John Cook

Planning & Research Strategies for Online Success John Cook

This book explains the author's 7 step system for planning an online presence. The 7 Steps are: 1. Assess Your Situation 2. Brainstorm Niches 3. Generate Ideas 4. Research Ideas 5. Determine Feasibility 6. Document for Development 7. Obtain Domain Name and Website Hosting Instead of buying a domain name and then wondering what to do with it, this book shows you how to find an underdeveloped niche market that you could enter. The goal of this book is to help you take your ideas for websites or web applications and to help you refine, expand upon, and document your ideas. Also analyze niche data, niche size and competitors. Find domain names using our tips. This book includes worksheets for all 7 steps to document your ideas and research. This book discusses various distribution channels such as web applications, WordPress websites, forums, hosted shopping applications, social networking applications, iPhone applications and others. This book does not cover technical information such as how to program a website, web application, or iPhone application.