Decided to do the giveaway for my birthday. I only have 3 days to get it all set up, so I’ll be moving at a quick pace.  So I first wanted to find a domain name that I can use:

birthdaygiveaway.com is taken, so I’m going with MyBirthdayGiveaway.com

Registered the domain and sent instructions to my webmaster to set it up. Generally I’ll ask him to

• Set up domain on our server
• Change DNS at the registrar
• Install a blog at the top level so that I can put the optin page, “sales” page, about, and blog on it using MarketerCMS
• Install a blog at /members – but this time I’ll use /guests since it’s a birthday party!
• Set up our affiliate toolbox at /toolbox

Essentially, I’ll have him follow the Setup Checklist you’ll find right here in the members’ site.

Meanwhile, I’m starting to outline possible gifts to include in the giveaway. I think I have some really neat ideas!

Bonus idea: I will only use this domain once a year, obviously. So I’m thinking I will “rent” it to other people the other 11 months per year. Not sure yet what the price will be, but it bears considering.

Total time: About an hour