I worked on it all day Friday. Still working on it. Fourtunecity is my host. I just decided that it was time to get my feet wet. I got a few affiliates.So now I have to work on my traffic strategy.
I've tried MS LIVE and Writer won't even install on my system. I've tried Google Apps (Page Creator) and it only gives me a home page, with NO SUPPORT to help me go further. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but all these ads for these tools keep saying you don't have to be a geek, and it'll do EVERYTHING. I am fairly dangerous at this technology, and despite my best efforts, I cannot find one provider of attractive, comprehensive templates that do what I need done. I'm 'bout ready to betray my faith and use profanity like SHUCKS! and HECK! Seriously, I'm really discouraged!
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Microsoft Page Creator (free domain and they host free)
Google Domain (free but you still have to buy and host your domain)
Hi, I'm a newbie on this forum..Just signed up tonight. I'm very new also to the affiliate business..Looking to create a website for as little $ as possible. Your suggestions are extremely helpful..I haven't gone to the Microsoft site yet, but thank you in advance!
Welcome to 5 Star. Read up on the stickies in the newbie forum and you will get
to know a little more about how this affiliate thang works.
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It is an excellent tool for both newbies and expert. It totally throw the concept of web design out of the window. You just pick a template and then focus on content building. Leave all the works (web hosting, domain registration, web builder, SEO, link tracking, Search engine ranking, traffic analysis, link exchange, email marketing...) to SBI
If you can afford to pay $20+ for a worry free integrated web solution, then I think Site build it is the one to go for.
I personally have 3 sites with SBI and I am very impressed with them.
Templates can be a great help when getting started, especially if you're not too savvy with web design/HTML/CSS, etc. I learned so much just from downloading and playing with templates to see how things work and pull together and you can make enough changes to them so you don't have a "cookie cutter" looking site, too!
Templates can be a great help when getting started, especially if you're not too savvy with web design/HTML/CSS, etc. I learned so much just from downloading and playing with templates to see how things work and pull together and you can make enough changes to them so you don't have a "cookie cutter" looking site, too!
Thanks for the info! I found a place to download them and it IS very helpful.
Thanks again!
You can use Blogger or a free Wordpress blog. Also for a free html editor try nvu.com, it's really good.
There are a number of ways to go with your first affiliate website. You could create a presell page that then links through your affiliate link to the main merchant site or you could try a review page where for example you review about 4-6 affiliate products against each other. Test out which one converts the best and put them at number one.
I hope this helps.
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Don't know whether or not you are still in the market for a website. If not, perhaps this information can be helpful to others.
When researching for a website remember you have many choices.
1. Free websites/blogs (which you already know)
2. Pre-designed website
3. Turnkey website
4. Minisites
5. Website store
6. Or building your site from scratch (must have designing skills)
Newbies must first decide what is it they want to sale. What do they have a passion for? There are many turnkey affiliate sites that comes with their own products and set up to make money quickly, but you have to be skilled enough to bring traffic to your site. Whether these sites are paid for or free--many are, you must get your own traffic which is key and vital to your success.
But the above is true for any website you get--no traffic means no sales. And once you get the traffic, it needs to convert into sales. This is where many newbies fail. They simply need to develop Internet marketing skills.
These turnkey sites often come with there own niche products. While it may seem attractive, you still have know what you are doing. Niche marketing, affiliate, Internet marketing etc., takes skills. You need to learn them all.
There are websites available that don't come with there own products. They are pre-designed, no technical work involved, search engine-friendly, etc., and some offer more features than offers. You must a product/service to sell
Ask yourself these questions...
1. Do I want to build many 1-5 page minisites to launch quickly and make income faster when selling affiliate products? Or,
2. Would I rather just concentrate on building one large pre-designed site, search engine-friendly--selling one particular product/service?
Minisites are great for selling products quickly. You can have a simple landing page or product review page, pre-selling the product. Customers click your affiliate link which takes them directly to the vendors sales page.
But here again, you need to learn Internet marketing which covers pre-selling.
I've researched many different types of site use them all for different occasions. This also includes eBay.
On the other hand, to build an empire or fat affiliate site there are some get web designing software and tools on the market. After months of researching, I tend to go with a successful marketing guru that has the affiliate marketer's mindset, rather go to a web designing company that don't.
As for #1 and #2 above, I tend to do both.
Also, you don't necessarily need a website to sell products. If you continue with your research sooner or later you should find other marketers with products--eBooks to you help. You should also find successful marketers, or gurus who made millions and join their free newsletters.
Remember, everything requires learning a proven successful system, a formula if you will, that will sky-rocket your income.
I just set up my site
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