Friday, July 29, 2011

Building a website the Simple Way

By Alex Tesla


Being an entrepreneur, I was anxious to stake my claim on the web and join the community of those who were making a living online. The only problem was, I didn't have a clue how to build a website or even the patience or time to learn all that code.

So, what did I do? I started a search for an easy website creator. My thinking was certainly some ambitious entrepreneur had already realized the income potential of a web site builder for the do-it-yourself person? As you can probably guess, I found one. Well, actually, I found quite a few. Of course, back then there weren't nearly as many choices on the fiber optic highway as there are today...so my selection was a bit limited when compared to today's market. Back then was roughly six years ago, which at the speed of changing technology may as well have been the ice age.

I made my selection and started building an internet site. Was it easy? No. Remember I was inexperienced and soon learned that not all site builders are the same. My first attempt was certainly with a stone age product in a modern day world. Believing that all products, from a well-known company, are surely quality was my first mistake. While this business provided several affordable services and quality goods, their simple web site builder wasn't certainly one of them.

I began my lookup again. This time, however, I relied around the suggestions from other web site builders like myself. Hence, ask someone that has already been there, carried out that. After garnering a few referrals, I arranged out to try the mentioned services and finally settled on one.

Am I pleased with my choice? Absolutely! So happy actually I saved my cash, earned on the net, and purchased a partner's program with the company. You see, I was referring so many individuals to their services, I finally wised up and realized I might as well be earning from all those referrals....and now I am.

After much trial and error, I did learn a couple of essential keys to on-line success and building a website. Right here are a couple of tips to help you get started and stake your claim on the world wide internet:

*Target your market. Don't try to be a website for everything. Find your niche and fine tune your website to complement.

*Stay away from dark background colours and wallpaper. Keep your site clean and simple to browse through.

*Add quality content. Keep your website content fresh and up to date.

*Quality link exchanges do work. Exchange links with web sites that fit the demographics of your site. Steer clear of link farms.

Since you have your web site on-line, marketing and maintaining your website will be the key. It is not like the movie, "The Field of Dreams - If you build it, they will come." In the event you do not market your website, guess what? They don't come. It's that easy.

Advertising is such a big and hot topic that I won't go into it in this write-up, nevertheless, I do recommend doing a search on the web for keywords, "website marketing." You'll discover there are hundreds of thousands of responses and endless info and discussion on what's the best solution. My experience: there's simply no one solution for this problem as the internet is ever changing and updating. Make time to study and discover about marketing your enterprise online and locally. There are lots of great resources on the net which can help you stay knowledgeable and updated.






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