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    Finding Sponsorship

    Thanks for the quick replies - I'll contact businesses directly, then. What sort of benefits are typical when sponsoring a site? I was thinking of a prominent "brought to you in association with xxxx" link on pages, along with prominent advertising space, and an entry in the newsletter. Is...
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    Finding Sponsorship

    I'm considering finding a sponsor for my site, Bouldr.net, but I'm stuck as to how I go about it. Obviously, I'd be looking for a sponsor that is related to the climbing industry - gear shops, climbing walls and other such businesses. Has anyone any experience in this area? Should I...
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    Adsense Opinions

    It's difficult to predict a return from AdSense - I know of a friends site (a business directory) that earns £2000+ per month just from AdSense. We're using AdSense on Bouldr as an initial simple revenue stream until we get to creating our other streams, and so far, earnings have been quite low...
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    Desperate for advice!!!

    Do you have any hobbies or interests? I personally love climbing, and I decided to start Bouldr so that I could eventually do it for a living.
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    Good Forum Software?

    Ozzy, did you look at using punbb at all? I have seen it around many new sites recently - what's your opinion of it?
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    Bad customers/time wasters

    From my experience, turning clients down is just part of running a successful business - I always try to gauge if a job is worth doing by assessing the value of what I could be doing in the time that I will be working. For example, If I were to go to a job that I know I will earn between £20...
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    Digg.com

    I know that it isn't exactly Digg, but del.icio.us is another site you might be interested in. There is also Reddit, which is sort of similar.
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    Coaching & Marketing

    Hi Lex, As a fellow disillusioned soul searching for a better way to live my life, I empathise with you completely. You sound like you're going to have a lot of good advice to share! - Matt
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    do you get your'e message across?

    Thanks Steve - The UKBF have been such a help to me - I'm just trying to put something back!
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    do you get your'e message across?

    I personally find that if I have done my marketing correctly, then my visitors will stay because they know exactly what I provide and that they want a piece of the action. It's as much about what happens before they come to my site as it is about what they see when they get there. If I land...
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    how to find out if an idea has already been developed

    I wouldn't worry about your idea having been done before - there is always room for competition. Paul Graham (someone whose work I read a lot of) sums this up perfectly: I wouldn't worry too much about it; If it is a good idea, then it probably has already been done, and if not then it is...
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    How Healthy Are You?

    I don't really keep much of a check on what I eat, so my diet is probably akin to many other people's (i.e. a fair amount of fruit & veg, with plenty of pizza, curry, chips, chocolate and crisps thrown in). I find that as long as I keep active with my climbing and running, I can eat pretty much...
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    Is it just me ... ?

    Many suppliers seem to treat their customers in different ways based on their importance to their business. Maybe what you are seeing is that as you are a start-up, you are given second place to the larger accounts that the supplier provides for. Maybe a good tactic would be to drop those...
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    'Third Party' Payments

    Yep - it would seem that Google checkout is currently only available to US customers. Hopefully we'll have a cheap and trustworthy payment service here in the UK soon too.
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    Web Site Design-Hot or Not?

    I'd agree with what has been said here - a simple sentence that sums your service up, and then a paragraph explaining the details would inspire more confidence. I found it difficult to get an idea of the service you provide within the first few seconds of viewing your index page - I tend to...
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