Posted by dougb on April 24, 2001, at 11:24:44
In reply to Re: no way to pay, posted by Dr. Bob on April 21, 2001, at 0:28:38
> > http://www.topqualityfreeware.com/index.html
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> Well:
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> > So we're asking you, our browsers, to voluntary support the site. One Dollar from you could make all the difference.
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> That's not exactly saying $1 is all it takes...
Doc: I am crazy, not stupid ;-))Of course not, what is your goal? to help cover costs or enterprise?
I had assumed the former, but if the latter, obviously $1.00 donations would not do.
You do, however, have a wonderful pool of prospects for a 'value-added' service. Same would be win-win and probably make all kinds of money...
A second tier of service added to current content would utilize real-time audio and 30 FPS video.
Providing on-line consultation/therapy and some of those pricey-workshops-from-the-cutting-edge for the professional community.
Your options here would seem to be limited only by your entrepreneurial imagination:
Ranging all the way from: structured, student-led sessions with someone like yourself at 'master-control' monitoring/contributing to multiple concurrent, individual sessions - - To one-time consultations with national experts in TR Dep. (or Enlightened Alternative Treatments! ;-)).
Mix in a dash of top notch out-sourced insurance billing, the advise of a lawyer specializing in Medical Liability and $279/Mo should win some kind prize for cost-effective marketing.
Of course you would have development costs ballpark $15-$45k depending... and your hosting costs would probably triple. But this is peanuts for a project with this type of scope.
Probably any one of your students who has been out in the field for a few years could fund the whole thing as primary investor without even breaking a sweat.
Getting back to just covering expenses, i think you are over-paying for your hosting service, could be wrong, but will shop around if you would like.
Doug
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