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How To Build Your Own Web Site For Your Online Home Business
ost everyone will agree, many possibilities that you could
if you are going to do never have imagined. For the many
business online, you need who embark upon their own web
your own web site. It can be a site adventure, it becomes a
mini-site or a full blown learning experience with no
multi-page site. These days, equal.
maybe you just need a blog as a
web site. Find out what you need Your web site will take on a
to know to build your own web personality of its own and be the
site, get web hosting for that front door to your online home
site and start your online business. You may see it as a
business right. very patient friend, waiting
calmly for you to discover some
If you are serious about little hidden function, which
sustaining a long term home based opens up a whole range of
internet business, you should entirely new possibilities, and
have a web site of your own. starts your thoughts racing -
Having your own web site will thinking about how to capitalize
give you much more flexibility on on that particular feature.
how you approach your online
business as well as provide you You may get a little careless, or
with a means to give your web get too relaxed with it, then
business a presence on the bam! Right between the eyes - you
internet. Having this presence end up with a big problem. But,
and making yourself known on the building your own web site for
internet will improve the level your online business is fun, can
of trust you will receive by your be profitable, and most certainly
potential customers. can feed that creative flair in
all of us.
Having your own site may open up
The first thng to do when Use Overture's search box to find
starting your web site is to pick how many times your keyword was
a domain name. The domain name searched on last month:
will be something like
yoursite.com. A domain name http://inventory.overture.com/d/s
should be researched carefully. earchinventory/suggestion
Its best to have highly searched
for keywords in the name. A neat Once you have a domain name you
and free tool to help you pick a will need a web site hosting
domain name is The Domain Twist account to host the domain. Web
at hosting accounts vary
http://www.bizweb2000.com/wizard. significantly with disk space
There are many places to get allowed, bandwith, number of
domain names. I prefer supported domains, and other
www.godaddy.com or important considerations. Most
www.netfirms.com for domain name annual hosing accounts that would
registration. Netfirms currenty be more than adequate to run your
has a promotion to receive a 1 online business will cost between
year domain registration for $6 - $10 per month. Currently, I
$4.95. recommend BlueHost and Host Gator
web hosting accounts. Both have
You can also use Wordtracker's recently received performance
FREE trial to give you keyword awards and they have very
ideas: http://wordtracker.com competitive hosting plans for
your web site. When selecting a
Searching Google at web host, pay special attention
http://www.google.com will give and compare capability like PHP
you an idea about competition for support, MySQL database
any particular keyword. allotment, subdomains, script
support and others.
om. This is a PHP script that you
The next thing that you need to install on your web host account.
do is build your actual web site. The script provides you with a
I am not an html or javascript real easy rich text html editor.
programmer per se, but I can do It also has tons of features that
minor html programming/editing optimize your site for the search
with a good editor. I like Coffee engines.
Cup or HTML Edit for small jobs
and one page web site editing. Get a FREE copy of "7 days to
You can also use a template to Massive Web Site Traffic" at
build your actual web pages. You http://www.seoelite.com. It
can find them all over the outlines the steps to a web page
internet for free. that can rank high in the search
engines, and even goes beyond
http://www.ibdprince.com - has just your web pages, to tell you
all kinds of webmaster goodies, "the rest of the story." I
including really great looking thoroughly enjoyed it.
CSS templates.
When you get ot the SEO Elite web
http://www.diyminisite.com - site, scroll through the sales
templates and videos about mini pitch, then close the page. The
site creation - click the "not "7 Days" popup appears. It sounds
yet a member" link to join. It's like a lot of trouble, but
FREE. Then go to the download believe me, it's worth it.
area and pick what you need.
Don't load your site down with
My absolute favorite for program slow loading banners and images.
for building web sites though is Use low-res images that have been
Killer SEO Web Site Builder at optimized for use on the web.
http://www.killerwebsitebuilder.c
Write your web site page content, a little below their level, but
commonly referred to as copy, never above it.
then play editor: write, hack,
rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, until Keep your fonts constant
it is crisp, clear, to the point, throughout your site. Variety may
and utterly understandable. be the "spice of life" but can
Repeat your strongest point or really look lousy on a web page.
benefit a number of times (at You can vary the size a bit, and
least three). Some people just throw in a little color, but stay
don't get it the first time or conservative with the type style.
two. Spread your text out a bit.
Don't double space, but use very Highlight important selling words
short paragraphs, and lots of and phrases with bolding,
headings with some space between italics, underlining, and color.
the heading and the paragraph. Just don't overdo it.
When you put together your web Don't forget, purchases are never
site, target your audience. Don't made on logic, but on emotion.
talk about network marketing to Use copy that is designed to
veterinarians. They may be trigger an emotional response,
interested in network marketing, such as a sense of loss, one of
but they probably got to your the strongest: "If you wait, this
site via a search for a pet offer may no longer be available
animal product and that's what at this price. Get it now at this
they're looking for. When you ridiculously low price, and it's
know your target audience you can yours forever."
be sure not to speak (write)
above their heads. Use words they Once you have your web site built
will understand without Webster's you will need to upload it to
help. You may get by with writing your web site host. A good and
free FTP program to use for have created.
uploading and downloading to and
from your host is SmartFTP. When Once you are online focus on
you upload your site, you must driving targeted traffic to your
upload the index.html file, any web site by writing articles,
other linked HTML files, all the getting backlinks and Search
graphics files and any external Engine Optimization.
CSS or Javascript files you may
About the Author:
Greg Lietz is a freelance writer and internet businessman. His main website is http://www.theonlinebizplace.com where he provides content about internet based business opportunities, web site marketing strategies, writing articles and related content dealing with starting your own online home business.
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