publicity -- well maybe

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Hey, I think I may have stumbled upon a vertiable gold mine - not as much in the way of publicity for one's music, but perhaps a way to make some very good "side money" -----ALL LEGAL. This side money would certainly in turn be used for promoting my musical endeavors.

The only snag is . . . I need to know exactly what is a "webmaster" - I believe I found a niche market of folks who need -- at the very least - a basic website - which is great b/c I can design a basic website in my sleep -

once one says "what about flash media" - I'm sunk!!!

but anyway - All I need for these beginners is MS FrontPage (which I have) but I do need a way to "offer" my services

That is, if I convince these folks to let me do design and "host" their site, how do I go about setting up my own "hosting" service?

Any tips, suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
 
gullyjewelz said:
Hey, I think I may have stumbled upon a vertiable gold mine - not as much in the way of publicity for one's music, but perhaps a way to make some very good "side money" -----ALL LEGAL. This side money would certainly in turn be used for promoting my musical endeavors.

The only snag is . . . I need to know exactly what is a "webmaster" - I believe I found a niche market of folks who need -- at the very least - a basic website - which is great b/c I can design a basic website in my sleep -

once one says "what about flash media" - I'm sunk!!!

but anyway - All I need for these beginners is MS FrontPage (which I have) but I do need a way to "offer" my services

That is, if I convince these folks to let me do design and "host" their site, how do I go about setting up my own "hosting" service?

Any tips, suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
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I think I can help you out with that information, since I'm a web guy also (I do it for a living).

What you'll probably need is a decent server (probably running a RAID 0 at least), and a minimum of an SDSL connection (Synchronous DSL) of 1.5 Mbps or greater, and a few static IP addresses to play with. You'll also probably need decent hard disk space. You'll probably need some type of email system, as well.

An ISDN would be more ideal, but is much more expensive.

If you're planning on offering dynamic or database-driven sites, you'll also need a database package. You can check out MySQL for a free database package. You'll also need some type of server-side language. I don't know what your skillset is, but most people will choose ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, or PERL. PHP and PERL are free for download, and you should be able to run ASP/ASP.NET on a Windows XP Professional machine.

You don't really need FrontPage to do your websites, and honestly, I wouldn't recommend using it. The reason is that it adds bloated stuff to your code. You can do the same (or probably better!) with Notepad.

You'll also have to factor in domain name registration fees. Network Solutions usually charges $35 or so

With regard to Flash, here's a good "out" to use:

Not including flash on a website does not limit the site's potential. I would argue that the opposite may be true. Many, many people do not have flash enabled in their browsers, and do not wish to do so. How do you market to them? If they don't have flash enabled, and you have an all Flash site, you just lost a potential fan/customer.

One thing you may want to consider, though, is doing the design/development for them, then suggesting hosting companies to them. Some hosting companies are as little as $8 per month. You must think about whether or not spending the money to set up the server, connection, etc. is going to allow you to make the money you want, or if you'll be able to charge the price you want for your services, in order to promote your music.

One of the other things you might want to look into, especially if you already have DSL, is DynDNS.org. Provided you have enough hard disk space, this could save you a ton of money. Of course, a lot of people might want their own domain, and my-band-is-great.dyndns.org isn't really what they want.

Got any more questions? I'll help you where I can.

Do you have your own web site? Something like gullyjewelz.com (which is available, by the way). I know gullyjewelz.net is taken.
 
got dammm!! u hooked me up!~

sorry to say - im way more of a novice than you. im thinkin, maybe if i "find" a person like you that charges one rate, n then i can play middle man, n charge some other people a slightly higher rate - hten they give me thier wishes, n i give em to u. when they call me for assistance or new stuff, i send it to u.

is that "wicked" or is that American entrepreneurialship?

i ask, seriously, b/c i dont want to to phuck over anyone, but at the same time, if i run into a truck load of people who want sites n are willin to pay for them - i want to make some money
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This is far from an original idea my friend.
There are hundreds of companys offering this service.... with the resources available to get the job done correctly.

If this is something your seriously considering, you really have to learn how to be an administrator.
 
gullyjewelz said:
got dammm!! u hooked me up!~

sorry to say - im way more of a novice than you. im thinkin, maybe if i "find" a person like you that charges one rate, n then i can play middle man, n charge some other people a slightly higher rate - hten they give me thier wishes, n i give em to u. when they call me for assistance or new stuff, i send it to u.

is that "wicked" or is that American entrepreneurialship?

i ask, seriously, b/c i dont want to to phuck over anyone, but at the same time, if i run into a truck load of people who want sites n are willin to pay for them - i want to make some money
!
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I'd do it, but I have zero time. I've been doing all the web stuff since about 1999.
 
allz im sayin is . . . if there was a "referral" fee i would just refer folks, but there isnt.

so if i can set myself up as a "provider" and from the fee i charge - pay some one else to do the work - . . . MIDDLEMAN, INC. is a wonderful ting!
 
gullyjewelz said:
allz im sayin is . . . if there was a "referral" fee i would just refer folks, but there isnt.

so if i can set myself up as a "provider" and from the fee i charge - pay some one else to do the work - . . . MIDDLEMAN, INC. is a wonderful ting!
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Dude! That can be fixed!
All you do is get the two people together...the band that wants a website, and the developer. You have them negotiate a deal, and just get your referral fee from the developer as part of your deal with him (not the band).

Basically, you'd be an intermediary or a liaison. You'd hook up the band with the developer, and get a referral fee!

So, it'd go something like this:

gullyjewelz: "Developer...I'll bring people to you if you'll give me X percent of what you make off the job."
developer: "Ok, that sounds good..." (or whatever)

then to the band:

gullyjewelz: "Hey, <band name>, you need a website? I know just the person. Here's the contact information!"
band: "Thanks!"
band: "Developer, gullyjewelz told us to use you..."
developer: "Ok, your website will cost $X" (after some negotation and finding out what it'll cost and what they need...)
band: "Ok, go for it!"

band pays Developer:

developer: "Ok, gullyjewelz, here's your referral fee...$X"
gullyjewelz: "Thanks! Pleasure doing business with you!"

Of course, you always take the chance of running into a dishonest person, or the developer gets a band that refuses to pay.
 
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