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Originally Posted by rogercbryan
What are you willing to give in exchange for someone developing the site? I take it that you are going to do all the marketing, accounting, and promotion?
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To me this is sort of a "the people" idea/project. I am always open to comments/suggestions. I don't have much to give in exchange for developing the site. I am poor thanks to my higher education coupled with my underfunded upbringing. I typed "pixel template" into Google and the number one search was for a guy selling the same template as "million dollar pixel" for $25. Maybe I should ask people for $50-$100 and tell people that after I sell the first 10 $100 spaces of advertising, I would give them half of those 10 (50*10) for a total of $500. A pretty good rate of return.
What do you (or anyone) else think would be a good "exchange"?
It could also be a 50/50 split. Unless the two "members" decided it would be wise to maybe "hire" another member to help get the word out about the site. Then it would be 33/33/33.
It would be essentially all "open source." A running total of the amount of money raised would be on the front page of the site. If you go to milliondollarhomepage.com you would know pretty much exactly what a "million dollars in pixels" looks like so it would be easy for everyone to keep track etc. The logistics could be worked out among partners etc. The expenses of the site are very low. Just web hosting which is what $20-30 a month, which could easily come out of the fund raised from selling the advertisements or i would gladly pay if the site was "working."
The biggest obstacle to me as someone mentioned would be getting the word out. Once people see other people had bought advertising. Others will follow suit. The momentum ultimately builds on itself after awhile. "Promotion" of the website would be telling "my/our" story to the local media. "Minneapolis man helps create website to help eliminate debt etc," also posting a link to the website on other sites and blogs, in comments of online articles, maybe even auctioning off some pixels on Ebay for the first few ones to get the ball rolling and the word out. Other ideas could be discussed.
Jeff Bezos gave a speech on ted.com about how the internet is not like the bust of the "gold mine" but more like the development of "electricity." The internet is still young. It still has numerous opportunities for entrance. The "upslide" will probably last another 20-40 years before it "levels out."
With the internet we have to try and stop thinking in traditional models. No more what is your P&L, what is your advertising budget for the years, etc.
I/we would come home from "work" and advertise the site: because I/we would get money for every "sell." To me it would not really be "working." It would be a "side project." I already read numerous forums and blogs. Now I would just put a link to it and
hopefully let word of mouth advertising take a part. Again: the other members/partners could/would do the same thing helping to create a "buzz."
Everything would be about honesty. Honesty with the advertisers, media, partners. Ideas about honesty: All the members could have access to the "login" site of the host. The members could have MSN and chat to talk about ideas/concepts. I virtual board room.
Any suggestions?
