When you have decided on what niche your site is about, it is time to make a plan of what content and functions you want included in your website. This also means deciding exactly what is going to be the main feature of the site, the backbone if you like.
Write down a list of ideas you have for the website, and choose what is going to be the core ‘business’. On http://www.financial-freedom-made-simple.com/ the core ‘business’ is the book reviews.
It is maybe not so obvious to the visitor any more because there are many options and functions included in the site, but it was the core of where the site was started. From there it has expanded to include other subjects and different functions. But it is good to decide what the main subject of the site is, so you do not get lost in wanting to include all kinds of things and never get anything done. It is great to make big plans, but y ou need to keep them realistic.
You can always add to and expand your site when it matures. So, make a clear plan of what you want on your site and try to stick with it in the start. Write down a list of what kind of information, different functions and features your site will have and set the priority in which to build them.
In this stage you also need to investigate and plan how you are going to make money with your site. Investigate into different affiliate programs and see what programs that has products or services that fit with your site concept. You will find affiliate programs for any kind of niche.
If you do not find affiliate programs that fit with your site concept and your niche looks difficult to profit on, you need to evaluate if you chose the right niche. This is unless you have plans of creating your own product. If you are not creating your own product you will need to adjust to a niche that is easier to make money with.
A money making opportunity that can fit almost and kind of niche, is Google’s Adsense program. Google will then display small ads on your site and you get paid every time someone clicks on them. Maybe your site concept is suited to have an online shop within it. There are great possibilities to build up your own online shop without ever havin g to do order handling, shipping or customer service.
Include these money making possibilities in your planning already now, and then when the traffic starts building up, you are ready to implement them. You need to have that clear if you are going to succeed.
