Comments on: Find a Business Model That Works and Then Scale It http://www.elliotsblog.com/find-a-business-model-that-works-and-then-scale-it-6826 Domain blog featuring domain investing strategy, domain valuation, and domain development commentary from Elliot Silver, founder of Top Notch Domains, LLC. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:51:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: whoknows http://www.elliotsblog.com/find-a-business-model-that-works-and-then-scale-it-6826/comment-page-1#comment-16314 whoknows Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:24:42 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4110#comment-16314 Hi John, Thank you for posting the interview link. That interview gave me an idea for a website. Thanks. Hi John,

Thank you for posting the interview link. That interview gave me an idea for a website. Thanks.

]]> By: John Humphrey http://www.elliotsblog.com/find-a-business-model-that-works-and-then-scale-it-6826/comment-page-1#comment-16307 John Humphrey Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:56:55 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4110#comment-16307 In an audio interview we did recently Eric Borgos (Bored.com) discusses the network vs. large branded site approach in detail. He came away from his experience (after selling Bored.com and its associated network of sites for $4.5M) feeling that one large site is the better way to go. You can find the interview here: http://www.domainnoob.com/blog/2009/11/how-to-make-money-online-no-really-my-interview-with-eric-borgos-of-impulsecorp-com/ In an audio interview we did recently Eric Borgos (Bored.com) discusses the network vs. large branded site approach in detail. He came away from his experience (after selling Bored.com and its associated network of sites for $4.5M) feeling that one large site is the better way to go. You can find the interview here: http://www.domainnoob.com/blog/2009/11/how-to-make-money-online-no-really-my-interview-with-eric-borgos-of-impulsecorp-com/

]]> By: whoknnows http://www.elliotsblog.com/find-a-business-model-that-works-and-then-scale-it-6826/comment-page-1#comment-16305 whoknnows Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:46:25 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4110#comment-16305 No problem chen. Look at this way. There are 1 billion people in India? The American culture is saturated with everything you can think of. What I did for one of my website ideas (the second one listed on this discussion) is use a concept that was already done in the American market and use that same concept for a location in another country that doesn't have that service. The first website I mentioned in this discussion is global focused. There are already millions of blogs, hundreds of social networking sites, thousands of debt collection companies, and the examples are endless. We have the rest of the globe we can try and tap into. That is why my first website I talked about I'm going to make all media around the globe have access to the professionals in my forum (I don't want to give details away as it is a very unique idea). No problem chen. Look at this way. There are 1 billion people in India? The American culture is saturated with everything you can think of. What I did for one of my website ideas (the second one listed on this discussion) is use a concept that was already done in the American market and use that same concept for a location in another country that doesn’t have that service. The first website I mentioned in this discussion is global focused.

There are already millions of blogs, hundreds of social networking sites, thousands of debt collection companies, and the examples are endless. We have the rest of the globe we can try and tap into. That is why my first website I talked about I’m going to make all media around the globe have access to the professionals in my forum (I don’t want to give details away as it is a very unique idea).

]]> By: chen@PureGeoDomain http://www.elliotsblog.com/find-a-business-model-that-works-and-then-scale-it-6826/comment-page-1#comment-16304 chen@PureGeoDomain Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:24:19 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4110#comment-16304 whoknows: Your post really inspired me. I just add a translation service to my very primitive website at: www.puregeodomain.com/we-help-translate-your-english-version-of-websites-into-chinese-for-targeted-china-market/ Many still view non-American traffic as worthless. But I agree with you that there is no bad traffic, only wasted traffic. I am currently using a template that Elliot recommended to build a bi-lingual geowebsite of mine (www.hainan.tv/en/) . Sorry Elliot if link is not allow here. whoknows:

Your post really inspired me. I just add a translation service to my very primitive website at:
http://www.puregeodomain.com/we-help-translate-your-english-version-of-websites-into-chinese-for-targeted-china-market/

Many still view non-American traffic as worthless. But I agree with you that there is no bad traffic, only wasted traffic.

I am currently using a template that Elliot recommended to build a bi-lingual geowebsite of mine (www.hainan.tv/en/) . Sorry Elliot if link is not allow here.

]]> By: whoknows http://www.elliotsblog.com/find-a-business-model-that-works-and-then-scale-it-6826/comment-page-1#comment-16302 whoknows Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:43:39 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4110#comment-16302 A huge website is like CNN, Google, YouTube, Facebook, etc. A website that is for a business that drives regular customers, and a lot of them, is what I am getting at for a huge site. Think in the terms of WebMD. One of the struggles is coming up with the idea that can feed hungry fish. The American culture is so saturated with so many services and products that it almost makes it not worth the effort trying to drive traffic from Americans. Half of my websites deal with IDNs, and half of the other sites are for Americans. For instance, one of my businesses deals with health news review (seperate than the other business I noted previous in this discussion). I'm not going to bother with the American market. I'm going to make websites that focus on African, South America, India, Japan, etc, countries. More and more people from those countries are coming online. The biggest struggle is being able to translate your English version of the website into what they speak (i.e., chinese). A huge website is like CNN, Google, YouTube, Facebook, etc. A website that is for a business that drives regular customers, and a lot of them, is what I am getting at for a huge site. Think in the terms of WebMD.

One of the struggles is coming up with the idea that can feed hungry fish. The American culture is so saturated with so many services and products that it almost makes it not worth the effort trying to drive traffic from Americans. Half of my websites deal with IDNs, and half of the other sites are for Americans. For instance, one of my businesses deals with health news review (seperate than the other business I noted previous in this discussion). I’m not going to bother with the American market. I’m going to make websites that focus on African, South America, India, Japan, etc, countries. More and more people from those countries are coming online. The biggest struggle is being able to translate your English version of the website into what they speak (i.e., chinese).

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