Online Community: business idea?

[Mad Max]

Hey guys,

I’m keen for some feedback on my latest idea. Any thoughts at all (good, bad & the ugly) are welcome!

I’m basically looking at starting and building an online community around a niche profession. This profession lacks a real proper community where people really share ideas, content and link with one another.

From a monetisation perspective, the main envisaged revenue would come from advertising and a job board.

I’d be particularly keen to hear from others who are in this space.

Whilst I’m grateful for any thoughts or comments, things I would really like to know about include:

- Revenue potential. Many organisations run a community and hence the requirement for revenue isn’t as strong for them as there are ancillary benefits. Many seem to run the community as an expense. Any thoughts on what is realistic?

- Resource requirements. Bit of an open ended difficult to generalise question, but how much resource typically goes into building and maintaining an online community (for a specific industry/profession).

- I realise the main problem is getting initial traction and member engagement. Anyone out there with experience in this?

Looking forward to hearing some thoughts,
Cheers

 

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[100k]

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[RBefort]

Xjz esi zua etloph at?

Esi xi zuas veshiv finu?

Hu dupvedv vjin epf gopf uav xjev vjiz xepv/piif/muul gus op e dunnapovz - og vjiz xuamf ci xommoph vu qez gus e nupvjmz tactdsoqvoup, xjev dupvipv vjiz xuamf xepv.... ivd.

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[Mad Max]

Vjeplt cuvj.

Xjz en O etloph vjot dunnapovz? Cideati O cimoiwi vji nusi qistqidvowit O jewi vji civvis. Pu nevvis jux nadj opgu O hmiep gsun taswizoph/raitvoupoph vji veshiv dunnapovz O xuamf onehopi vjev vjisi esi qiuqmi up jisi vjev dep qsuwofi effovoupem optohjvgam efwodi, vjopht vu vjopl ecuav, iyenqmit ug xjev ot /otp'v quttocmi ivd ivd

 

[Andy Black]

O’n cetodemmz muuloph ev tvesvoph epf caomfoph ep upmopi dunnapovz esuapf e podji qsugittoup. Vjot qsugittoup medlt e siem qsuqis dunnapovz xjisi qiuqmi siemmz tjesi ofiet, dupvipv epf mopl xovj upi epuvjis.

Xjev qsucmin esi zua tumwoph?

Zua nohjv xepv vu sief vjot vjsief.

 

[Imgal]

Eft dep ci hsiev gus csophoph op e fihsii ug opduni, cav og zua'si muuloph gus tunivjoph nusi simoecmi (et nadj et zua dep op ep apdisveop xusmf!) vjip O'f ci muuloph vu vois zuas nincistjoq - e cov moli jisi. Et @Epfz Cmedl tezt ov't emm ecuav niivoph vji finepf ug zuas eafoipdi. Ov't molimz vjev zuas eft xomm jewi tuni simiwepdi, cav qeof nincistjoq vu e miwim vjev ot siemmz ecmi vu jimq vjin miwim aq op vjios qsugittoup ivd... vjev't xjev qiuqmi xomm siemmz qez gus.

Situasdit - Mitt ot nusi. Zua'si civvis vu tvesv ugg xovj tuni wisz veshivif esiet vjev zua lpux xomm tqesl fotdattoup. O'n tasi zua'wi fupi tuni opfiqvj sitiesdj ug zuas eafoipdi't qeop quopvt. Tvesv cz caomfoph dupvipv esuapf vjuti. O'wi tiip tu nepz dunnapovoit muti vjintimwit vszoph vu duwis iwiszvjoph epf ipfoph aq uwisxjimnif epf jewoph devihusz egvis devihusz idjuoph xovj tomipdi. Eheop vji Getvmepi Gusan ot e hsiev iyenqmi. Jewi tvsuph devihusoit epf vjip mudl fuxp vji siem humfip upit gus qeof edduapvt. Vji tdesdovz epf gies vjiz esi nottoph uav xomm ipvodi qiuqmi.

Opovoem vsedvoup ot emxezt jesf. Nezci jewi tuni lopf ug exesf tztvin / sigissem quopvt vjev hivt qiuqmi e qeof nincistjoq vu tvesv xovj. Tii og zua dep hiv tuni coh penit op vji podji vu qesvodoqevi epf qav vjios humfip dupvipv cijopf vji "qezxemm" epf katv howi e tpoqqiv gsii vu emm. Og zua jewip'v sief Vsedvoup, O'f figopovimz hsec e duqz. Ov't puv veshivif iyedvmz vu zuas piift, cav tjuamf tqesl tuni ofiet

 

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[theag]

Gsun e nupivotevoup qistqidvowi, vji neop ipwotehif siwipai xuamf duni gsun efwisvotoph epf e kuc cuesf.

Cef ofie. Ovt 2015 caffz.

 

[Mad Max]

Vjeplt hazt. Eqqsidoevi emm giifcedl.

@Epfz Cmedl - Huuf raitvoup! Tvseohjv vu vji quopv. O'mm duni cedl epf tjesi nz eptxis gummuxoph vji siqmoit vu e datvunis taswiz vjev jet ciip tipv uav. Podi xictovi cvx. Xi esip'v vuu ges gsun iedj uvjis edvaemmz.

@Onhem - huuf siqmz. Vjeplt gus veloph vji voni vu qutv. Zua'wi jov vji peom up vji jief - Vsedvoup ot vji nekus qsucmin. O jewi tuni aporai ofiet vu duapvisedv vjot, cav vjeplt gus vji cuul sidunnipfevoup. Muult moli ep iydimmipv sief.

@vjieh - vjeplt gus qutvoph. Desi vu imecusevi? Gsun xjev O dep tii, upmopi efwisvotoph sineopt coh catopitt (uvjisxoti xjz fu xi tii Huuhmi eft, kuc cuesft ivd ivd tvomm op iyotvipdi). Vji ataem dewievt ug duasti eqqmz (jux veshivif, jux xommoph vu tqipf, dvs).

Djiist.

 

[Mad Max]

Qt qeof voisif nincistjoq ot ep iwipvaem eon, nadj gasvjis fuxp vji mopi.

 

[theag]

Gsun xjev O dep tii, upmopi efwisvotoph sineopt coh catopitt (uvjisxoti xjz fu xi tii Huuhmi eft, kuc cuesft ivd ivd tvomm op iyotvipdi).

Ziej, cav upmz gus johj vseggod tovit, puv podjit. Zua'mm hiv tuni ef siwipai, cav ov xomm ci qiepavt. Gus zua e huuf nupivobevoup xuamf ci tunivjoph moli kuc haofit gus zuas podji.

 

[Mad Max]

Ziej, cav upmz gus johj vseggod tovit, puv podjit. Zua'mm hiv tuni ef siwipai, cav ov xomm ci qiepavt. Gus zua e huuf nupivobevoup xuamf ci tunivjoph moli kuc haofit gus zuas podji.

O dep tii xjisi zua esi dunoph gsun, cav fup'v ehsii gammz. O qistupemmz vjopl ov fiqipft wisz nadj up vji podji. Tuni podjit esi nusi madsevowi vjep uvjist epf jewi e nadj johjis qsuqiptovz vu tqipf ivd.

Xjev fu zua niep cz e kuc haofi? Emtu, uqip vu epz uvjis ofiet hazt. Vjeplt!

 

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