Nice post, I pretty much agree with everything
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b. How many webmasters have come and gone in this biz. Would you rather make bulk $$ (with the potential to piss off fellow webmasters and loose your rep) then bail out or slowly maintain $$ and build with a decent rep. I'll never understand that. Once your rep is gone, you're done! Just because you do biz online, people don't forget.
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This is an important point, not just on the local level, but also globally. That is to say, not only do you have a rep, but our industry as a whole has a reputation, and sadly it's mostly not good. Promoting high quality sites with good content, updates and a high quality members area helps not just you, but our industry as a whole. The synergy this creates can undoubtedly increase profit margins tenfold as consumers realize that there are respectable, legitimate companies they can do business with online. One bad experience may turn a potential customer into someone that badmouths our entire industry forever.
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would you rather make 10 million dollars in 2 year running shitty members areas and cross selling to death or make 10 million dollars in 6 years running a nice legit program
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Sadly that is a philosophy that is all too common. I do agree that cross selling niche sites is a good marketing strategy, but not when they have poor or little content. I would rather make 10 million dollars in 6 years promoting a nice legit program, knowing that the customer base I build over this course of time will spend another 10 million dollars 6 years later, rather than disappearing forever.