Hi, Cyphix,
Yes, I was, indeed, offering this idea to you. :laugh: I will also offer this to a couple of other people I have started to get to know through this forum.
Needless to say, I'm delighted to see that you are going to go with RJ's script, as I obviously believe in it "heartily," so to speak!! I know that it took me at least a month to get almost everything working together, with the combination of HTML and PHP, since I had never used PHP before. I have also never used flash on a site and never worked with a database. Looking back on all of this, I probably should have had my head examined for even thinking of undertaking this project before I had the slightest idea what I was doing. I finally bit the bullet and purchased Macromedia's Studio MX (the educational version) and that helped a great deal for some portions of the project. If you run into any glitches, feel free to ask for help, either from RJ or from anyone else who has used the program. That should save you a lot of time.
If you are delayed for any reason, the offer still stands ... no strings attached. You can list your domain names on my site until you have your site up and running and remove them the minute you're ready to launch if you wish.
As far as how I'm going about locating the right "groups" or firms, it's not really a secret ... I'm starting out by contacting lawyers and physicians I know personally or know through my husband or through one other person. Some of these folks are high profile and I'm not ready to reveal who I'm "courting" right now, but if it works out, I'll let you know.
I'm trying a rather low-key and professional approach and only time will tell how successful this is. With regard to some medical sites, I have been contacted by physicians who specialize in the areas I have focused on and who are interested in starting up their sites. In some cases, I identified the top docs in a particular geographical area and sent them classy letters of introduction about what we have to offer. I've gotten a couple of serious inquiries this way, but again, this is all pretty new right now. This is a slow and delicate process, but one that seems to be working with some small amount of success.
The strange thing is that I seem to have attracted some up and coming rock groups who like other of my more generic names ... go figure!!! I've also had some serious inquiries and am in negotiation over some shopping/sales sites that have nothing to do with my main interests. You just never know.
So, what's working for you? Any ideas that you can share? I really think we could all be helping each other out more than we seem to do. There is so much collective wisdom on this site and not all of it is related to grabbing the hottest 2-character domain names in existence (especially since many of us simply can't afford one of those right now).
Tell me, if you will, one or two ideas that seem to have worked for you or that look promising. If you'd rather not do so, I'll understand.
Best wishes,
"LP"
