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On April 01 2011 00:03 tofucake wrote:
I've never been a fan of sites that require you to do things to regularly get what they are providing. Imagine if TL required you to post to be able to watch TSL. That would suck.
Also, one of the benefits of scheduled coaching is that a coach can learn a student quite well in terms of their strengths and weaknesses. With a random coach you'll have fairly generic advice that can't build upon previous sessions.
tofucake,
Acquiring points through forums, polls, contests, leaving feedback, essentially being active, is not intended to be the primary way people will acquire points. It will be an incentive/award for those who do.
I agree and thank you for your advice on personalized sessions. I am working on a way for coaches and students to have repeat/private sessions as well. Also, each coach will describe their specialties which will help students when choosing a coach.
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On March 31 2011 23:48 TheAldo wrote:
Great idea.
Couple questions:
Are you planning to use the Chris Anderson "Free" type model where everything is free but you sell ad space and offer a premium option to get rid of ads. How much will points be worth? It is not good enough to say you are doing something for the community, you need to be able to monetize it.
Are you actually coding the website or did you outsource it?
TheAldo,
Initially, coaches will help me recover my costs. Eventually I would like to operate on primarily ad space and donations.
Points will be worth a set amount. 10 points will = $1 USD. Coaching will start at 70 points ($7) per hour. I've got it all planned out and it will be very reasonably priced, and at the same time it could very well be free because I will have many ways to acquire points besides paying =)
Top 3 coaches per month will receive bonuses, which gives them incentives to do well too!
I am both outsourcing and have friends who design.
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How will you be choosing additional coaches? I'd be quite interested in coaching as long as the terms are reasonable.
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If you are interested in becoming a coach, you can send me a PM, I am still actively looking for coaches! You must be in Master or Grandmaster league however. I can provide you with more information through PM.
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I'm just going to throw this against the wall.
You know how most hair salons work? You rent out the seat each month and use the tools given to you buy the hair salon to run your business (scheduling and the such). Basically the hair salon creates the infrastructure for the stylists to run an efficient business.
What about if you did a coaching site like that? Coaches pay you a percentage for using the scheduling and the rest of the infrastructure, they don't have to deal with that hassle and just have to coach.
Is that kind of what you are thinking?
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On April 01 2011 01:03 TheAldo wrote:
I'm just going to throw this against the wall.
You know how most hair salons work? You rent out the seat each month and use the tools given to you buy the hair salon to run your business (scheduling and the such). Basically the hair salon creates the infrastructure for the stylists to run an efficient business.
What about if you did a coaching site like that? Coaches pay you a percentage for using the scheduling and the rest of the infrastructure, they don't have to deal with that hassle and just have to coach.
Is that kind of what you are thinking?
I wouldn't want to give everything away now would I ?  To answer your question, yes.
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Sounds like a great idea. You should get in touch with Emythrel, who runs thesc2school.com and collaborate. He's a good guy and great coach. Maybe PM him.
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Just wanted to add that while some may express concerns about your type of model here, this model has been shown to work. One web app that uses this model successfully is forrst.com. They use Acorns that can be earned by activity to allow you to invite other members or promote your projects through Forrst. You can also buy acorns. Very similar, so I would say give it a shot. The best thing about web business models is things can easily be tested and changed.
On April 01 2011 00:48 Wiggles88 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2011 23:48 TheAldo wrote:
Great idea.
Couple questions:
Are you planning to use the Chris Anderson "Free" type model where everything is free but you sell ad space and offer a premium option to get rid of ads. How much will points be worth? It is not good enough to say you are doing something for the community, you need to be able to monetize it.
Are you actually coding the website or did you outsource it? TheAldo, Initially, coaches will help me recover my costs. Eventually I would like to operate on primarily ad space and donations. Points will be worth a set amount. 10 points will = $1 USD. Coaching will start at 70 points ($7) per hour. I've got it all planned out and it will be very reasonably priced, and at the same time it could very well be free because I will have many ways to acquire points besides paying =) Top 3 coaches per month will receive bonuses, which gives them incentives to do well too! I am both outsourcing and have friends who design.
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Ah! I knew it that your website would take a different direction than what you originally envisioned (or, at least you didn't tell me you wanted it to be a coaching website). Hope no one else steals your idea and makes something better
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This is actually a really cool idea
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On April 01 2011 06:33 spacemunkee wrote:Just wanted to add that while some may express concerns about your type of model here, this model has been shown to work. One web app that uses this model successfully is forrst.com. They use Acorns that can be earned by activity to allow you to invite other members or promote your projects through Forrst. You can also buy acorns. Very similar, so I would say give it a shot. The best thing about web business models is things can easily be tested and changed. Show nested quote +On April 01 2011 00:48 Wiggles88 wrote:On March 31 2011 23:48 TheAldo wrote:
Great idea.
Couple questions:
Are you planning to use the Chris Anderson "Free" type model where everything is free but you sell ad space and offer a premium option to get rid of ads. How much will points be worth? It is not good enough to say you are doing something for the community, you need to be able to monetize it.
Are you actually coding the website or did you outsource it? TheAldo, Initially, coaches will help me recover my costs. Eventually I would like to operate on primarily ad space and donations. Points will be worth a set amount. 10 points will = $1 USD. Coaching will start at 70 points ($7) per hour. I've got it all planned out and it will be very reasonably priced, and at the same time it could very well be free because I will have many ways to acquire points besides paying =) Top 3 coaches per month will receive bonuses, which gives them incentives to do well too! I am both outsourcing and have friends who design.
Oh no, I wasn't really expressing concerns just curious more than anything. The only concern I would have is people abusing the system by trolling and spamming and not adding anything of worth. However do yourself a favor and don't answer how you will handle that.
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Spacemunkee,
Thank you, I will contact Emythrel and see what opportunities may exist between us.
ggofthejungle,
Yeah, definitely. I've got it all mapped out and almost finished, just adding some final edits to the site.
Thanks Zefa!
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