Introducing The Fine Fools Community
September 26, 2005 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Business
Well Codename: Scrivs Net now has an official name and it is Fine Fools Community. Didn’t I say this was a project? Aren’t projects supposed to be fun? Isn’t it cool that it rhymes with 9rules…isn’t it?
The Fine Fools site has more details on the plans for the case studies, how to join and the Member’s Agreement.
It Makes No Sense
If I were to start a group of sites owned by 9rules, Inc. why wouldn’t I just follow the conventional model set by Weblogs, Inc and b5media? Sit back and relax because this may take a while.
First these sites are not owned by 9rules, Inc. and for now the only connection between the two is that I am running both of them and Fine Fools sites were initially created to help out the members of the 9rules Network. And to be honest following their model is just a hassle for one person. Accounting and making sure every writer is writing a certain number of posts per day is a job upon itself and god knows that I have enough jobs as it is.
The setup I have now will involve some interaction with the writers, but nothing that I am going to see as tedious. The writers that I have talked to have set their own writing requirements with regards to how often they write. If they don’t live up to that they have broken their own contract and are not living up to the standards they set themselves.
Ignoring Hassles Why Pay 100% Google/Yahoo Revenue?
As I mentioned when I first brought up this project these sites were meant only for me to write on. However, if you want to make money from a content site and you are starting from scratch with the intention of building up quickly you have two options:
- Steal Darren Rowse’s DNA and infuse it with your own so you can blog 37 hours a day
- Have others join you
That still doesn’t explain the revenue split though. I guess it just seemed like the right thing to do and a good way to encourage new writers with great content. The more people who get on board, the more content will be produced, which allows for more chances of getting the sites linked and making money.
A foolish idea indeed.
So Scrivs, when can naughty people like me join a network that recognizes you can be professional and involved in the commercial exploitation of human sexuality? I’d love to network – but am beginning to feel I have to build a ghetto to have any friends… What’s your take?
Funny you mention that Sam. I have an email I am sending to you and some others (hopefully today) with an idea…
Interesting you mention this I actually have many people ask me how to get rid of unwanted content from their blogs and it seems strange that many don’t know. Anyway great article.