How does a website generate profit it it's content based?

By delivering value people are ready to pay for! Ad driven, subscription driven, à la carte, in-Ads, publication rights, there isn’t any “right” model, i think it’s important to understand what people are use to doing, how you can be the less disruptive in terms of payment/model and evolve with trial and error. Look at who is doing.

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you type:	you see:
italics	italics
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
1. item 1 2. item 2 3. item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
Paragraphs are separated by one or more blank lines: The first paragraph. Another paragraph.	The first paragraph. Another paragraph

how does a website which counts the number of hits yeild revenue?

Answered by Gurbaksh Chahal – Founder, BlueLithium, ClickAgents and gWallet

No idea. Maybe through data or ads. (more)

Hi, I'm starting off a website with two other friends, and we all agreed to split the ownership 33.3% each. Besides a contract, does this have to be written down anywhere ...

Answered by Mark MacLeod – Partner, Real Ventures

If your business is incorporated, then you should have a shareholders agreement where this is laid out. If not, I suppose a simple 1 pager is fine, but sooner rather than l... (more)

Hi Ryan, What is the goal of your website. I checked it it shows the information about the website. But how I can or anyone can get the maximum out of it.

Answered by Ryan Kelly – Founder, Pear Analytics

The goal of my website is to get you to try our product. What you want to do is pay attention to the items in red that need attention. Right now the tool is very basic, an... (more)

I recently built a web start-up so I do have the "something" built. However, I was wondering where I go from here to bring some recognition to my website. I think it is cre...

Answered by Daniel Burka – Co-founder of Pownce and Milk.

Great work on getting something out there. That's further than many people get. Now, how to get attention to it? There's no silver bullet. Yes, pound the pavement. But not ... (more)

Hi i have a website that i really think will be a hit. I have talked to marketing people in Toronto and they also feel i am really on to something. How would i go about get...

Answered by Mark MacLeod – Partner, Real Ventures

A few comments: 1.) If this is a purely local play (i.e. something just for Toronto) I don't think investors would be interested. 2.) If its not and is truly a big idea t... (more)

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