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The owner/operator of this account is [[Directory:Gregory J. Kohs|Gregory J. Kohs]]. I have been managing businesses on the Internet since [[1995]], and I've been involved with wikis since [[2005]].  The new MyWikiBiz is a wiki encyclopedia and directory that encourages advocates' point-of-view and allows "ownership" of Directory pages.  The idea was spawned by Karl Nagel, and we incubated the project for one year at Centiare.com.  My firm, [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]], has taken ownership of the wiki, and we're determined to actually let it ''define'' our future business model.  MyWikiBiz wants to help individual people, products, for-profit and non-profit corporations, clubs, athletic teams, and other entities find a home within wiki spaces.  The advantage to them is '''findability'''.  A page here will get outstanding search engine ranking -- sometimes even better than a comparable page on Wikipedia.
 
The owner/operator of this account is [[Directory:Gregory J. Kohs|Gregory J. Kohs]]. I have been managing businesses on the Internet since [[1995]], and I've been involved with wikis since [[2005]].  The new MyWikiBiz is a wiki encyclopedia and directory that encourages advocates' point-of-view and allows "ownership" of Directory pages.  The idea was spawned by Karl Nagel, and we incubated the project for one year at Centiare.com.  My firm, [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]], has taken ownership of the wiki, and we're determined to actually let it ''define'' our future business model.  MyWikiBiz wants to help individual people, products, for-profit and non-profit corporations, clubs, athletic teams, and other entities find a home within wiki spaces.  The advantage to them is '''findability'''.  A page here will get outstanding search engine ranking -- sometimes even better than a comparable page on Wikipedia.
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==My vault of handy links==
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===Wiki stuff===
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_wanted_articles Wikipedia's most wanted articles]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_requested_for_more_than_a_year Wikipedia's year-old article requests]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles WikiProject "Missing encyclopedic articles"]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Business_and_Economics/Businesses_and_Organizations Wikipedia's requested businesses and organizations]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Archive Deletion review prospect list]
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===Life stuff===
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*[http://www.comcast.com Comcast Corporation]
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*[http://www.akahele.org Internet Review Corporation (Akahele.org)]
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*[http://www.lovingshepherd.org Church of the Loving Shepherd]
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*[http://insidemr.blogspot.com Inside Market Research blog]
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*[http://www.mywikibiz.com/DVPC Delaware Valley Poker Club]
  
 
==Money and marketing ideas==
 
==Money and marketing ideas==
 
The following are some concepts that we've been thinking about to monetize MyWikiBiz for ourselves and our editors.
 
The following are some concepts that we've been thinking about to monetize MyWikiBiz for ourselves and our editors.
  
* Place global Amazon ads in the sidebar of every page.  Revenues of which go to MyWikiBiz ownership to offset server and hosting costs.  Editors would not be allowed to place their own Amazon ads, as that would likely conflict with Amazon's terms.  Editor-placed Google AdSense ads and other marketing within Directory articles would continue undisturbed.
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* We have placed global Amazon ads at the footer of every page; revenues of which go to MyWikiBiz ownership to offset server and hosting costs.  The Amazon Associates Program is the leading selling program on the Internet, with hundreds of thousands of members. We're checking to see if editors are allowed to place their own Amazon ads, or whether that will conflict with Amazon's terms.  Editor-placed Google AdSense ads and other marketing within Directory articles may continue undisturbed.
  
* Sell rights to have a "featured article" on the Main Page for different periods of time.  For example, [[Directory:Lion Graphics|Lion Graphics]] might pay $5 to have its Directory page featured for two days, or $10 for seven days.
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* Sell rights to have a "featured article" on the Main Page for different periods of time.  For example, [[Directory:Lion Graphics|Lion Graphics]] might pay $5 to have its Directory page featured for two days, or $10 for seven days.  We've also begun hosting Ebay auctions to have featured content on the Main Page.
  
 
* As [[Directory:Page Creations|Garrett Minks' ''Page Creations'']] service does, we may offer (in addition to the "do it yourself" option) Directory page authoring services for clients who understand the potential of a semantic wiki listing, but don't have the skills to create and optimize such a listing.
 
* As [[Directory:Page Creations|Garrett Minks' ''Page Creations'']] service does, we may offer (in addition to the "do it yourself" option) Directory page authoring services for clients who understand the potential of a semantic wiki listing, but don't have the skills to create and optimize such a listing.
  
