Getting your motivation right

23 Jun

Posted by admin as Directory Heat

PART I: Getting your motivation right

Please note:
This article is written in continuation of “DT’s Startup Guide: Learning to build a web directory”

“Getting your motivation right” is very important to build a successful web directory, as the directory business for quality web directories may not be saturated but can experience dry days to begin with.

But then again there is always a brighter side, for one thing maintaining and updating a web directory can be the easiest and the link sales can get sweet once you are in a position to deliver a SERP advantage and reasonable exposure to the websites listed in your directory.

Yes, there is money in this market and this is a genuine business option to pursue.

So if you want to start a website as a hobby or as an additional source of income, you can consider starting a web directory.

Let me define a web directory:
A web directory, opps i forget we always have the wiki ;-)
Web Directory as defined in the wiki

A web directory is a directory on the World Wide Web. It specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links.

So basically you can monetize a web directory by selling links to websites that want the SERP advantage and would like to promote themselves via targeted exposure.

The game plan is pretty simple, start a web directory with a investment budget ranging for a few hundred dollars to a couple of thousand dollar (as per your income availablity), promote it and brand it, get a PR (Page Rank) advantage and plough back a part of your income in ongoing link building and promotion.

This can effectively get you a few hundred / thousand dollars with just an initial effort to begin with.

So if you are convinced that you would like to try out your hand, read on.