Name of your website?Wood Carving Machine Tips
Your name?
Matt Mattelig
Your Location (city, etc)
Clinton Wisconsin
Please give us a short summary of your website?
This is a website dedicated to helping the cnc wood carving enthusiast develop their skills and knowledge when working with the CarveWright and CompuCarve cnc woodworking machines.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
i love to work with wood and also with computers. the carvewright is a perfect marriage of those two loves of mine. it seemed like a good idea to launch a website that would help other hobbyists develop their skills and provide some solutions as well.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
about a week ago (around jan-11, 2008
How did you decide on a name for your website?
did some google and adword search investigations. wanted something that conveyed the site emphasis.
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
the fact that one of the main parts to the site is a personal blog. my hope is to communicate my experiences on an honest level and to provide video instructions and tutorials.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
i plan to offer dvd's of complete projects - from start to finish. include plans, layouts, machine code and all the necessary instructions to build a finished project. one additional idea is to provide unique patterns - not the usual fare that you find on other sites.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
lol - that's a good question. given the fact that i'm single, i think i can devote a great deal of effort to this project. in addition, i like what i am doing and have a genuine passion for this subject matter. i hope that my success will follow that passion.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
i'd like to hire individuals to translate my work into other languages and create sites to address those different speaking visitors.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
i believe so - in fact i hope so cause i would like to do this as a full time occupation.
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
no unexpected costs so far - however, it's been an incredible amount of work just LEARNING what i have to learn in order to do site development, search engine submission, figuring out how to work with email auto responders.... things like that. the learning curve is quite big and as i get into this more, i'm finding that the piece i DO know is getting smaller and smaller. lol
What has been your biggest challenge?
TIME management
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
so far, search engine submission. that is the first step, but i feel that the real success will come as i develop content and a user base for the site. the blog page, along with video content is where i plan to spend a considerable amount of effort once the initial submissions are completed.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
none so far.
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
the site has only been up one week so far, but i plan to keep the site up for as long as people find it useful.
who is the one person you credit most with your success so far?
that would be my good friend Shawn "Rusty" Smith. Rusty has been very instrumental in moving me forward in this project. he is almost as enthusiastic about this as i am, he has a very good way of making sure i keep on task and that i don't wander too far from the goal. he has helped me move forward and steered me in the right direction. he has developed many websites and knows how to work niche markets and develop affiliate relationships.
What is your website address?
Wood Carving Machine Tips
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