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How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

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    How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

    This is not a question about Getting Rich Quick Schemes or the like but rather about creating a scalable online business which would generate recurring income using Alpha 5 Web Application. BaseCamp & Aweber are great examples of what I'm talking about.

    What do you guys think? Do you know any other examples? How would you go about making money online using A5?

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts & happy new year! :-)

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    Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

    I don't know. I suppose if I had a good answer, I'd do it myself.
    Peter
    AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

    [email protected]
    https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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      #3
      Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

      There's a lot of opportunity in the SMB* market for mobile webapps: every small company that has people on the road for some reason or with multiple offices/locations wants it & needs it. If they have the vision then they just think they can't afford it because they already paid big time for their static website... Another area is SaaS where multiple tenants use 1 app. Education offers opportunities for example.

      Joyeux Nouvel An!

      * for non european readers: SMB's out here are companies anywhere from 10 to a few 100 employees otherwise we talk about corporates.
      Frank

      Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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        Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

        Nothing happens until you sell something.

        That is always the basis! Sell an app to someone or business and then make it for them. That is one way! It is also the key to the web business side.

        Most businesses that make a lot are the ones that make or make available something to fill a need of others and then help them find it. The ones that go in to business just to make cash generally fail.
        Dave Mason
        [email protected]
        Skype is dave.mason46

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          Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

          Originally posted by Clipper87 View Post
          There's a lot of opportunity in the SMB* market for mobile webapps: every small company that has people on the road for some reason or with multiple offices/locations wants it & needs it. If they have the vision then they just think they can't afford it because they already paid big time for their static website... Another area is SaaS where multiple tenants use 1 app. Education offers opportunities for example.

          Joyeux Nouvel An!

          * for non european readers: SMB's out here are companies anywhere from 10 to a few 100 employees otherwise we talk about corporates.
          Those are some good points although if you target one small business at a time you are not scalling it but rather focusing on solutions to one client at a time rather than one solution to a targeted smalll businesses; SaaS is a good model for that - I like the idea for an app education but then students (which most are broke) will be the target market rather than businesses

          thanks for sharing & Bonne Anne'e

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            Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

            Originally posted by DaveM View Post
            Nothing happens until you sell something.

            That is always the basis! Sell an app to someone or business and then make it for them. That is one way! It is also the key to the web business side.

            Most businesses that make a lot are the ones that make or make available something to fill a need of others and then help them find it. The ones that go in to business just to make cash generally fail.
            I wouldn't agree more about filling a need especially for small & medium businesses; the question that comes after is: What are these needs? How can you analyze S&M businesses needs and use alpha 5 web to build simple easy to use online app that fullfils that need?

            Thanks for sharing David & happy new year
            Last edited by Maroine81; 12-31-2011, 10:09 AM.

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              Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

              One of the needs I found was to be able to add vehicles as soon as purchased by a car dealer. These can now be uploaded from an auction straight to my app at a dealership. No, I am not using the new cell phone/ipad technologies yet, but soon.

              Dealers needed a good CRM built especially for the auto business and that is the reason I developed the original app.

              Most time. the Best place to start is where you make your living. Just look and see wht could help make your own life easier at work or play. Then look around to see what apps may be there that would help that. You may find what you are looking for.
              Dave Mason
              [email protected]
              Skype is dave.mason46

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                Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                I make money by helping people here. Not directly of course, no one pays me here. But potential clients come to me through my participation. Opportunities to partner in larger opportunities come out of that.
                Steve Wood
                See my profile on IADN

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                  Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                  I think the real question is, "how do you make money from any web site, regardless of what software is used"?

                  The answer is, it is the same as opening any business, understanding the needs of your potential customers. A web site is your shop front!!
                  Regards
                  Keith Hubert
                  Alpha Guild Member
                  London.
                  KHDB Management Systems
                  Skype = keith.hubert


                  For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                    Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                    Most time. the Best place to start is where you make your living. Just look and see wht could help make your own life easier at work or play. Then look around to see what apps may be there that would help that. You may find what you are looking for.
                    What you just said reminds me of how basecamp was developed; they were a web design company that needed a better easier simpler way of collaborating projects, which led them to become the app users and developers at the same time. This allowed them to better understand their needs and requirements that eventually led to their success...Thanks for the tip!

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                      Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                      I make money by helping people here. Not directly of course, no one pays me here. But potential clients come to me through my participation. Opportunities to partner in larger opportunities come out of that.
                      Steve, you've made a name for yourself through hard work and delivering results that your clients needed. I respect that! it didn't come overnight but throughout years of learning programming networking and helping others get what they need. Your participation in this forum speaks for itself. I think you have better understanding of what your clients need and I can see that through the products and services offerings that you have available on your site.
                      I want to fullfil client's needs too I just didn't find some worth pursuing yet.

                      Thanks for sharing!

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                        Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                        Originally posted by Keith Hubert View Post
                        I think the real question is, "how do you make money from any web site, regardless of what software is used"?

                        The answer is, it is the same as opening any business, understanding the needs of your potential customers. A web site is your shop front!!
                        The question is specific to A5 web app. Why? because it brings higher value than say wordpress and because of its capabilities and higher barrier of entry. Almost everyone can set up a website nowadays with wordpress and start serving their potentiel clients with what they need online BUT not everyone can build a powerful & usable web application that delivers higher service/value than wordpress. Also since we own A5 licenses and are familiar with how to use it, the app would be developped faster which will reduce cost time and money compared to using some other software.

                        If I develop an online app that delivers a service that my potential clients need using Alpha 5 Web App then it becomes my shop front AND my business; the shop front is the business and vice versa 2 in 1 !!

                        Happy new year
                        Last edited by Maroine81; 01-01-2012, 08:01 AM.

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                          Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                          The question is specific to A5 web app.
                          It is only specific because that is the tool he is working with and is being asked on this forum. The question as I understand it is, can websites like BaseCamp & Aweber be built using A5? The answer to that is Yes, but not overnight. You just need the imagination to make the site different and the skill to put it altogether so that it runs smoothly.

                          Dont forget Facebook was not the original of its type, but it is now the most successful. Nothing to do with what software it was written with.

                          With regards to making money online with A5, by the end of this month I should have a recruitment site go live with space paid for by advertisers.

                          Happy New Year to you too.
                          Regards
                          Keith Hubert
                          Alpha Guild Member
                          London.
                          KHDB Management Systems
                          Skype = keith.hubert


                          For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                            #14
                            Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                            Keith,

                            Keep us posted here on your new site!
                            Frank

                            Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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                              Re: How Do You Make $$$ Online Using Alpha 5 Web Application? & Happy New Year :-)

                              Frank, you can play in the test area here
                              Regards
                              Keith Hubert
                              Alpha Guild Member
                              London.
                              KHDB Management Systems
                              Skype = keith.hubert


                              For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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