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Thanks very much Lynn.

Cheers

Pete.

there is allways one and this time its me i have loved camping for a lot of years now and once many years ago i was sat with a friend on a campsite beer in hand loverly summer evening and he said wouldnt it be nice to own a site like this.

well at that time in my life i could have made it a reality mortgage was nearly paid so was his and i spent the next hour thinking about it untill about 9 oclock and then the site owner came round the corner on his tractor emptying bins and i suddenly realised he had started work at 7am that morning and was still working 14 hours later.

yes he had a fantastic site (west ashby horncastle) and its gone from strength to strenght  but i stayed with my national company took my pention at 54 spent all those years using campsites at £4 a night now i have a weekend job + pension and go camping when its quiet.

i know its not a camp site your talking about and there is every chance you would make a go of it but all i am saying is if you can raise that type of money dont throw away you leisure time without careful thought

Quote: Originally posted by Alpkid on 15/07/2005

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Big risk.. but the rewards are great if you are doing something you really love. The internet option is a good one and can be the cheapest and most flexible way to get going. However if you have to buy in professional web design services the costs can quickly get out of control, especially when you want to start tweaking your site. :)
Marketing is probably the most overlooked aspect. It takes a while before people find you, even with word of mouth and there is a lot of competition for search engine listings.
The market place is already quite full.. but there is always room for someone to come along with a good unique selling point and I think this is probably what you would need.

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Good points - but Google ads can work ..... if you know what you are doing. 

I advertise on Google for different businesses (pay-per-click) and charge a percentage on top - that saves somebody having to learn how to do it (which is not easy!) and the monitoring and tweaking of their ads.  It really can work very well - especially for the more 'obscure' businesses.