On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Trent Shipley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I had HUGE problems with vandalism, but hardly random vandalism. It was > all in the cause of porn sites and aphrodisiac catalogs trying to > improve their search order on GOOGLE. At the time Mediawiki recommended > using its CAPTCHA plug-in. > Just installed ReCaptcha... but it doesn't seem to be working yet. I'll get that going. > > The next problem is marketing. Who do we want to tell about the site > and when do we want to tell them. > > Then what are we marketing. > > Suggested content has included these. > David Brin Uplift fiction (He would probably let us get away with fan fic) > Science Fiction Literature. > Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (NOT what DB would want, but > often grouped together and often read and appreciated by the same geeks.) > Imaginaria (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Super Heroes, etc.) > > I am in favor of a business plan that starts with a Science Fiction > focus seeded with a David Brin project. The plan is to grow to > encompass imaginaria. > Sounds fine to me. I know a little bit about social networking and marketing. Okay, a lot. And the Brin-L gang certainly knows a thing or two about all things Brin. The other stuff I'm not copying sounds fine to me. > If we are to grow we need an organizational plan for growth. > We need a growth oriented revenue plan. > ** This can wait awhile. > ** Nonprofit?? > **** underwriting or no underwriting? > ** For profit? (I would be reluctant to contribute for free.) If it grows, I mostly care about it paying expenses, so if I'm hosting and whatever goes along with that (I have been paid to write for a living, too), I'd expect to be able to add non-intrusive advertising. As to what would happen to anything left over after hosting expenses, I'd be inclined to invite the users and managers vote on a charity related to the subject. We could also explore asking publishers to sponsor, but that's a long way off. And it is, of course, advertising. I've had some ideas about social media and book marketing kicking around for a while... but I'll leave that for later. For now, it's just going to be my problem to deal with the finances. I say problem because I'm sure cash flow will be negative for a while, of course. But it is appropriate to resolve those things early on if there's chance it will actually throw off cash. If not, shouting and tears inevitably follow. Nick
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