i dunno dude even the best business plans that i have had in the past fail cause of the excessive compulsive planning... the planner is not the dreamer and the dreamer is not the planner ... so there is a crux in that ... at some point you have to go with your guts on something if it is going to work and yes flexibility is the key to it all .... and aly you are right the weakest link is always the problem but what if you find that you are the weakest link .. hahahah.... kick yourslelf off??

it takes 3 months to shoot 3 sites worth exclusive content for a content provider.

Meanwhile you can purchase/offer the software for member/affilate zone and stats / 1 month for testing and stuff. Add 1 month extra for any force-majeur case. 3+1 = 4 months

I hate writing business plans with a passion. 90% of them are nothing but bullshit and fluff. What they do provide is a way of solidifying your ideas on paper and allow you to schedule and prioritize each "event" in the chain.

if you're the weakest link hire someone to do your job and step off homie.

:winkwink:

It could probably vary anywhere between 4 months and 1 year, but if you know what you're doing, and do it right, probably around 6 months.

Shooting content: 4-6 months
Building sites: 2 months
Promoting new program: 2 months minimum

Of course some of the above can be done simultaneously.

we opened with one site....

Duke

haha exactly :thumbsup business plans for an affiliate programs might
help somewhat but in reality i think most importantly is getting your own traffic sources and
bonus if you been around for long time and have a good
knowledge yourself on how affiliate programs operate .
Even hiring someone that may know alot about the industry could and has a phat chance of failure .
In the end as the program owner you should never depend on anyone else
to run your bizz , unless its already established of course :2 cents:

I know few guys that "winged" it and are very sucessful .
As well with some companies that made a detailed
business plan that totally flopped like a dead fish.
Then there's the people that flukes out who know nothing and don't know what they're doing but has access to
incredible content and make tons of cash with half ass marketing
skills ... That just goes to say content does wonders .

My take on this is your building the wrong way...instead of building a "program" .. build the hard part first.... the main website you will be wanting to promote. The affiliate program part is easy... the hard part is getting a site up and running and everything working correctly and getting traffic flowing to it... now someone is going to say... you cant have traffic without a program... thats not correct... you can start getting traffic yourself..learn about traffic...if you cant get traffic to your site then how can you help others do it....

Building a website takes lots of tweaking untill you get it the way YOU want it. build it, then when its working the way you want, work on an affiliate program.

True say an ass load of content will help any adult paysite program, and a solid business plan will not hurt but in many cases be totally disregarded as the adult Internet (Internet in general) grows and changes really quickly.

Sometimes it is hard not to over organize things, so many ideas so lil' time! I have learned that it is sometimes best to jump in and get dirty LOL

double post.

Way too many unknowns and undefined variables to give an exact viable answer. However, starting with $100k in seed money, if you know what you are doing you should have no problems with a 3-month timeframe. :2 cents:

50..........

datz rite babygurl sheeeit moves quick in this industry
you snoooze u loooze so get on it :thumbsup

LONGER than people think, and more money than people think too.

I think most of the time if your planning a big project for a new program work out a timeframe that you think is reasonable, then double it :-)

Very true! In fact that is a very good measure to live by when you provide timelines for people.... although not a good way to go about meeting pre-imposed deadlines LoL

I agree with the kick ass blonde weilding the strong pimp hand.