Build It and
They Will Come?
By Craig Hardee One of my favorite movies is
"Field of Dreams." An ordinary
guy had a dream, one that was looked upon
as being a very odd dream.
But he worked and
carried through with the dream of
building a ballfield in the midst of his
cornfield. And the players came. And the
people came.
One of the most famous
lines of that movie was the phrase,
"If you build it, they will
come."
Yet while I really like
the movie and would like to make the
application to my domain online, it just
doesn't fit. It would be nice if it did,
but it doesn't.
Many of us are carrying
through with our dreams by putting up
websites and domains on the Internet. The
Internet may be the "Cyberspace
Field of Dreams" for some. But the
famous saying of the movie just doesn't
cut it online.
Think about it for a
second. The guy in the movie was building
something totally unique to its
surroundings. It created attention all by
itself.
But what we're building
on the Internet is about as unique as all
the cornstalks in Iowa. We can't just
"build it and they will come."
We can learn from the
movie "Field of Dreams"
however. Here are a few things to
consider:
- It's okay to
follow your dreams. The Internet
has opened up the possibilities
for many people to follow their
dreams. We can build something
that's worldwide, something we
couldn't have done just a few
years ago.
- Hard work pays
off. Our movie star worked hard
to build his ballfield, and we
need to work hard too to build
our "Field of Dreams"
online. Our hard work doesn't
stop when our "field"
is built. Instead, another phase
of it starts as we work to let
people know about our
"field" and why they
should visit, participate and
buy.
- It pays to do it
right. Don't go halfway in
following your dreams. Do it
right. It may take longer, but it
will be more fulfilling in the
end. In the movie, the guy built
the whole field, not just the
infield. If your dream is your
own domain, build the whole
thing, not just the infield.
So, go, create your
"field of dreams" online, but
know that when it's built, your work has
just begun.
And since this article
is about a baseball movie, here's the
pitch….. The system I recommend for
building your "Field of Dreams"
online is the Cyber Estate domain hosting
package. I highly recommend it and I use
it! It has the space for your entire
"field," plus room for
expansion. It also has the tools to help
you after you build it to bring people to
your "field." For more
information on the Cyber Estate and other
domain hosting packages, go to: http://www.trafficbiz.com/hardee
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