* Run a promotional contest to see which page editor can achieve the highest Google search engine result for a MyWikiBiz page about some relatively unknown celebrity-of-the-moment, such as [[Directory:Ellie Rountree|Ellie Rountree]] or [[Directory:Liz Cohen|Liz Cohen]].  Reward would be prominent mention for that editor's services in a press release, plus a modest cash prize.
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* Run a promotional contest to see which page editor can achieve the highest Google search engine result for a MyWikiBiz page about some relatively unknown celebrities-of-the-moment, such as [[Directory:Ellie Rountree|Ellie Rountree]] or [[Directory:Liz Cohen|Liz Cohen]].  Or, perhaps coincide with the NCAA March Madness tournament and dole out page assignments for the lowest-seeded teams in the brackets.  Reward would be prominent mention for that SEO specialist/editor's services in a press release, plus a modest cash prize.
  
 
==Internal links==
 
==Internal links==
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[[Page Owner Of::Directory:MyWikiBiz]] and [[Page Owner Of::Directory:Gregory J. Kohs]]
 
[[Page Owner Of::Directory:MyWikiBiz]] and [[Page Owner Of::Directory:Gregory J. Kohs]]
  
Contributions: [[Contributor To::Directory:Sylvie De Caluwé]], [[Contributor To::Directory:Ellie Rountree]], [[Contributor To::Directory:Liz Cohen]], [[Contributor To::Directory:Michael Brenner]], and many others.  
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Contributions:
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:[[Contributor To::Directory:Michael Brenner]]
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:[[Contributor To::Directory:Liz Cohen]]
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:[[Contributor To::Directory:Sylvie De Caluwé]]
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:[[Contributor To::Directory:Ellie Rountree]]
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:...and many others.  
  
 
Subject Interests: [[Subject Interest::Category:Wikipedia]], [[Subject Interest::Wikipedia scandals]]
 
Subject Interests: [[Subject Interest::Category:Wikipedia]], [[Subject Interest::Wikipedia scandals]]

Latest revision as of 18:21, 11 November 2009


The owner/operator of this account is Gregory J. Kohs. I have been managing businesses on the Internet since 1995, and I've been involved with wikis since 2005. The new MyWikiBiz is a wiki encyclopedia and directory that encourages advocates' point-of-view and allows "ownership" of Directory pages. The idea was spawned by Karl Nagel, and we incubated the project for one year at Centiare.com. My firm, MyWikiBiz, has taken ownership of the wiki, and we're determined to actually let it define our future business model. MyWikiBiz wants to help individual people, products, for-profit and non-profit corporations, clubs, athletic teams, and other entities find a home within wiki spaces. The advantage to them is findability. A page here will get outstanding search engine ranking -- sometimes even better than a comparable page on Wikipedia.

My vault of handy links

Wiki stuff

Life stuff

Money and marketing ideas

The following are some concepts that we've been thinking about to monetize MyWikiBiz for ourselves and our editors.

  • We have placed global Amazon ads at the footer of every page; revenues of which go to MyWikiBiz ownership to offset server and hosting costs. The Amazon Associates Program is the leading selling program on the Internet, with hundreds of thousands of members. We're checking to see if editors are allowed to place their own Amazon ads, or whether that will conflict with Amazon's terms. Editor-placed Google AdSense ads and other marketing within Directory articles may continue undisturbed.
  • Sell rights to have a "featured article" on the Main Page for different periods of time. For example, Lion Graphics might pay $5 to have its Directory page featured for two days, or $10 for seven days. We've also begun hosting Ebay auctions to have featured content on the Main Page.
  • As Garrett Minks' Page Creations service does, we may offer (in addition to the "do it yourself" option) Directory page authoring services for clients who understand the potential of a semantic wiki listing, but don't have the skills to create and optimize such a listing.
  • Run a promotional contest to see which page editor can achieve the highest Google search engine result for a MyWikiBiz page about some relatively unknown celebrities-of-the-moment, such as Ellie Rountree or Liz Cohen. Or, perhaps coincide with the NCAA March Madness tournament and dole out page assignments for the lowest-seeded teams in the brackets. Reward would be prominent mention for that SEO specialist/editor's services in a press release, plus a modest cash prize.

Internal links

User:MyWikiBiz is the page "owner" of Directory:MyWikiBiz and Directory:Gregory J. Kohs

Contributions:

Directory:Michael Brenner
Directory:Liz Cohen
Directory:Sylvie De Caluwé
Directory:Ellie Rountree
...and many others.

Subject Interests: Category:Wikipedia, Wikipedia scandals