Were going to be looking at the process of creating a web site and how to make money online with your site. Well take you through the steps of choosing a domain name, web site hosting, designing your pages with web site templates, adding content and making money online with google adsense and affiliate programs.
STEP 1: CHOOSING A DOMAIN NAME/WEB SITE ADDRESS
To begin the creation of your website you will need to come up with a domain name or website addresss. Try to get an address that has specific keywords for what your business or website is about. This will make it easier to remember and will also benefit with keywords searched for on search engines. There are a lot of additional domain extensions to choose from .com .co.uk .co.nz .net .biz .tv etc.. A new domain extension is recently available .ws (WorldSite or WebSite) Try this domain name extension as there may be more names available than the .coms.
Top 5 Tips:
* Make the address easy to remember.
* Choose an original domain thats reflects what you are about.
* Include keywords in the domain for what your site or business is about.
* Decide what domain extension to use (.com .ws etc.) a local or international domain.
* Buy multiple domains if required. Similar wording for the domain names.
STEP 2: SETTING UP YOUR WEB SITE HOSTING AND EMAIL ACCOUNTS
Once you have your domain name, you can signup with a hosting account web server. There are many hosting account deals out there on the web. Search around for something suitable for your website and business. It can sometimes be best to get a hosting account that is within your country. There are even hosting deals called resellers accounts where you can create hosting for unlimited domains plus divide and sell webspace!
Top 5 Tips:
* Search online for an appropriate hosting provider.
* Choose hosting that is within your country.
* Check details for MB allowance, email accounts, databases etc.
* See if the hosting account has an easy to use control panel.
* Decide if you want to run a hosting resellers account.
STEP 3: THE DESIGNING OF YOUR WEBSITE BY YOURSELF WITH WEBSITE TEMPLATES OR USE A PROFESSIONAL DESIGNER!
If you have the skills you can design your website yourself by learning HTML or use web design software. Otherwise hire a web site designer to create your site. If you design yourself, there is a range of software available that is freeware and shareware, although we recommend buying Macromedia Studio 8 as a professional web design package. You can take shortcuts in your design by using web site templates. Pre-designed sites that have navigation and colour schemes already created. These can save hours of time, lots of money and make your websites easier & enjoyable to design. 1000s of free and professional templates are available on the internet.
Top 5 Tips:
* Create the website yourself or hire a designer.
* Choose suitable design software.
* Surf the internet to get ideas and learn from other websites.
* Use free or professional website templates.
* Search for free scripts and tools.
STEP 4: ADD SITE CONTENT AND PROFIT WITH GOOGLE ADSENSE!
Google adsense is a great way to earn money online and add content to your web site. Google makes it easy for website designers to display relevant Google ads on their site. Because the ads match your keywords and content, your visitors have will be interested in the links, plus you will profit from the links they click on. Its as simply as that. You can also make extra money by referring others to the program. The first time they make $100US, your account is credited with $100US. Additional to this you can be credited $1 for every download and install of the Firefox web browser.
Top 5 Tips:
* Use text ad units for best results.
* Blend link colours to match your site.
* Place the google ads amongst content.
* Have links for referral signups.
* Place ads on all your pages and websites.
STEP 5: MAKING MONEY WITH AFFILIATE PROGRAMS!
Affiliate programs are a great way to make money online. You simply have links to products and services on your website. Once a visitor makes a purchase through your link your can receive some great commissions on sales or even simply by people clicking on your links.
Top 5 Tips:
* Signup to a selected few good programs.
* Create your own affiliate program for your products.
* Signup with Google Adsense to create profit fast & easy.
* Create multiple streams of income on different sites.
* Use your mailing lists to advertise your affiliate programs.
Stay tuned for the next part where well look at promotion of your website your created.
Phil M. is the author of this article 5 Steps & Tips for creating Websites that Generate Revenue! To read other articles and discover more on these topics please visit:
Still looking for new ways of promoting your web site Right now, you are about to discover 10 new ways of promoting your on-line business at no costs involved. Here we go...
Strategy #1 - Free Directory Submission
First thing first. There are LOTS of free web directories eager to get and show your web sites address in their pages for free.
You will only need to submit your name, your web sites URL, a small description of your web page, and also you will have to provide an email address for submission confirmation.
