the state of internet opportunities

and a ton of ideas and and not enough time to do it all?

[rfung]

I have about 10 websites of varying scope on the pipeline for me to get to them. In the last few days I've gotten 4 or 5 more ideas that would be cool to do.

It seems like my ideas are running off on me and all the neat stuff I could do, but have no time to do it. I'm feeling like there are all these big humongous market opportunities waiting for the taking and I can't grow enough to get these 'products' to market. I'm obviously not at the point where I can hire people to do them, but that's probably what I would need in the long term.

Anyone feel like that, and/or any tips with dealing with that frustration? There's this sense of urgency that I'm "missing out" on great opportunities!

With online advertising growing (I think I read 25%) last year, and this year poised to be more of the same, we gotta capitalize on that now!...

Also, would anyone care to comment on how/wether there's plenty of room for growth like a new gold rush, or wether you see some sort of maturity on the web?

[howiejs]

Not a gold rush - but plenty of growth in almost every niche, langauge and geo location (the last two are IMPORTANT)

What I do is write EVERYTHING down - my 3 year old likes to draw in my notebooks as I write which is fun . . . I then look back through my notes every few weeks to see what was "good"

Then every week I prioritize what I need to do for new projects. And take little steps forward. It feels better to just get something going.

I also hire a ton of freelancers for content, web monkeys, etc. - on the cheap.

This way I can get something out there, watch it for a few months and see if it is worth any more time.

The other thing I do - is test ideas first with one page and Adwords. I put $10-$30 a day for 5 days min. and see what the return / action looks like.

This is a good indicator if something is worth the time moving forward.

[Success]

Like Howie said, write everything down. I've had so many ideas in that past that I never wrote down and now I wsih I could remember them all.

Howie - My 2 year old does the same thing, sometimes it's hard to read what I wrote through all the scribbles.

[Rachel]

rfung, I'm going through the exact same thing right now. I have so many sites that are not quite done, but I had to get them up and started so they'd be ready the next time Google decided to come around. Or, I didn't see many people catching on to a niche, and I didn't want to wait until it was too late and saturated. <roll eyes> I feel like a drug addict saying, "Wait, just one more hit".

My 8 year old daughter now comes home from school and wants to know if I've bough anymore "websites". lol

[badone]

It seems like my ideas are running off on me and all the neat stuff I could do, but have no time to do it.

Is this the same rfung that started the "I am so bored" thread in which he stated how unmotivated and unproductive he was?

No offence sport but you need to decide which way to jump.

Cheers,
BAD

[rfung]

I was very unproductive in February, and picking up the pace as we enter March. A life is more than just dishing out websites and it's certainly more dynamic than a post I wrote a month ago. :)

Just thought to clarify as apparently it was needed.

No offense taken.

Cheers!

[badone]

Good answer.

Cheers mate.