It is an accepted fact in internet marketing: If you want to make money on the internet, you must build a website. It is arguably the best way to market your product or service online. Notice I said the best, not the only way.

There are a few good ways to profit from the ease of use and communication that the internet provides. You can be sure that there is no sure fire way on the internet and what works for some, may not work for others. The truth is, a well built, content filled (read information filled) website is by far, the leader of the pack

The many advantages of owning your own website include:

1. The "Equalizer" Factor- A well built site will make your home-based or small business a classy and credible image.
2. Your customers can find you and learn about you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
3. Sales and most service functions can be automated and ultimately take you minutes a day to maintain.
4. Relatively inexpensive to build and maintain, and invaluable to continued success in the business world.
5. Communicating with your customers and receiving communications from them is virtually free online!

Now to build your website...

Traditionally (boy, that is a relative term isn't it?), there are 2 ways to get your own website:

1. You build it yourself, or
2. Pay someone to build it for you.

If you choose to have someone build your website for you: Be prepared to pay a premium for good service. If you want a good website, do not go for the "$199 3-page website special". You'll be disappointed, and getting your money back will be impossible.

Let's concentrate on you building your own website. It's not as hard as it looks, and new innovations are making it easier than ever.

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The mechanics of building your website are fairly simple:

• First, you write a website (more info on this a bit later in the page), then...
• Create and Register your web site name with an Internet Registrar (most webhosts can register the name for a fee). It is always a good Idea to check if the name you have chosen is available. You can use the search box below to check if names are available:

  .com .net .org .cc .ws

  
  
• Find a Webhost to put host your site, you will need to Upload all your webpages and graphics to it yourself
• Submit your website to the main search engines and directories (either do it yourself, use a program, or a service)

You can build your own site several ways:

1. If you are a Do-it-Yourself kind of person you can Learn HTML, the basics of a good graphics program and build your own.

   HTML Tutorials: Nice Tutorial from Maricopa Colleges HTML Tutorial

   Graphic Programs Paint Shop Pro - the one I use. Graphic Libraries/Suppliers: 30,000 photographs. illustrations, fonts, audio files, and video clips.

2. You can use one of many WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) Web site building programs commercially available. Basically, you use them like a word processing program, and they build a website exactly as you write it. Beware of these though, to get the most out of them, you should still learn at least the basics of HTML:
   1. Dreamweaver
   2. MS FrontPage
   3. Adobe Go Live

3. This way is fairly NEW to me, and I've only found 1 place that does it: It is a web based web site builder. This company has a service that does it all for you.

   You choose the look of your site from templates. They host your site ,and even create a logo for you if you don't have one. They register your name, build the site from information you give them: All you do is enter your website content (meaning your text). Then they give you suggestions as to how to make your website more search engine friendly (basically how to get a better rank on the search engines) and even submit your site to all the major directories and search engines. Visit the site for more information.

Well, those are the basics for you. This page was intended to give you an overview of what you will need to do to get your own website. As you start to build your site, there are other issues you have to keep in mind. Visit our Growing your business section to learn more about how to get your website primed for visitors and search engines.

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