Well first off, you have to be a creative person in order to come up with ideas that would ever have a chance in making it to the big show. The first thing you have to think of is:
-Does this topic really interest me?
You cant just start making a website about dogs because thats where you see the most amount of people flocking onto their computer. I mean, you can but if it doesn't interest you then you wont have the motivation to actually dig deep into your mind and come up the ideas that other, bigger dog sites have.
Once you have your idea, write it down. I have a thought book, which is just a composition notebook filled with about 110 pages front and back of thoughts. I carry it around school and every time a thought comes into my head about any topic, i write it down. but then again i claim i suffer from excessive thinking, and i do. There are times i cannot sleep at night because i keep on playing in my head an idea over and over because it is such a good idea that i am afraid i might lose it and never remember it again; which is sometimes true. The next question you have to ask yourself is:
-Where is my audience?
Your not going to have an audience if you dont do something called advertisement. Now advertisement is the practice of getting something known, obviously, but it is easier said then done. Anybody can think of an idea but it takes an intelligent person to put it into action. Lets say my interest is Pokemon. Now where is my audience? Well i know for a fact that there are about 10+ people on YouTube that are in what they call a "Pokemon community", each of these people have about an average of 25,000 subscribers. Statistically, if i posted on their videos about my website, that is an estimated 250,000 people being broad-casted to. Statistically, now some ... most people will be subscribed to more then one person if not all of them, so lets say 50,000 different people. So 50,000 people have the chance to see my website. thats not bad. Next question:
-Where is my competition?
If your going to start a website, you better bet your ass that it better be better then all the competitors websites. Getting your site well known is one task but getting visitors to come back is another. Let your website be user friendly and ALWAYS offer more then your competitors. It is a WASTE of time to create something in equal or lesser value to your competitors because even if your website is EXACTLY the same, the have something better on you: Popularity. And in the world of websites, popularity always wins. So what do you do? First off, buy a whiteboard, this whiteboard is going to be your best friend. OH and buy skinny markers, not those fat ones; and write down the names of all the competitors in the top row and draw lines to keep them in their own box. now write down each of the benefits that a website has and dont be afraid to really browse a competitors website and see what they offer. The best way to do this is find an "about us" link. Now once your done i want you to draw a box with your website, and take EVERYTHING and put it into your box. this is how you make your website better.
Now erase everything but your box and for everything you wrote down, write down a reason on how you want it to look, say, accomplish and keep in mind that you have to make it better. If its not better, write down another way to make it better, dont stop until its the best and draw it. I have never drawn myself up a web page that i wasn't able to make in code. Making a website isnt something you do over the weekend. A website is something that takes months. everyday constant coding, you can create a pretty complex website in about a month but dont let it be everything you do. Make sure you get out and about because you will bore yourself and your website will become sloppy because you will be under one constant idea which is getting the website done and you wont have the time to let better ideas pop into your head. Oh, and DONT let anyone know your ideas, especially if they are potentially amazing. Keep your ideas to yourself, your notebook and your whiteboard; my thought book (the one with 110+ double sided pages) in the hands of the right person, can completely demolish my life which is why i only give away certain information on this blog.
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