Worksheet #4 - Goals, Competition and Site Mining

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Worksheet #4
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Activity #1 Top Five Reasons for Having an Online Business

1. Why are you creating an Online Business? Below, please list your top five reasons.

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Activity #2 Look for Competitors

Use search engines or any Internet means you can to find 2 Web businesses similar to what you would like to do via the Web. Look for similar products. similar services and similar customers served.

2. Competitor 1
Business Name: URL: Navigation Calrity of Purpose Design/Aesthetics Currentness

Competitor 2.
Business Name: URL: Navigation Calrity of Purpose Design/Aesthetics Currentness

Activity #3 Site Mining for Ideas

3. Find a website that is not a competitor that you like. This should be a site that inspires you, has great graphics, navigates well, is functional or in some other ways has elements that you would like to mimic and borrow from. This may help you with content,color, aesthetics, etc.

Business Name: URL: What elements about this site would you like to "borrow" or mimic? Whay does it inspire you?

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