07-05-2007, 11:46 AM
Quote:The first rule of launching a new website is to know your target market. I've been involved in internet marketing for a few years now and have become well known on some of the forums and blogs as well as having a few industry contacts who are happy to offer some help on occasion. Unless you can list the top 50 sites in your new niche pretty much off by heart then you are really going to struggle to be able to connect with your target audience.
Of course if you are launching a new website for a bricks and mortar business you might be able to leverage existing relationships with customers, partners, suppliers and even the press to build links and traffic but I didn't have that luxury.
Phase 1: Cool Content
Building a website is so easy these days that you really need to have remarkable content and linkbait if you are to succeed...
full article: http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/blog/build-10...n-3-weeks/