Review business concept for portal site

[royce]

Hi all, I'm in the process of building a regional based portal site for the general public. www.citinow.com Free blogs, chat, personals, classified ads, business directory, event calendar, etc.


My goal, obviously, is to drive as much traffic as possible to the site(s) and keep them there as long as possible to attract advertisers.

It all sounds basic, but as a techy, my business skills and web marketing skills are minimal. I do know enough to ask around though. I've learned more about how all this stuff works in the past week of reading forums than I knew in the past 10 years of surfin the web!

Any comments are appreciated.

[oseymour]

I hope you are in it for the long run because you will be going up against some tough competition.