Beware! The Yellow Brick Road is Full of Pot-holes...

When we began seriously working on the free information website:

http://www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com/

...about mid to late September 2004, we set ourselves an objective of creating a 'content rich' site that would have its own 'voice' and a very personal feel.

Why? Well as you will have seen, if you have read the profile for our blog, one major goal was to do something however small to promote the Dominican Republic. The country is relatively little recognized compared with many other Caribbean resort Islands and Countries, and many folks still wonder just where it is when the DR comes up in conversation.

Like many developing countries the DR has it's own problems to contend with and poverty is a genuine issue that has actually affected the country even more in the last few years due to the dreadful mis-management of the economy during the Presidency of Hippolito Meija. So it is a cause dear to our hearts to do whatever we can to improve the 'PR' the DR gets, by developing our site...but it's also our aim to provide an honest and straightforward source of information...so we are not afraid to discuss any issues that may affect visitors to the DR, good or not so good!

BUT if you were beginning to think we were just nutty 'DR-philes' who had more time than sense, or more money than both, then we can't claim that our aims are entirely altruistic!

NO...we set up our site with a very real aim to begin to develop an income from our efforts to become a valuable information source about the Dominican Republic. We looked at some of the many atrocious 'get rich quick' scams that are out there 'undermining' the confidence of would-be internet-entrepreneurs, as they get 'drawn in' by the lure of 'easy money' and who soon find themselves out-in-the-cold and out of pocket, once they have parted with what can be a ludicrously large amount of money.

Nor is it just individuals who are being 'stung' in this way. Many businesses, both large and small, have found themselves paying through the nose for 'website' - design, creation, hosting, support and optimisation services.

We were LUCKY...we found a real alternative that is helping us achieve a legitimate, ethical and solid business base, and to establish a genuine regular income.

I'm going to try to keep you informed about our progress here through this blog over the coming months, but if you want a preview of what our 'secret' is, well please take a look at our 'free info' site for starters (via the link above), but then also take a look here when you have a minute:

What we know about - "How to Build a Website"

Meanwhile, take care, especially when out there 'swimming with the SHARKS of the internet'...keep any eye on this blog, and we'll let you know how we are progressing, using the only 'website development system' that can PROVE it works...not once, but thousands of times with real life-case studies of real people earning a real living from their 'web-based businesses' TODAY!

Cheers for now,

Al