“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” — Larry Elder
The Making of Watchdoggie – Part 1 (Business Development)
In this series I will document my approach to building a web business called Watchdoggie.com. It’s a product that continually monitors your website or blog and sends you a notice if your site ever goes down. I’m hoping this series will be helpful to web entrepreneurs. I also expect it will be helpful for me to document on my own experience and reflect on it later.
In this part I show the very first steps in establishing an online presence and a brand for your product. In the even-numbered parts I will demonstrate the technical implementation details.
This episode covers selecting and registering your domain name, choosing a look and feel, and designing your brand and logo. The following services are used to do this:
- Jacknames for domain registration and email
- csstemplatesfree for page layout and CSS
- iStockphoto for logo design
- oDesk for hiring freelance contractors
- heroku for hosting/deployment
Will this series be helpful to you? Do you have any ideas on how I can improve the product, or my development process? Comment and let me know.
Tags: development, entrepreneurship, howto, startup, website
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