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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 4946321" data-attributes="member: 1">I wish it did even that! I'm working on a solid business plan at the moment. I'm getting married next year and by then this site will either support me or I'll need to do something else, because it's not fair on Sharon the way she has to subsidise the place (indirectly). It's been OK for the last decade, but my life is changing, I'll have responsibilities, etc. and can't continue treating this as a hobby. The business plan will feature: - More professional content to give added value to the site (columnists, software, web tools, etc.)- Pay me a salary. A decent one!- Pay other staff for real jobs - first a tech guy whose job it is to ensure the site runs fast all the time, then web coders and other staff. I'm in the process of creating landmarks to measure progress. 1000 subscribers by Xmas is essential at Stage 1. I'm also creating landmarks in terms of advertising and so forth. So the site will have specific targets it needs to meet. The benefit? A happier admin, a smooth site, excellent content, solid monthly revenue to guarantee longevity - all the usual things associate with a successful business. We're on track at the moment, but it's only been a day! We need 10 new subscribers every day until Xmas, roughly. We got 40 in the first day, but that will slow down drastically; the question is whether it slows to less than 10 per day. We're also going to have seasonal themed events and contents for subscribers - pay artists to draw your character dressed as Santa, maybe (OK, that's maybe a silly one, but you get the idea).  I plan to work with publishers to have competitions etc. regularly.  Lots of ideas floating round at the moment which will be committed to a paper as a solid plan.</blockquote>

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