ago

Couldn't agree more with you re: building a community, which is one of my main concerns with a big project I'm trying to raise money for as it relies directly on critical mass for match-making (not dating related). Thanks for your feedback. Like you I've already learned a lot from this -- have spent a good deal of time researching ad-based revenue. For $100 worth of hosting fees, and my time for a few days -- most definitely worth it.

josefresco 18y ago
I hope you're not paying $100/month to host a Pligg site with almost no traffic.
- pxlpshr 18y ago
  Yes, I'm paying $100 a month and have 30 days to decide if it's worth it. Meaning, I have 30 days to drive traffic to it at which point I'm not going to invest much more time into the site, scale back on infrastructure, and let the site grow via search. I'd rather be prepared than scrambling.
  - josefresco 18y ago
    You have your own box hopefully? $100 is about right then if that's the case.
    - jonknee 18y ago
      It's hosted at Media Temple, so it looks like it's a VPS.
  - dkokelley 18y ago
    If you've only got 30 days to get this site up to speed, you'll want to do something big. Do something outrageous, then submit a press release. Get all of your friends to create accounts and post "just for fun," and then claim in the press release that this is the next big thing. This advice in pretty generic, I know. What I'm trying to say is that you want to see growth similar to the million dollar home page or the ebay add where someone sold advertising space on his head for a month and it took off. In both of these cases the concept was not particularly novel or even useful, but the media caught on because it was interesting and the ROI for advertisers in both cases was much higher than it would have been on its own (how many people would normally see a forehead in a month?). Basically, a dating advice site can't stand on its own feet after only 30 days, but if you create a story that the media loves then you should see exponential growth.
    - pxlpshr 18y ago
      I feel ya... and yeah, I'm giving myself roughly 30 days in regard to how much attention and funds I drop into the site. If after 30 days there is decent growth but it can't self sustain yet, I'm not going to cut my losses quite so soon and will move forward another 30 days. However, there is a tipping point where this project will get pushed to the backburner if up-take just isn't happening. Mostly because I need to focus on income generation (finding more freelance work) so I don't have to take a desk job. :)

by pxlpshr 18y ago

josefresco 18y ago

I hope you're not paying $100/month to host a Pligg site with almost no traffic.

pxlpshr 18y ago
Yes, I'm paying $100 a month and have 30 days to decide if it's worth it. Meaning, I have 30 days to drive traffic to it at which point I'm not going to invest much more time into the site, scale back on infrastructure, and let the site grow via search. I'd rather be prepared than scrambling.
- josefresco 18y ago
  You have your own box hopefully? $100 is about right then if that's the case.
  - jonknee 18y ago
    It's hosted at Media Temple, so it looks like it's a VPS.
- dkokelley 18y ago
  If you've only got 30 days to get this site up to speed, you'll want to do something big. Do something outrageous, then submit a press release. Get all of your friends to create accounts and post "just for fun," and then claim in the press release that this is the next big thing. This advice in pretty generic, I know. What I'm trying to say is that you want to see growth similar to the million dollar home page or the ebay add where someone sold advertising space on his head for a month and it took off. In both of these cases the concept was not particularly novel or even useful, but the media caught on because it was interesting and the ROI for advertisers in both cases was much higher than it would have been on its own (how many people would normally see a forehead in a month?). Basically, a dating advice site can't stand on its own feet after only 30 days, but if you create a story that the media loves then you should see exponential growth.
  - pxlpshr 18y ago
    I feel ya... and yeah, I'm giving myself roughly 30 days in regard to how much attention and funds I drop into the site. If after 30 days there is decent growth but it can't self sustain yet, I'm not going to cut my losses quite so soon and will move forward another 30 days. However, there is a tipping point where this project will get pushed to the backburner if up-take just isn't happening. Mostly because I need to focus on income generation (finding more freelance work) so I don't have to take a desk job. :)