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March 07, 2007
How to Build Your Own Website
Setting up your own website can be a fairly easy and extremely rewarding process. To help you along, I have collected a few resources and laid out a step by step to creating your own website. This post represents a great deal of research; please use it in good faith.
Be sure to add this page to your favorites - many of the links I provide will lead you away from this site!
Step 1: Find a Host
The first thing you need to do is find a host that suits you. I suggest Brackmann Custom Web Creations (my company...). Every plan provided by BCWC comes with free domain name registration!
Step 2: Build Your Site
Building a site is fairly easy using the HTML editor offered in BCWC’s (and many other) hosting platform(s). It works just like any other text editor! For a more professional look, you might also want to check out templates online (search for “website templates” on any major search engine). Many of these templates can be edited using the same HTML editor.
Step 3: Make Money - Advertise On Your Site
The best way to make money on a new website is to advertise! Google's AdSense program has made the process of gathering advertisers extremely easy - check out the following link.
Step 4: Gain Users - Advertise Your Site
For these go getters looking to actively build their user base, I suggest Google’s AdWords program (see link below).
Step 5: Build a (Basic) Online Store
The more experienced users may want to try and build an basic online store. You can sell almost anything you want. I suggest using PayPal’s services to develop an ecommerce solution that works for you. I have found that PayPal offers the most services at the lowest cost - in many cases, only a per transaction free applies. The following link will provide more information.
Step 6: Tell Me Your Story
Once you've set up your site, please tell me about it! Leave a comment here and I'll visit to see what you've done. (If you want to, you can also link back to this blog to show your support and encourage others to start their own sites!)
Posted by brackme at March 7, 2007 12:42 AM