Crowdsourcing has turned out to be a great digital tool. This word comprises of Crowd and outsourcing. There are diiferent platforms for Crowdscourcing like http://www.odesk.com ,Freelancer.com, Elance.com and many more.
So what is the concept behind crowdsourcing? It is very simple. Crowdscourcing has two main objectives either you get different people, irrespective of their geographical area or if they are individual or a company, to work on your project or idea. The second objective would be if you have a great idea but you dont have enough money to convert it into concrete so you will look for people who are intrested in investing in yor idea. This is known as Crowdfunding. Please check http://www.kickstarter.com to understand the concept in detail.
Apart from these two there is a third type of Crowdsourcing known as Microtasking in which a person will break down his project into different tasks and hire different people to complete those tasks. Please check brandeye.com to get a better understanding.
Incase anyone of you have been a part of crowdsourcing, please do let us know and share your experiences in the comment box below.
One of the few most important tasks for setting up a successfull website is creating a relevant domain name which completely represents your idea, your business and your deliverables. In short the domain name you select needs to fit your venture.
Next point that you need to keep in mind whicle selecting a domain name is that it should be very easy to spell and easy to remember so that it gets easy for the users to find those domain names online and gets more easy fo ryou to promote it in online media.
There are a few check points that you need to keep in mind while selecting a domain name for your website:
It should be easy for your target audience to type the domain. How do you do that? Lets go through this example: http://www.fashionforyou.com and http://www.fashion4u.com. In this case sers will easily find the domain shared later as it does not inlcude any slangs. So this is a very important adwise for you that avoid using any slang so that your customers can find you online easily.
The domain name should be short. why? the longer the keyword, more get the chances of having more spelling mistakes. So you can not stop your users from commiting mistake, best way is to take precautions.
Keywords in domain name. Based on your business, please select a keyword and include it in the domain name. For eg. your business is related to reparing computers, so your domain name could be http://www.computerrepair.com
Area based targetting. You are bound to reap more benfits from your domain name if you include your target area too in that domain name. For eg.http://www.delhicomputerrepair.com
Create a domain name which is easy for people to remember. It should leave a mark in the brains of the people.
Domain name extension which you will use should be appropriate. for eg, companies use .co, in blogs you can use . me etc.
Select a domain for your website
These are the only points that I think are very important while selecting a domain name. Incase you think I missed something, please let me know in the comment box below.
In this blog, we will be discussing about the points that you need to understand if you want to developa website of yours.
What is website development? We know, you know the answer but still we are going to inlcude this in our blog. Please bear with us
Website development is a process by which you can create a new website. There are a few steps which the process comprises:
Plan it out. Why do you need a website? are you willing to sell something or is it going to represent your company or will it just be an informational website. Select the motive of your website, which is very important as everything revolves around it.
Content to be included in the website. What type of content you want to inlcude in the website? Will it be completely pictures, like Pinterest or text or a combination of both?
Design. what is the design? Yes, we know you know it but still we want to share this information with people who are very new to website development. Design is the interface that users can see when they visit your website. Design is something that will be actually visible to the users. Finally users will see the design and teh content of your website.
Finally, development. Development includes all the coding part that is done to craete a functionality or to make that website design in a working state.
Testing, in this you will test if the website is working as intended.
Hosting. You need a domain name which is a URL that users need to type in their browser to reach to your website. In hosting you will put your website on internet and it will get live to everybody.
Marketing. As the name suggest, market your website to the target audience. We have discussed this step in almost every blog of ours. Please do check to get better understanding.
Finally check the performance of your website on regular basis so that it can turn out to be a successfull venture for you.
Develop your First website
Incase you are outsourcing your website development project to some company, you need to understand the process mentioend below:
Define the objective of the project. An example to understand this point would be, 1. To develop an Ecommerce website for selling books.
Project Team. There are many people who are working on your website development project. a). project Manager ( he is teh main perosn who is handling your website development team on your behalf). b). Designer ( he will design your website) c). developer ( he will code your website and make it functionable). d). Tester, he will test your website and make it bug free and perform seamlessly. Apart from these positions you might also need a content writer to write teh content for your website.
Budget. Your website need to should be in accordance to your budget. by this I mean , in case you have a huge budget you can develop a proper and complete solution. For eg. yu can add even chat to your ecommerce website. But if your budget is not that much , you can start with few pages and important functionality and with passing time keep on upgrading teh website.
Timeframe. Time frame of the project completely depend upon your requirement. The project manager assigend to your project will share a time frame with you.
Risk Assessment. The team that you are hiring will ofcourse do all teh necessary risk assesment for you. but we would suggest you to proactively think of few risks at your end and ask the developent team proactively.
Updates. Get weekly updates from your development team and maintain proper communication with them so that yo can track teh progress made on your project.
These are the few points that you need to keep in mind while developing your first or second or third website. In coming blogs we are going to share more useful information with you.
