Successful Websites by Ordinary People

What do a movie buff, couch potato, car lover, and jokers all have in common?

There is still a big misconception that circulates the Internet. Many people believe that in order to earn an income with their web site, they have to first have their own product and then become some technical guru in order to build their site.

People become so bogged down and intimidated by the technical aspects of building their web sites, and most are not aware that making money with a web site is only 10% site building. The other 90% of the work comes from spreading the word.

Thanks to all of the HTML editors on the web, building a web site is the easy part these days. Getting people to flock to your site and open their wallets is where the challenges lie. Read the rest of this entry »

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Create an Income Generating Website

I would like to take a moment to  introduce you to the newest, most comprehensive, and extremely effective web site building tool called “Site Build It!” It was created by the same company (SiteSell, Inc.) that I’ve used for the last 3 years to help create and promote my web sites.

I’m highly confident that you’ll never find a more complete web site building system on the internet! If you do, please contact me as  I’d love to hear about it.

Site Build It! (SBI!) is a complete all-in-one system of tools that make it easy for anyone (from established pro to the complete newbie) to create and build a web site! Read the rest of this entry »

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Now that you have completed the domain name selection it’s time to move on to the next step in the process which is choosing a web hosting provider.

If you read the pro’s and con’s of free web hosting then I am confident that you will going with a paid hosting company.

A web host provides you with the space, tools and support to create your web pages and email accounts (you@yourdomain.com).

This is where all the action happens, so please read this page carefully to ensure that you choose the most appropriate option for your site.

It’s important to note that you do not have to host your site at the same place you register your domain name.

You could register your domain name at Godaddy.com and then choose to host your site some place else like HostGator.com, for example.
Why HostGator Hosting?

I often recommend HostGator because they offer an enormous amount of space for such a very low price.

In fact, they recently upgraded their plans and offer UNLIMITED SPACE. Yes, you have an unlimited amount of space for your web pages, which is almost unheard of with web hosting companies. Read the rest of this entry »

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Free web hosting or discount web hosting?

It all depends on what your goals are with your new website venture. Lets look at the pros and cons of each.

Pros with Free Web Hosting

1. There is not a capitol investment to be made with a free web host.
2. Ability to test ideas prior to pulling out your pocketbook.

Cons with Free Web Hosting

1. You do not own the domain name. For example lets say I own FreeHost.com and I let you put up your new site RoseGarden on the site. Your website url will be RoseGarden.FreeHost.com and not what you would want to have RoseGarden.com This is what is known as a sub domain.
2. You really do not have creative control over your website. The space that you are allotted with a free host is minimal. It may work fine for a couple of pages but if you would like to expand your site then most likely run over your allotted space.
3. In most cases there will be advertisements plastered on your site that you do not have any control over. This is one of the ways your FreeHost can make money to off you the free services.
4. Most of the free hosting plans that I have seen have a set period of time that your account will remain free then you must either take your site down or convert to their paid hosting plan.
5. Search engine ranking will be all but non existent. As the search engines get better and better algorithms sub domains on free hosting accounts sink deeper into the abyss. This is a key factor because if your site is not ranked in the search engines you not see any organic traffic
6. E-mail accounts. You will not have any.  No ability to brand your site via email. ex. tom@rosegarden.com
7. Little to no customer service if you have server issues, you get what you pay for. Read the rest of this entry »
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You have picked out a great niche and now you want to pursue your first venture in website creation on the world wide web. The very first thing that you should do is register the domain name.

What is a Domain Name?

A domain name is your identification on the world wide web. A domain name is like buying real estate with a physical address. The only difference is that the address is virtual property. A domain name is actually an ip address e.g. 651.66.0.4 which consist of numbers and dots.

A domain name is much easier to remember than an ip address.

The domain name industry is regulated by ICANN which is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet system of unique identifiers. Read the rest of this entry »

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