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Our Business Plan

PLEASE NOTE: The site's main purpose it to be a valuable net resource. We do not anticipate that we will ever make enough money to hire employees.  Since July 2003, we have started making more money on advertising, which pays for the site's hosting costs and for some extra cash for volunteers at Christmas.  This is really great and more than we expected, but it's not enough to be a successful business.   We may someday sell the site to an interested investor, if the price is right...

This business statement encompasses a range of purposes and goals for The TV MegaSite including;
 · History
· Organizational environment
· The nature of the product or service
· The market for the product or service
· Future goals, such as growth and development

History:
 The TV MegaSite originated due to the ever growing popularity of television. Shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, Days of Our Lives and Young and the Restless have provided us with a foundation to inform and entertain the public on various shows.

The TV MegaSite is the creation of Suzanne Lanoue and Amanda Davis, who first merged their two popular web sites and then created TVMegaSite on its own domain (tvmegasite.net ). Suzanne believed that a niche that was already in existence in the market for an online web site dedicated to soaps and primetime television was great, but this format could be expanded - an internet media made and produced by dedicated volunteers. A new dimension that would take the idea one step further.

There are many magazines dedicated to television shows, but millions of people worldwide who surf the internet, probably are fans of most of the shows - shows which are seen worldwide. The internet is an ever-growing form of media, and TV MegaSite has filled that niche and will continue to grow and develop in order to set the highest possible standards.

Organizational Environment:

 With the low overhead of having volunteers work in their own homes, with the added benefit that they are working on something fun that they enjoy (as a work incentive), and with content we create ourselves, we can't help but make a profit with advertising, as long as we get many hits.

Suzanne has spent a lot of time learning HTML and MS FrontPage, but the site still feels  more like a fan site than a "real" business. All of the volunteers on this site work hard and have a lot of entertainment knowledge. They hope to make this site fun for everyone and add people to our team those who are more knowledgeable than us, and also who will add to the "fun"! We are grateful for whatever time and help they can give.

At the present time we have about 15 people who have direct access to the site, but that figure will continue to grow over time. We hope that those who know html, FrontPage, or some other html editor, can then do the work on their own PC's and then just send it to us. We will never ask more than they can give. We currently have a team of approximately 50 volunteers who do part time work for us. We would eventually like to pay them, but we don't know if that is a realistic goal as of yet. 

We are hoping to move to a Content Management System, so that volunteers have more access to the site and don't need to learn Frontpage.

While Amanda is no longer involved with management of the site, she still works on it as a volunteer. Gisele, Boo, Thane and others help Suzanne run things on the site daily.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

The TV MegaSite has already achieved numerous goals and objectives.

Suzanne has established the web site which provides fans with an insight into various television shows, with emphasis on daytime television, and links to all primetime and daytime show sites.

We pride ourselves on the fact that we have linked to almost every soap opera page on the Internet. Not many people on the net can say they have achieved such a feat, but we have. We are currently working on having quality links to every primetime TV show that is represented on the Net, and then we will build our own content for many more primetime shows.

We have created various celebrity sites and daytime soap sites, as well as a thriving contest page. This shows that TV MegaSite is continually developing new projects.

The TV MegaSite has made the leap into getting our own domain name, something recognizable to all fans, http://tvmegasite.net/  This is a huge step, and TV MegaSite today and in the future will continue to prove itself in quality. We have also added tvmeg.com and tvfans.net, one of which may be our new primary URL in the future (since they are shorter and easier to remember).

Short Term Goals:
Our short term goals are numerous. One of our goals is to improve the existing pages and to fix broken links, and to build up the various sections so that eventually, we will have every TV show linked to our site. We also want to generate new ideas pertaining to the various daytime pages such as new graphics, puzzles and other fun stuff.

 Other important short term goals which have been established are to receive more hits to our web site, and to promote ourselves on other web sites, search engines, and even in soap opera magazines.

Finally, we hope to get more volunteers to help us grow and achieve these goals. People are our greatest asset and we hope that we can attract people who love television just as much as we do.

Medium Range Goals:
We have a new investor that will help us get a new and professional design for the site, as well as promote the site more and attract more investors.

Long Term Goals:
These long term goals will set us up for the future. We hope to continue to make more profits for the site and increase those profits for all of us..

Finally, we wish to run this site as a profit - business (making profit through advertising) such as magazines and other internet web sites and search engines. However, our main goal is to create a valuable net resource.

To accomplish the above goals we will:
  * Strive to maintain an organization that attracts, motivates and rewards outstanding staff and imbues them with pride. To place authority and accountability as close to the consumer as possible.
 * Ensure integrity guides all company actions. Intensify efforts to improve management and the product. Understand and commit to equal employment and affirmative action laws. Help support the industry in which we promote.
 * Strengthen our portfolio and recognize the general public views and preferences which our reasons for being in existence.
 * To work closely with other individuals and the industry itself to deliver the truth and facts, and not to discriminate. To participate equally in the development of TV MegaSite to make it the number 1 television site.
 As a result of the aforementioned, our goals and objectives will continue to grow. When organizational, individual and team activities have been completed, new goals and objectives will be formed in order to stay competitive within the market. We will act in a fair manner to deliver an honest and productive product.

Written by Suzanne and Rebecca; edited by Heather and Suzanne
 

Page updated 10/16/07