'Sailing Starting Over Interview'

Sailing Starting Over Interview

Name of your website?

Sailing Starting Over

Your name?

Renee

Your Location (city, etc)

Palatka, Florida

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Information website, featuring hands-on experience building a 65 foot aluminum sailboat. Chronicles do-it-yourself projects, including tips on welding aluminum and plastic, boat corrosion, boat towing services, and marine paint.

What inspired you to launch your own website?

helping people...with diy boating projects

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

May 2007

How did you decide on a name for your website?

Sailing Starting Over describes our journey of building our 65' aluminum sailboat.

What makes it different from other, similar offerings?

all "hands-on" work, we are not giving advice, we walked through it

What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)

the top of the mountain

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

building the foundation is always important, this has been a foundational year for building the website

If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?

more ads

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

yes

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

none really

What has been your biggest challenge?

not enough hours in the day

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

magazine articles

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

my website is growing and ranking for some pages, I'm happy

How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?

7 months, I'm watching it grow

What is your website address?

Sailing Starting Over

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