Create Your Own Website - Part 1 - Own Your Website

Create Your Own Website - Part 1
Own Your Website

If you plan to do business online, sooner or later you will probably want to have your own website or blog - and domain name. You can hire someone to design your website for you, but if you choose to create your own website yourself, there are lots of training tools and tutorials available on the web to help you along the way - much of it for free. You’ll just have to put in the time.

A common - and costly - mistake among a lot of affiliate marketers is promoting from the same duplicated website provided by whatever merchant they’re affiliated with - meaning they have the same website as a million other marketers.

One problem with that is that if you have a website provided by the merchant, you probably won’t be able to capture your customer’s name and contact information before sending them on to the main sales page, which means they then become the merchant’s customer, and not yours.

By not getting that contact information, your customer will most likely be gone forever. If they choose to buy other products from that same merchant (that you sent them to) you will not be getting credit for the sales.

Another problem that comes with not owning your own website and domain is a credibility issue. If you don’t take your business seriously enough to purchase a $10 domain name and pay $6 -$10 a month for hosting that domain, your customers probably won’t take it very seriously either.

Keep Your Visitors In Mind

So - having your own website is hugely important to your online business. But not just any website - you want a search engine optimized site that is filled with quality, useful content with a pleasing layout that is easy to navigate. Your visitors should feel comfortable while at your site, and be able to find what they are looking for with ease.

There are many free website design tutorials and lots of training on the web should you hit a wall during this process, and you could save yourself a lot of time and frustration by purchasing a Web Host account that also offers an online website editor such as Wordpress. Most even offer a selection of pre-built templates.

Bluehost hosting offers all of this and much more, including great customer support. In Part 2 of Create Your Own Website, we’ll go over some guidelines and some of the more important aspects you’ll need to keep in mind as you create your website.

Affiliate Marketing | Create Your Own Website - Part 1
Own Your Website