Getting Started with your Own
Website:
Home
Low Cost Web Hosting:
1Site.Net
Host Dude
WebHost
Make $
Hosting
Ezines Tools:
FREE Ezines Announcer
2Bucks Advt
$5 Ezines Blaster
Having your very own website is essential to your
long-term success. If you plan on reselling the products in
the CB Mall, you need
somewhere to "store" them and you need a "home" page to send your
prospects to (recommended). From your "home" page, you can direct prospects to
your CB Mall products, your ezine/newsletter, affiliate programs you promote,
etc.
Now we realize that the
thought of setting up a website can be quite daunting. There are
basically two types of people, the "do it yourself" people
who have the time and desire to learn and wish to follow all of the
necessary steps to build their own website. And there are those
who would rather hire it professionally done for whatever
reason. Perhaps they do not have the time or simply prefer to have
this type of job done by a professional.
For the "do it
yourself'ers", we are certain you will enjoy the process. In
fact, you may well like it so much that before long you're building
websites all over the place!
DOMAIN
NAME/HOSTING:
The first thing you need to
do is to obtain a domain name and web hosting for your
site.
Keep in mind that you will
only need one domain name. You can manage all aspects of
your site under this domain name by using "subdomains" and
extensions. For instance, if your domain name is WorkAtHome.com,
your home page would be:
www.WorkAtHome.com
You may wish to include a
link from your home page to a page about your CB Mall or ezine create by
CB Mall or your own.
In this case, you would create a subfolder under your main domain and
the link for your ezine would look something like:
www.WorkAtHome.com/ezine
I highly recommend you
get an web hosting in
HERE.
If you are not
affordable, you can go to search engine , type free hosting. There are a
lot of hosting services for FREE with step by step guide to set up your
website.
Here Are Some Low Cost
Website Hosting:
1Site.Net
Host Dude I PowerWeb
THINGS TO INCLUDE ON
YOUR HOME PAGE:
Your homepage will be, for
the most part, the central place where you send your prospects and may
possibly be their first impression of you and your business. Keep
this in mind as you are designing it. There may be instances where
you direct your prospects directly to another page on your domain
bypassing your home page. For example, you may send a special
offer mailing to your ezine/newsletter to let them know about one of
your products and may send them directly to the product page.
Don't be surprised however, if they decide on their own to have a look
at your home page just to become more familiar with what you're all
about.
Here are a few things you
may wish to include on the Home Page:
-
A Contact Us or About
Us feature clearly providing instructions on how your visitors may
reach you (ie: e-mail address, physical address, phone number if
available)
-
A Link to your
Ezine/Newsletter Page
-
Links to featured
products or a general link to your product description
page.
-
Links to your affiliate
programs or recommended opportunities
-
A sign-up form your your
Ezine/Newsletter (VERY IMPORTANT)
This is a must! (see more about this below)
CREATING A FORM FOR
YOUR EZINE/NEWSLETTER:
This is a MUST! As
we have stated and you will see throughout these tutorials, building
your own opt-in mailing list is something you must focus on as something
that is essential to your long-term success! One of the best
ways to do this is to include a sign-up form for your ezine/newsletter
on your home page. In fact, we recommend putting a sign-up form on
every single page of your website! Above the form, provide the
name of your ezine/newsletter along with a brief statement about
it. Offer a "free gift" such as an e-book for signing up. It
is a good idea to include a statement regarding your privacy policy as
well. An example is "Your privacy is important to us, we
will never share your e-mail address with anyone" or something to that
effect.
The form itself can be
easily created directly from your autoresponder. Set up a message
thanking the subscriber and be sure to include the link to the free gift
you are planning to offer on the form. Once you have the autoresponder in place, you can then create the form by clicking on
Autoresponders, show list, highlight the ezine autoresponder and click
edit. Then click on "Generate Code". This will bring you to
the page to set up your form and generate the html code for the
form. Then just simply copy and paste the html coding into
location on your home page where you want the form to be. Further
details about your autoresponder and incorporating it into your
ezine/newsletter list building.Get Your
FREE Autoresponder HERE.
ACCEPTING PAYMENTS ON
YOUR SITE:
The most popular payment
processor is Click Bank. You also can find it in Pay Pal & Stormpay
UPLOADING YOUR
SITE:
Your final step! Refer to
your web host service provider
for a complete step by step illustration
for uploading your site.