Develop An Idea For A Website

“Do What You Love... the Money Will Follow”

Everyone, absolutely everyone, has a special interest... a passion.

Everyone knows something that is of value to others… something that others on the Net seek.

Passion makes work fun and easy…

• What is it that you love to talk about? Read about?
• What is your hobby?
• What do you do for fun and games?
• What are your natural talents?

Don’t forget to look right under your nose...

• What special body of knowledge have you learned from your job?
• What do you do day after day, without even thinking about it (ex., child-rearing, taking care of sick parents, renovation contractor, customs inspector).

Think about what you do in a typical day, and what you’ve learned from it…

• What sections of a bookstore or a magazine shop do you automatically
• gravitate toward?
• What kind of TV shows do you tend to like most? Movies?
• What activities do you enjoy most about your current occupation?...
• Is it research?
• Helping customers achieve their goals?
• Managing other people?
• Teaching or explaining things to others?
• Talking/selling on the phone?
• Organizing things?
• Making a process easier?
• Discovering or creating new products or services?
• Marketing products?

Problems are also a good source for ideas because problems need solutions!…

• What bugs you?
• What’s tedious?
• What does not work?...

We all encounter obstacles, problems, and nasty people in the course of whatever it is that we do every day.

• What are the three biggest problems in your work place?
• What are your biggest pains as a parent, or as a stepparent, or as a gardener, etc.?

Now repeat all the questions above, except pretend that you are in a “five years ago” time warp. Yes, ask yourself the same questions, except place yourself where you were five years ago. Next, repeat for ten years ago. To paraphrase an old saying... “You’ve forgotten more about some things than other folks will ever know.” Call friends. Ask your kids. Phone your parents or your siblings… or anyone else who can jog your memory. It’s so easy to miss what others see.