My New Business - Ten Minutes in!
7 July, 2007 - General Business - 13 Comments
Ten minutes ago, I decided to start a new business. Seriously. I suppose the better term would be “new Web site”, but it’s intention is to generate income, so I class it as a business.
I’ve been contemplating this idea for a couple of weeks and I came to the conclusion that it is a half decent idea, but I would put it off until I have more time. Well, something just popped up in my inbox which made me decide to start that business right here, right now! If I play my cards right over the next 24 hours, I could be on to a winner. 
I’m not going to tell you what the business is yet. Keep reading over the next 24 hours for updates. More will be revealed soon.
The first step for this business was to decide what domain name I want. I spent the last ten minutes coming up with three words that were relevant to the business, and I then stuck them in a word constructor which gave me some ideas for domains. I came up with four domains, two of which were good candidates.
The next step was to ask a few friends which domain they liked most (totally off the top of their head. No thinking. Just whatever their initial reaction was). As it happens, I didn’t need to ask anybody, because as I was typing in MSN to my first friend I managed to incorrectly spell the first domain. As soon as I did that, I realised that if I was going to spell it wrong, then my visitors were going to do so too. (The incorrect spelling is already taken, so there was no way I was registering a domain when I couldn’t get the incorrect spelling. Rule number one of choosing a new domain is to take in to account domain spillage. I’ll talk more about domain spillage later).
So, I now have my domain. More information soon. Nothing like a teaser, eh?
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I am curious to know what your business is.
All will be revealed soon.
good luck with your new site Jamie. Looking forward to seeing what the new site is about
Thanks Kevin.
I’m moments away from launching.
“Posted on July 7, 2007″
Today is July 8th!
“Keep reading over the next 24 hours for updates.”
So?
I’m literally minutes away from launching the site, Tyler.
More info very soon…
[...] My New Business - Ten Minutes in! [...]
A teaser post is a great idea. Nothing like giving readers a reason to come back for more!
I tend to be a master of suspense, Chris.
I wish you the best of luck on your new site! I cant wait for you to reveal it.
Hi Jamie,
Quick site improvement idea: Last post and next post buttons. I never really thought that my site needed them until I read your 2007 post here (which I was brought to by your recommended posts plugin.) You see, now I have no way of learning what your new business was / is!
Hey Ted,
That’s an absolutely excellent idea. When I write a followup post, I’ll often link to it at the bottom of the initial article, but it’s never in a “Next Post on this Subject” format. I’ll start doing that in future, and also link to the “Previous” post too.
Thanks for the idea, Ted!
Jamie
I should say that the new business was a new Web site I setup to allow blog advertisers to give reviews of how those adverts returned. It was intended to give potential advertisers a source of information to help them make the best choice when deciding which blogs to advertise on.
Unfortunately, I never got the time to promote it heavily, so it died a slow death.