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Hey Scott, I really love your blog. You seem to be one of the only areas on the internet to get really good advice on selling your internet business, which really is in the back of the minds of all website owners, at some point or another.

My question is this: After you sold your businesses in the 90s, did you get bored? Did you wake up every day and wonder “What do I do now?”

I’m launching my new internet startup at the blog world convention in Vegas, and I think there is a really good chance this one could get bought out one day. Its fun to entertain the idea hypothetically, but sometimes I think if I sold, what would I do with my time?

I’d like to hear your thoughts on this. Not selling because it’s what you know and what you love doing.

Do you ever invest in other people’s start ups?

I’ve got a niche, a presence, a book, and a web site - and am trying to figure out if I need to move into fulfillment.

That is, up till now, lulu.com and book sellers like Amazon have been in charge of my fulfillment (book and e-book), I simply collect after each sale. (and I’m liking that;-)

But - lulu.com doesn’t have anything in the way of an affiliate program, and Amazon offers less incentive than I would like. (That is, as both author and publisher, I can offer a bigger cut if Amazon weren’t taking a share of it…)

I’ve been trying out CPC ads to send people to the Amazon page, and am still feeling my way around that aspect.

My question - should I stay away from the fulfillment activities (receiving an order and shipping), allowing me to put my efforts into the sales, web and marketing side; or should I bite the bullet and do it all so that I can setup the program and affiliates how I want.

Thanks!
steve
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Author of The LinkedIn Personal Trainer

I’m not actually selling a product, or technically, even a service at Jetwhine.com. I’m really after raising awareness about portions of the aviation industry to people who need to know.

How direct is the correlation between some of the traditional marketing techniques you mention to sell widgets that will work well with awareness?

Great idea on the Q&A. I think I saw this on another popular blog and it did rather well. Will probably throw a question your way sooner rather than later.

Hi Scott,

Thank you for sharing your experiences and insights.

I was wondering, let’s say you do find a niche, need, or whatever as a business. Where do you find the developers, business partners, resources necessary to get it off of the ground?

Scott, I love your blog! I am curious what was harder for you starting the business, or watching other people take your business and going different directions?

Hi Scott what would you say was the most critical thing to promoting a website? Given seo as what most people associate to online promotion would you say its important as getting people buzzed about your product/service - and how would you do that online?

.w.

Hi Scott,

I have a PR2 blog which i am operating for little over a year now. I am looking for ways to monetization other than adsense. The problem is, my blog has a narrow range of audience and it has a niche “Software Testing” for which it is very hard to find direct advertisers or relevant ” affiliates” program. Could you suggest something?

Jack

Lol, not another article business startups. I’m writing an e-book with a business-theme and found you whilst googling. Thanks for the information.