How to start an online magazine
Answer1:First of all you need to know what you are going to talk about, and then some technical details as to how often do you want to update the magazine, what type of content? Videos? Images? Articles? Pod casts? Are you going to be the only one updating the information? Are you going to allow others to update the content? Will you allow comments from visitors? What type of interaction will you have with the visitors? (Social Web *hint hint* aka Web 2.0 is the future)... all of these are questions you need to know before you start. Also you need to consider what is going to be your business model (or is it a hobby and expect no profits?).. will you sell advertising? sell links, banners? sell a product or a service? will the magazine be used as a marketing tool for another business? (a magazine about beauty, to promote a beauty salon, etc).Once you have all that answered, well basically you can download www.joomla.com or www.wordpress.org buy a nice "magazine" template and set it up and start writing! Keep in mind you will have to do some customizing, create the advertising spaces, install some of the advertising modules to help you manage that and set the permissions and settings for contributors, comments, media, etc. Finally, you need to have a clear marketing plan in mind on how to bring visitors to your magazine. Whats the benefit of having a great magazine if only you and your dad reads it? You will need to do some smart marketing, search engine optimization, pay per click, link exchanges and more.One last thing, you can do all this yourself if you know how or you can hire somebody to help you. If you need more information please contact me at samuel.morhaim@gmail.com or visit me at www.smlpro.com.I hope this information was useful. Thank you.
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