I have had some interest from travel writers in my new site. I have started thinking of possibly creating a revenue sharing model for people interested in writing for the site. I do plan on buying articles to get some content into the site, but for people who are interested in working a long term project it could be something to consider.
The b5media model for creating a business could be something to consider. Also Jeffrey who works on savingadvice.com with his partner who he only recently met shows that people can build working relationships with other people on the internet.
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I think forming partnerships is a wonderful way to go – in addition to partnering with Nate, we also have a number of partners for other sites and blogs we run.
The one thing that I have found is that it is difficult to get partners to sign on before sites are actually making a bit of money. It’s much easier to say I have a site currently making $xx a month and I’m willing to share a portion of it with you if you will provide content than saying I have a new site that makes nothing.
Valid point. My site won’t be making money for a while yet, so I am thinking of buying articles and writing stuff myself to get started.
I could possilbly get people who are interested in writing but no nothing about affiliate programs to become “country editors” where they maintain the content for a particular country and share in the revenue for the whole site.
Perhaps it is a long shot, but I think that I can apply what I have learnt over the past couple of years to the new project.
Throwing a bit of money in for a nice looking design, adwords to drive traffic, links from my other sites and some paid content, should see it kickstart a little.
I’m curious to see how this project turns out for you. I have purchased a travel domain too (100countries.com since one of my lifetime goals is to travel to 100 different countries), but know I don’t have near the time it would take to get that started. I’ll definitely be taking pointers from your experience.
Hey, if you ever want travel content, let me know.
The hubby and I spent about 2 months out of the year travelling (just heading off to Australia/Tahiti for a month) and we do A LOT of research before going anywhere.
I’d have no problem supplying some original content. Let me know the voice and the target and I’ll send you a sample.
Kimberly,
Thanks for your interest. I have sent you an email.
Received the e-mail.
Interested and intrigued.
Gonna discuss it with my travel agent (aka the Hubby) and get back to you with our consolidated thoughts (better than sending them separately).
I have had an unbelievable response from a post I placed on another forum. I can’t wait to get the new design up.
100countries sounds like a nice idea. I registered 192beers.com in the hope to have a beer in 192 different countries, combining my love of beer and travel.