Strategy #2 - Link Exchanges
Linking partnership is an agreement between two related web sites for exchanging links. You could easily insert a page called Related Links and add some links to other partners or related web sites.
Strategy #3 - Creating An Automatized Routine
Thats quick: Build your own web directory where webmasters can submit their page only after adding at least one link to your web site!
This process is also time effective because you dont have to visit their page to make the time consuming submission: theyll do all the job, from adding your web sites URL on their web page, to submitting their info into your directory - you just have to approve the process.
Strategy #4 - Discussion Boards and Forums
Ever visited a forum Is is that place where members talk about a certain topic.
Join a forum where people talk about your topic and insert a link in your replies signature. A signature is a text which will be automatically added at the end of each message you write. If someone reads your replies or new posts, they will also spot the link in the signature.
However, you should read carefully each forum/ boards rules regarding signatures because in some places, links are prohibited and you could get banned from posting a while.
Strategy #5 - Email Message Signatures
Every email message should contain a link in its signature. it is the same thing as having a signature post on a forum...but more appealing. When someone receives a mail from you, he might want to know more about you... and here it goes: you just released a quick hint :-)
Strategy #6 - Writing Articles With Free Publishing Rights
This is marketing: if you write an article and give others the permission to include its content in their publications, its pure gold. Dont forget to include your web sites address at the end of each article.
As a guideline, tell everyone that removing the link to your web page is prohibited.
Strategy #007 - Recommend This Page To A Friend
When someone finds an interesting article on your page its almost impossible to believe he wont tell his friends about it.
Add a Recommend this page to a friend link on every page to spread the word automatically.
Strategy #8 - Awarding System - 2 Simple Steps
Is your website a good reference for the others Why not making a monthly contest or a free recognition system You could simply inform your visitors about the guidelines to become a winner. How
Step 1) Create an eye catching awards logo. It should contain this text line: This web site was awarded by Your-Domain.com. Link the logo image with your website when sending the HTML code to your winners.
Step 2) Write few guidelines for your contestants: give them a cool idea to start working for the right to get an award recognition.
Strategy #9 - Collecting Email Addresses
If someone wants to receive news about your web site, create an email subscription system. From time to time, send to your subscribers a message with worthy news. It will definitely determine them to come back.
You want to sell a product faster Write a short message and hit the red button! Every subscriber will get your message.
Please consider the fact that S.P.A.M. is prohibited in many countries!
Strategy #10 - Search Engine Results
Did you know that you can easily find lots of information about a certain topic using search engines Take some time and improve your web sites relevance for search engines. Your page will get lots of hits from search results if you concentrate on a few particular keywords.
Do you think Im done here... Read more strategies!
BONUS Strategy #1 - Off-line Promotion
The real world is also an important thing to have in mind. Print your web sites address on anything you have: business cards, calendars, pens, document headers or even put a small sticker on your cars window... if you park in a busy place, someone will notice :-)
BONUS Strategy #2 - Free Give-Aways
People love you when giving something for free. Write some big quality information about a topic, put it into a small e-book and give it away for free - insert a few links to your web site on every page. Dont forget to inform you readers that your e-book is free for distribution as long as they do not change its content.
If you care about your spare time, hire someone to write your ebook or articles. A ghost writer is easy to find - just search the web or visit a freelancing web site.
Bonus Strategy #3 - Write A Blog
Writing a blog is taking life more personal, and people will like it! Start writing about your life, about casual things that happen in your life. From time to time, mention about your web sites activity.
Bonus Strategy #4 - Making A Buzz
Talk to everyone about your web site. Persuade the others to talk about it. The word of mouth is a powerful technique to get highly targeted visitors. Create a story subject around your web sites topic.
Bonus Strategy #5 - Press Release
You could also consider creating a Press Release. There are many web sites which accept press releases.
Make it sound official if you are using a press release: write about you and your web site using the third person - content will be more worthy to read.
As you can see, Ive added 5 Bonus strategies in this article. However, there are lots of other strategies to promote your website, but will involve money charges.
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About the author: Vladimir Ghetau is specialized in professional Web Designing. He wrote the book How To Advertise Your Business Like A PRO which helps improving your web site traffic up to 378%. You can see work results on his web design and development website