Social Business Idea
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Essentially what I have in mind is creating a social business site. What exactly do I have in mind? With the popularity of social networking, social bookmarking and other social type sites, I think its time to cash in on web development online. How can we do this? Honestly I am not 100% sure yet. That is why I have tried to gather a few people interested in helping to pioneer this idea with me. I know I can not do everything I hope for on my own. I welcome your assistance.
Social Business: How I see it
With the popularity of domaining going up, the web is just filled with boring parked sites. If you are going to purchase a domain can you can at least develop it out a little for your viewers. Something that crosses my mind when I see parked sites.
What if there was a site I could submit my project to to have it developed? There are several freelance web designers available. So that is not a unique idea in itself. What about a social enterprise? Where everyone with something to contribute to a project will get paid for helping. There could be paid for projects (like a company has already agreed to have a site developed. Once the project is done anyone who contributed to the development of the site gets a profit share. In addition to that option there is an entrepreneurial approach i have in mind. What I hope is we will get people from all around the world that have something to contribute. Lets say for example 5 people are matched up:
An online collaboration where those involved get paid. We have one main site and people can submit project ideas for a certain site (as well as people contributing resources (domain names,hosting,investment/capital, etc) Like I mentioned everyone gets paid out dependent upon what they do. So let say we only get 5 people on the first project (this is an example). Each one states their skills when they sign up (or update) for their profile/account. They can then join various projects in the work. I can picture several sites could be worked on at one time once this gets going to make more revenue. So those 5 people:
Billy: blogger/content
Bob: programming - makes a script to help set up the companies home site. server/application admin
Lisa: Seo/Marketing
Matt: a founder of "some widget company" where he has a large amount of "widgets" he wants to sell through the site
Greg: has a good domain name and hosting for the business in mind
So lets say the site generated 5000$ US in revenue. There would be a formula set up for who gets how much for contributing. Also when I say contributing I do not just mean working on a site. I mean contributing goods or services for sale.
I can envision a "pool" of social business entrepreneurs ready to start development.
As for the entrepreneurial approach, think about this: What if you were one of the developers for a site such as myspace.com or whateverlife.com? If the site set up is an entrepreneurial effort (it was from scratch and everything was contributed by members)then if the site gets sold or 10 million $ gets made then we all get a piece of the pie.
What we need programming wise
So what I envision is a site with a simple sign up approach (such as a typical social network or even a site like stumbleupon.com) One central profile for a user. It would contain your basic information such as: pictures, about, etc. Also member messaging and chat. In addition to that you would have to fill out a form with extra information to be included on any developmental projects. This information will be retrievable via a search. It will aid in finding someone to match up with for development. I wonder if for early projects some kind of portfolio should be submitted for review.
As for developmental aspects I see a user friendly file checkout area, developmental tools (coding, html, photo editing tools,etc etc) being available via c-panel like interface.
Another important feature that is needed is a contribution/pay out system. How do we determine who gets how much? Thats a good question I think and it definitely needs some brainstorming and feedback. I have found (one so far in my searches) a business doing something remotely similar: http://opensrcbusiness.com However they deal with software development. Please check them out for some ideas.
I know this sounds almost grandiose but it is very possible. I think a lot of this can be set up with a small pool of people, to pioneer it. For now I have the domains: Social Business Project (self registration will be an option shortly when i get all the new info I want there uploaded) and Social Business Project Blog If by chance you think of any better names please please either email me the idea, or purchase the domain yourself. I have plenty of coupon codes available to obtain domain names at a cheaper price, so do let me know.
Conclusion
I welcome any ideas and assistance you can provide. If there is anyone you know that can help with the start up aspects of this site please feel free to share information with them as well as pass them my email address. As far as instant messaging I use google talk with the same email address: biggityb78 at gmail.com. I will have something up shortly at the communal business sites I noted above. Also I need some one to assist me in writing a technical requirements for paper for this project. Thanks for your time in reading this and I look forward to working with you.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Essentially what I have in mind is creating a social business site. What exactly do I have in mind? With the popularity of social networking, social bookmarking and other social type sites, I think its time to cash in on web development online. How can we do this? Honestly I am not 100% sure yet. That is why I have tried to gather a few people interested in helping to pioneer this idea with me. I know I can not do everything I hope for on my own. I welcome your assistance.
