Advice needed - looking for somone to manage a portfolio of sites

cyrillsneer7 · 04-03-2006, 01:55 AM

I am tentatively beginning to research this so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Myself and a friend currently have one active blog/forum with approx 5000 members.

We are currently motivated/in the postion to purchase websites to build up a portfolio. Something i REALLY want to do!! However due to the big project we are working on we dont feel we can build a portfolio if we have to actively maintain the sites.

We are looking for someone to manage the site portfolio, add content to the blogs, check up on the forums, SEO, google ads, etc etc. If there was no emergency we would only need to have a brief meeting once or twice a month.

We currently only have one site which is making $170 a month with hosting costing $140. The site i am currently looking to buy is making approx $100 a month with outgoings about $40, but i am buying it becuase of its potential not immediate revenue. I looking to agressively add more sites to the portfolio.

As this is in its infancy i would really like to find some enthusiastic who sees the longer term potential and is interested in having a long term relationship.

we would much prefer to strike a deal where we split the monthly profits, therefore the person managing the sites has a vested interest.

We would be very open to suggestions from the person managing the sites and would seriously consider any sites they suggested we added, marketing ideas, etc etc.

My partner is a great graphic designer and i can be quite creative with PR but my strengths are people and driving things through.

Any advice anyone could give as to the feasibility of this or where i could start to look for this or anything i should be aware of would be gratefully received.

**John Scott** · 04-03-2006, 08:37 AM

I think you should increase monetization of the website you have and then look to grow your portfolio.

cyrillsneer7 · 04-03-2006, 11:27 AM

Thanks for the reply scott.

I dont have the time to invest in it, i have cash and ideas. My time is taken up with a very large web project which my other start-up is working on.

cyrillsneer7 · 04-05-2006, 11:06 AM

Any suggestions where else i could look for someone to do this.

manigate · 04-06-2006, 06:03 AM

what are your websites?

sixty6 · 04-08-2006, 06:50 AM

Well how much hosting space are you taking up? Try and find a cheaper deal because unless you're something HUGE like V7N (which I suspect pays THAT much) you really shouldn't need to use all that money for hosting. You could make a significant profit by hosting on a dedicated server if you want!

kashem · 04-08-2006, 08:18 AM

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smartknight · 04-27-2006, 11:49 AM

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seasickmedia · 04-28-2006, 11:46 AM

Wow, love the last 2 posts. Not sure that is what Cyr was looking for. Are you looking for partners or employees? I can see sevral ways to make this work, the best thing would be creating a network similar to a blog network with many "partners" and that would raise content and rev.

cyrillsneer7 · 04-28-2006, 12:03 PM

Yeah thats a good idea, my biggest concern is finding someone that i can have a working relationship with, over distance, and that i can trust.

Also working out a pay structure is tricky with the limited startup funds