I'm thinking of starting out with SBI but...

[Daffy Duck]

Hey Sam,

So you're planning to do a basketball site? That's great! I considered creating a basketball site at one point but I have other things I'm currently more passionate about.

[Sam kovacs]

No, i'm not going to start a basketball website, it's going to be a teen advice website.

Here is an other draft of what i have written. This time not sport related at all.






How to throw a party

Throwing a party takes time an effort but if you take the time to do it properly, you can go from no name guy to the most popular guy in not long at all.

One of the most satisfying events that can happen in your social life is throwing a successful party.
Only knowing how to throw a party often seems impossible to the majority of people.

Organisation is going to be the key to throwing a successful party. And in this article I’m going to give you a step by step process, on how to throw the party that you’ve always dreamed of!

Start small, finish huge.

Throwing parties is like lifting weights. You can’t lift 120kgs if you’ve never even done 5 push ups, just like you can’t just wake up one day and say: “I’m going to throw the party of the year, TONIGHT!”
It’s just not possible. You’ve got to go gradually, step by step.

Even with organisation and preparation, you can’t just throw a 75person party and hope it succeeds.

You probably have already done sleepovers, so there’s no point starting by only inviting one person.

But start by inviting only three guys. Play some poker, eat crisps, and mess around or play video games. Have some fun. Make it cool enough for the guys to be talking about it at school. Like that people know that it’s fun at your place.

Next time, invite 3girls, 2 guys, like that there are six of you. Play some more poker have some music, maybe mess around dancing a little bit. Or think of something yourself. Just have something fun to do, bring energy to the party.

Have a few parties like this one. I’d advise you invite the same people over and over again. That way you can take turns on at whose house you have the party.

Post photos on facebook and very quickly people will start to see you as a fun group of people. Have your friends bring along a friend or two of theirs that way you get to know more people.

Throw little parties frequently. Have your original group of 6 take it in turns hosting the parties, like that you only need to host every 6 weeks or every 12 weeks (depending on how often you have parties)

You should be able to get your parents to agree having a party every 2 months, if every other week you’re attending one yourself.

Know with your friends’ friends coming to the parties, and your friends’ friends’ friends coming as well, the number of people that come will quickly go up.

And these people can change, only the initial six need to always be invited.
You will quickly have a large number of contacts. It’s now time to get serious.


Prepare for the big party.

If for a few months you’ve done like I’ve told you and have had loads of little parties, it shouldn’t be too tricky to convince your parents to let you have a big party: For your birthday, or for New Year.

Find a hall, that you will be able to rent which is big enough to throw the party. Unless you have a very big garden or a very big house in which case, you don’t need a hall.

Next make an agreement with your parents on what they pay for and what you pay for (renting the hall, paying drinks and food, hiring a DJ)


It’s now time to fix a date (That shouldn’t be too hard if it’s for your birthday or the New Year)

Next up agree with your parents how many people you can invite. Then choose your 30-50-70 people who are going to come. Prepare a back up list to replace those who won’t be able to come. Right paper invitations, Phone them, tell them in person, send them emails, and tell everyone on Facebook. Make sure everyone knows about it.

I’ve already ruined parties, because I failed to communicate. Make sure everyone knows you’re throwing a party. On the invitations give them your email, you phone number and a date before which they need to confirm if they will be coming or not, précising that after that date, they will be counted as people who aren’t coming, and who can be replaced.

Ask people who haven’t answered again, and take note of who is and who isn’t coming. You now know who is going to come.
Make sure there’s about as many boys as girls.

What you need at the party.


You will need lots of food and drinks. You don’t want to go short on them. Buy more than you will need. Don’t serve a meal. Have lots of nibbles such as crisps, nuts, and stuff.

Have lots of music. A DJ isn’t a must but it’s always good to have one since he will bring his own equipment and knows what music works.

Have a few tables to play poker. Maybe have an outside space for people to play touch football or basketball.

Something really cool is having a TV and a Playstation or X-box or Wii with guitar hero and a couple of guitars. It really get’s people going crazy at parties. It’s very fun, and girls enjoy it just as much as boys do. Singstar is also very fun.

But only have one game. You don’t want everybody changing every 10 minutes.
Get singstar or guitar hero and put away the rest of your games.


And there you are, so get started and in a few months you will be the go to guy/girl, who knows how to throw a party.

[Daffy Duck]

Oh ok.

Well, teen advice is another great topic. I like your articles.

[Sam kovacs]

OK thanks.

I'll stop posting my articles, i just threw in a couple of samples to check if my writing is half decent.

[Tarzansjane]

Hi There

I know this thread is a bit inactive now, but I came across it and just wanted to chime in a little.

First, I think your teenager idea is actually very good. The thing is, when you brainstorm, you have to put yourself in your visitor's shoes. That way you can get the keywords they would use in real life to find the information you want to offer. Of course, if your site's message comes out as "I can tell you how to be cool," that would be a turn off. But if you spin it so it comes from your visitor's angle, I think that idea would be very, very good.

The basketball idea is great too.

The trick would probably be to create a niche within a niche. Like a sub-niche of basketball or a sub-niche of the teenager thing.

If you pick too wide a concept, you will work for a very long time before you see money. If you pick too narrow, you'll be doomed to no traffic, but if you get just the right level, you will rank, you will get traffic and you will make money much earlier.

Now this is all out of Day 2 of the Action Guide, where you learn how to brainstorm a site concept. This is just one of infinite number of reasons why SBI is so valuable, because without a brainstormer or a guide to take you step by step through an e business process, how do you know what to do?

I guess you could trial and error it, but seriously, how long would it take before you made too many mistakes and gave up. Another reason SBI is a good choice is the support from the forums and such.

So if someone were interested in getting the tools to analyze and research, the voluminous materials to learn what to do and step by step help to create an online business, along with a million other things I'm not thinking of right now, then that's what SBI is for.

If someone just wants to build sites and tinker under the hood, then I guess there are easier options.

Just my two cents.

Have a great day!