Where should I start?
I recently surveyed my newsletter subscribers to get someinformation on what areas they need the most help with.An interesting bit of information came out of the survey: A LARGE number of people online are trying to figure out whereto start, or aren't sure how to go about it.My answer for this problem is simply: Get started!Just get started. Find a subject that you enjoy, and that youare willing to spend time learning more about, and startcreating your website.Use the free ho...
...sting services, put up a bunch of banners, DON'Tget your own domain name, make all the mistakes you possibly can!Why would I give you such terrible advice?Because this is how you learn! This is how you learn the basicsof creating a web page, uploading to someone else's server,finding your site on the Internet, and then trying to figure outhow to get other people to find your site.Everything you read (I'm guilty of this too!) tells you that youmust have your own domain name before you even start, you musthave a ton of content ready to put on your website to keeppeople coming back, your website must be on a profitable subjectthat will surely make you a ton of money, you must drive trafficto your website, etc., etc.!The problem is that you spend all of your time trying to figureout what your website is going to be about, and trying to find acool domain name for it, finding the perfect website hostingcompany that will keep your site up 24 hours a day, finding themost profitable topic...But you never get started!Get started today... right now... not later... now. Go and create an account on a free hosting company, figure outhow to create a web page, then upload it using the instructionsthat are given to you by the hosting company.Don't know how to create a web page? Go to your favorite searchengine and search for "HTML tutorial" and then read until you'velearned what you need to know to create a simple page that says:"This is my new website and I'm proud of it!"Join an affiliate program... it doesn't matter which one, justfigure out how to join one and join it.Go back and modify your web page with the information they gaveyou when you signed up for the affiliate program.Once you have done this, open your browser and try to find yournew website.Can you find it? If not, figure out why. Read the help sectionof your website host.Once you find your website, go back and change the font on yourpage, bold some words, add a banner promoting the affiliateprogram you joined.Move the banner to the bottom of the page instead of the top.Just make changes to try and make it look better.Add more content. What content? It doesn't matter, just talkabout your favorite subject for a while: Fishing, skateboarding,racing cars, comic books, whatever.After you have done this, figure out how to add Meta tags toyour website with keywords and a description of what it is about.When you have done this, go to every search engine you canpossibly find and figure out what you have to do to submit yournew web page.Did you do this yet? If so, you are now on your way to making money on the Internet.Did I just tell you that your new web page is going to make youmoney?Nope. The exercise that I had you follow took you from start tofinish of creating and promoting a web page.I intentionally left out the little details because THAT is whatis going to get you on your way to making money online.Having to go and figure out how to do each of those steps iswhere you will start to build your foundation for future wealthmaking.The only way you are going to get the chance to do this is toget started right now... then as you learn more, you will startto figure out what it takes to earn money online.
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