Social Business: How I see it
With the popularity of domaining going up, the web is just filled with boring parked sites. If you are going to purchase a domain can you can at least develop it out a little for your viewers. Something that crosses my mind when I see parked sites.
What if there was a site I could submit my project to to have it developed? There are several freelance web designers available. So that is not a unique idea in itself. What about a social enterprise? Where everyone with something to contribute to a project will get paid for helping. There could be paid for projects (like a company has already agreed to have a site developed. Once the project is done anyone who contributed to the development of the site gets a profit share. In addition to that option there is an entrepreneurial approach i have in mind. What I hope is we will get people from all around the world that have something to contribute. Lets say for example 5 people are matched up:
An online collaboration where those involved get paid. We have one main site and people can submit project ideas for a certain site (as well as people contributing resources (domain names,hosting,investment/capital, etc) Like I mentioned everyone gets paid out dependent upon what they do. So let say we only get 5 people on the first project (this is an example). Each one states their skills when they sign up (or update) for their profile/account. They can then join various projects in the work. I can picture several sites could be worked on at one time once this gets going to make more revenue. So those 5 people:
Billy: blogger/content
Bob: programming - makes a script to help set up the companies home site. server/application admin
Lisa: Seo/Marketing
Matt: a founder of "some widget company" where he has a large amount of "widgets" he wants to sell through the site
Greg: has a good domain name and hosting for the business in mind
So lets say the site generated 5000$ US in revenue. There would be a formula set up for who gets how much for contributing. Also when I say contributing I do not just mean working on a site. I mean contributing goods or services for sale.
I can envision a "pool" of social business entrepreneurs ready to start development.
As for the entrepreneurial approach, think about this: What if you were one of the developers for a site such as myspace.com or whateverlife.com? If the site set up is an entrepreneurial effort (it was from scratch and everything was contributed by members)then if the site gets sold or 10 million $ gets made then we all get a piece of the pie.
What we need programming wise
So what I envision is a site with a simple sign up approach (such as a typical social network or even a site like stumbleupon.com) One central profile for a user. It would contain your basic information such as: pictures, about, etc. Also member messaging and chat. In addition to that you would have to fill out a form with extra information to be included on any developmental projects. This information will be retrievable via a search. It will aid in finding someone to match up with for development. I wonder if for early projects some kind of portfolio should be submitted for review.
As for developmental aspects I see a user friendly file checkout area, developmental tools (coding, html, photo editing tools,etc etc) being available via c-panel like interface.
Another important feature that is needed is a contribution/pay out system. How do we determine who gets how much? Thats a good question I think and it definitely needs some brainstorming and feedback. I have found (one so far in my searches) a business doing something remotely similar: http://opensrcbusiness.com However they deal with software development. Please check them out for some ideas.
I know this sounds almost grandiose but it is very possible. I think a lot of this can be set up with a small pool of people, to pioneer it. For now I have the domains: Social Business Project (self registration will be an option shortly when i get all the new info I want there uploaded) and Social Business Project Blog If by chance you think of any better names please please either email me the idea, or purchase the domain yourself. I have plenty of coupon codes available to obtain domain names at a cheaper price, so do let me know.
Conclusion
I welcome any ideas and assistance you can provide. If there is anyone you know that can help with the start up aspects of this site please feel free to share information with them as well as pass them my email address. As far as instant messaging I use google talk with the same email address: biggityb78 at gmail.com. I will have something up shortly at the communal business sites I noted above. Also I need some one to assist me in writing a technical requirements for paper for this project. Thanks for your time in reading this and I look forward to working with you.
No comments:
Post a Comment