I actually think this is an excellent idea! First, you are active in
the topic, so you can establish yourself as an expert quickly, and
you will enjoy helping others in a topic you enjoy.

Second, I think there is always money making potential where your
primary target audience is parents, because not only sports related
products, ads, etc will appeal to them, but anything related to
parenting.

Do your research, but it sounds like you already have the backbone of
a plan. If it were me, I would start with the broad site and break it
donw later on when you get enough traffic to warrant it.

I would also do both a blog and a website myself, the website could
be a portal for parents to sports issues, and the blog can be used as
a marketing tool. I know there are a lot of sites out there right now
that are just blogs, but I think most people searching for a lot of
information prefer the structure of a web site as well.

Let us know how you move along with this!

Kathy Wilson
Women on the Net









--- In WOTN-message@yahoogroups.com, "bballmom2348"
<bballmom2348@...> wrote:
>
> I've been thinking about writing a blog and call it something like
> Sports Parenting. The audience would be parents of kids who play
> sports - recreation, travel teams and school teams. The purpose
would
> be to share my thoughts and information about the issues involving
the
> parenting of kids who play sports. Topics like
>
> Benefits of Private Lessons
> When your child is the (worse, best) on the team
> Should I push or should I back off?
> Bragging parents
> The coach won't play my child
> Are you living through your child?
>
> I'm a mom of two kids - one who swims competitively and one who
plays
> baseball competitively. Sometimes I want a place to just blow off
> steam regarding the struggles of my child. Sometimes I want to
share
> information or experiences. I am not a sports psychologist or
former
> professional athlete or coach. I do plan to interview experts
though.
> If it were successful I might want to split the site up into
Baseball
> Mom, Soccer Mom, Swim Mom, etc to discuss specific parenting issues
of
> those sports. Good or bad idea? Should I narrow my topic now and
> then branch out later?
>
> Does this sound like something you would subscribe to or visit
> regularly? Does this have money making potential?
>
> A lot of questions, I know. I suppose I need to do some research
but
> I would love your thoughts or opinions.
>