Couldn't have "splained" it better myself, Lisa. Not to discourage you shopgirl but you are trying to do A LOT for a first site. It's overwhelming to me just trying to understand the real focus of your site.

It's much easier to target ONE specific audience. As the saying goes, if you try to target everyone, you'll target no one. Home decor, electronic help, eBay advice, it's all just too much to digest.

Let me just ask you a simple question. Can you give me 3 main keyword phrases you'd want to be found for in the search engines? If it's hard to come up with an answer, that may be a sign your site is too broad.

I hope you don't feel like we're beating up your idea because I love your enthusiasm. We just want you to have realistic expectations for a site such as this. I agree you should really spend some time narrowing this topic much more or you'll be in for a big disappointment in the traffic arena. There's no such thing as "Build and they will come". You need to give people a reason to find and then bookmark you.

And this list of 600 people you speak of. Are these all just random people you've met in forums or do they all have something in common? Because if I met you in a forum and I'm on your list but I'm not interested in that kind of site I'm going to feel like you sending me an email is spam. Are these all people into home decor? Electronics? Friends of yours? Having a list is great but hopefully these are people you know will be interested in this site and have given you permission to email them.

Wishing you all the best!

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