I am currently using blogger - and have a link to my affiliate site. If I can get someone to actually click on the link and enter the data, that would be mine. Isn't that true of any blog?
I am a new member and from what I can see so far is that blog will be easier for me to start with rather than a website but I have a question please regarding this, should I look for my niche first or design a blog first? Can I just design a blog using wordpress and then look for my niche after or vise versa? Also should I sign up with an affiliate program before or after designing the site? Will appreciate very much your reply, thx.
I found the niche first and than built my blog around that.
You can use blogger or wordpress, they seem to be the most popular.
Become knowledgeable about whatever you decide. Read, read and than read some more. If you have a little money, invest in taking a course, but be careful, stay within your budget. Don't believe quick rich schemes, they are usually untrue. If you are serious about starting a business, make a plan, look for products that are right for you and within your budget.
And stay away from Adwords until you really understand how it works, and what to do. Read everything you can. You can easily blow through cash quickly with Adwords.
Thanks for your info 4today, that is what I am doing right now is to continue reading in my free time. I am working right now on knowing the Wordpress software a little bit more and of course finding my interesting niche.
I trued to work with Blogger but gave up very soon. It's just a waste of time! Wordpress is much better and has more options.
I heared Godaddy is really cool but I haven't worked with it yet
Those are some really nice advice. Lida did mention that hosting a site is like renting out your property.... so what is the other way around it that you totally own your site??
Lida did mention that hosting a site is like renting out your property.... so what is the other way around it that you totally own your site??
NO, you must have read something wrong or I wasn't clear.
I said having a hosted blog like on blogger or something is like renting. You are renting space someone else built, maintains and owns.
Having your OWN site or blog on your own host IS owning your own site.
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I use NVU to do all the instructional videos and it's the exact software I used to start building my sites. It's free and it's just like using a word processor to build your sites. You see what you're doing while you are building so you don't have to learn how to do coding right off the bat.
Like Linda mentioned, it's easy to just go find templates to use them to build your site from. You can find tons of nice looking free templates if you search "free CSS templates" or "free HTML templates." They are free to use as long as you give credit to the designer in the footer, no biggie.
Once you get started, it will get easier and easier and you'll be cranking out websites in no time.
Practice makes perfect.
But, I will say that you definitely don't want to use free hosting. You want to have control of your website. Free hosting has a lot of ads and stuff that you may not want linked to your domain.
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Good information. Thanks for the introduction to NVU. Their was a wonderful site builder that I really liked... BlueVoda...and had happily and delightfully begun using it--it reminded me so much of the Word 2003 interface. It was very attractive--pretty, and easy to use, too. Had lots of support, numerous downloadable template groups, very reasonable hosting available and there were plenty video tutorials, but for some reason it wouldn't work on my laptop, just my PC. It's extremely easy to use whenever I used it on my PC. If only I could've gotten it to work on the laptop
I loved it, and tried, unsuccessfully, over a span of several weeks to resolve the laptop issues using all suggested remedies from their great support team. Sadly, and reluctantly, Ive just had to give up. I think I'll now see what NVU and I may be able to accomplish together.
Your right MsJaxxee, that BlueVoda does look pretty sweet. I've just downloaded it and giving it a test drive. I am using it on my laptop and don't seem to have a problem. I'm running a Compaq Presario V5000. But anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the tip.
great info
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