ZooQ gives bootstrappers company building tool

Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources on September 29, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, christine balderas

Many of you know that in addition to editing this site, I am also the founder of an interactive blog network called PostRanger.com.

Now established as a site featuring posted links to blogs and other on line resources on a variety of subjects, our "guide to the new media" is ready to start developing its business model.

The first step in this process is to start offering what we call "sponsored posts", guest postings of between 70 and 300 words-at least that's the plan for now-with room for at least two embedded videos and several links back your business or service.

Does this sound attractive to you? Some people have told me it does, but then what do we charge for the service? My idea is to keep the cost down making it affordable for many who might not consider higher rates but what should that price ultimately be?

It's when lone bootstrappers hit a wall like this one that they really wish, not so much for more financing, but for some kind of board of advisors to give sage advice and suggest a way through the indecision.

And that's where a new website application called ZooQ comes in...

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