I literally just come up with this idea 20 minutes ago so it may be completely nuts as I’ve not had time to think it through.
A couple of weeks ago I was waiting for my programmer to complete a task before I could dive in and do my business however after receiving a message on chat that he was going out for lunch for a couple of hours, I pondered what to do.
I fancied going back to my routes: affiliate marketing. I went onto Commission Junction, found a merchant that offers fantastic commissions, went onto Google Trends and was happy the search level has been stable since 2004. I then went over to keyword tracker, brainstormed thousands of keywords before selecting 60 that I would work with. I then ordered a keyword rich domain and set up a Wordpress theme with a unique header. I outsourced 20 articles, wrote a couple myself and filled the rest of the pages up with products from the merchant. 3 days later I received my articles from a fantastic article writer based in Kenya.
I haven’t had time to promote the site which I may outsource at a later time but the site is already getting 10 daily unique visitors (after a few weeks of being online). I expect this to climb after all my pages get indexed with a little link building on top.
Now, I set up everything within 5 hours, including email newsletter sign up, products, articles, custom header etc. etc. The total cost was $70 for the articles and $9 for the domain.
The average commission payout for this particular merchant is $400 – I only need 1 sale in 2 years to make a tidy profit (domain is registered for 2 years). Now imagine if I had 100 of these sites: $380 x 100 = $38,000 – That’s a couple of very nice holidays there.
What’s project 348?
Project 348 consists of 3 people generating as many affiliate sites as they possibly can in a 48 hour period. 3 people with different areas of expertise work together through the weekend – no sleep. We are all connected via IM and/or Skype so we can encourage each other to work through the tired times. Hey, we would even try and get hold of some provigil 
Once the project is over, we all take turns in choosing a site each and then transfer the domains/site files to each person.
Why 48 hours?
I know most people easily get distracted, especially if you run multiple web sites, have a family and friends etc. If you knew you would be working 48 hours straight, and with a team that are already doing the same, you’d just crack on and block out any other disturbances.
Is this a crazy idea or do you think I’m on to something?
Hi,
Yup, if you get the web site content right and the traffic it shouldn’t be a problem to get the revenue.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/ is a good refernce place for information etc
DP is great for beginners, but I think once you have been working online for a few years the topics just get boring, as they are very repetitive.
Yep… Could be on to something here. One of the biggest problems I personally have is staying focused on one thing without drifting off into a million and one other projects or ideas.
With a small team of like minded people all hammering it out together, the output could be huge! Not to mention the benefits of sharing best-practice ideas and secrets to make laser sharp sites.
Matt
That’s one of the reasons why I outsource most of my work, and work with a team during the weekdays. My problem is I want to work every minute I’m awake (for this year anyway), which means it’s time to find new teams to work with
I think your right about working in a team, you can get so much more work done and be more motivated to get it done when working with a couple of other people.
Was planning on coming up to Bangkok next month for a little break from work, could add a couple days of work in there somewhere
Working in teams have it’s advantages and disadvantages. I find that working with the same team/people for to long gets boring – both personalities and experience (it’s hard to learn new things from someone after working with them for 3 months). Forming a group of people would allow 3 people to get to together when ever they wanted and crack on for 48 hours. That way the team and expertise offered would always change.
Let me know when you come to Bangkok – I’m always up for starting new projects
Wicked idea Chris, the 48 hours is a short time.
It’s almost like forcing a urgent & important deadline.
Teams/connection with like minded people are essential. I used to do it all by myself with no contact with like minded people, and it sucked.
BTW, i used to order modafinil from http://www.airsealed.com (modafinil = provagil). They deliver to Bangkok too
Thanks for the link. I’m not sure if you can buy Provagil or something similar from a Chinese Pharmacy here? I’ll certainly ask next time I pass one
yeah I checked already. The pharmacist don’t have it (all of the ones i talked to haven’t even heard of it).
And one of the hospitals I went to…the doctor was vaguely familiar with it.
He consulted some book of his, and apparently it’s not available (by prescription) in Thailand
Thanks for the heads up!