Rich Atkinson

First on my list of 2008 goals is to develop 3 geo-domains this year.

This is actually something I started working on in December 2007; buying domain names, drafting a template, identifying the backend. However it seemed that with everything I did, I created another three things to do!

Yesterday I had a day off work, and my girlfriend suggested that I use it to make a plan for how to take this project to the next level. So I did, and in no particular order here is the initial list I came up with:

1. Determine the first name to develop
2. Draft some front page copy to begin getting the web site indexed
3. Find three business owners who are willing to take initial pages to demonstrate the concept
4. Create a draft sector breakdown
5. Finish off the wordpress plugin I’ve been making for the front page
6. Obtain permission to use any third party images / code where there isn’t already a sufficient license in place
7. Draft Privacy Policy
8. Draft Website terms of use
9. Identify a decent Wordpress Contact Form
10. Draft a sales page for advertising sales
11. Develop a customer list of at least 50 initial prospects
12. Draft a mailout letter to send to these prospects
13. Find a suitable CRM tool to track them – ideally one that I can integrate into the sales process, or use as part of the sales process. I think this is something I’ll cover in a lot more detail in the future.

While developing this list, I remembered the 30 days to starting a niche business. Once I’ve had another read through lazy owners posts, I will review this list, and hopefully add some further tasks.