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How to Build a Professional Looking Website 



This is how to build a website that you will love and won't have to pay for.

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 1. Prepare your website plan


 Before setting up an account for a free site, decide what the focus of your site will be. Collect Information, pictures, and write some of the text ahead of time to familiarize yourself with your idea and get comfortable with the process. Decide if you will use artwork or photos on your site. Make sure your photos/artwork/music is royalty/copyright free.

2. Research in Google 

Use Google or some other search engine and look for websites offering free websites and compare some of your choices.

 Remember that when using a free service, your website will be supported by advertising to allow you to get in for free.

* Keep in mind if someday you might

* want to bump your freebie site up to a higher level and look for those sites that offer that feature.

* Some sites also offer tools to help the technically challenged in creating their sites. Certain sites also offer levels to get you started off immediately and let you come back later to upgrade and update later as your tech skills grow.

3. Choose your platform


  Choose your website offering free service. Set your password and username and WRITE THEM DOWN. You would not believe how many people actually forget within an hour of setting their accounts up.

4. Research for free  images/sounds/graphics

Use Google or another search engine to find images/sounds/graphics that relate to your site - don't forget to get permission give linkbacks crediting original artwork or material that you are allowed to use.(Linkbacks are small hyperlink graphics or text words with the original creative site's web address that your visitors can click on to see the original creator's site).

5. Use a free editor

Find a free WYSIWYG editor. This stands for What You See Is What You Get and is an excellent way to be introduced to the world of building and creating websites.

6. Search website templates 

Consider using website templates. Utilizing website templates allows you to quickly use a pre-made design which you can choose and replace the text with your own to produce a great looking website. Be sure to look for a simple design layout as more sophisticated templates may be difficult to edit until you’re more skilled. Template galleries can be found at css4free.com and oswd.org.

Tips


* Remember to read the site's rules relating to posting materials (especially copyrighted and mature themed).

* If you have an idea for your site (any idea even if it is idiotic) then jot it down because there is a HUGE chance it will help someone!

* If you are having a hard time figuring out things to put on your navigation bar, then you might look at the requested topics on wikiHow!

* Take your time to your site - make it yours and give it your personality.

* You can get a free version of a great piece of software called Nvu, (pronounced N-View).
This is open source software, which basically means that it is freely available without cost to anyone. Nvu provides lots of advanced features but is simple enough for most first-time users to get a site online.
 Even though it’s free, it can grow with you as you become more comfortable with the software features which can allow you to add more sophisticated elements to your website.

Download your copy at www.nvu.com

* A good site to start with would be Open Source Web Design over at oswd.org. They have a diverse collection of website templates that anyone can download free of charge.

* Google and Yahoo are good sites for this, but require a little bit of HTML knowledge.

* You will have to let go of some of your brainstorm ideas! You can't do everything!

* Be careful when stating opinions that you avoid using full names or offensive materials - freebie sites can be pulled for offensive materials. Moderation is the key!

Tools You'll Need


* Internet access

* Paper and pencil or pen for navigation bar ideas!

* A chunk of free time when you first sit down to start, after that you can spend as much or as little editing, changing, improving and maintaining your site.



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How to Create a Free .tk Domain for Your Website



Everybody is familiar with .com domains, but there are fewer and fewer available. If you would like to have an easy to type domain, try a .tk domain. They're easy to set up and can be free.

1. Go to  freenom.com


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2. Log in to your account 


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3. Come up with a domain name.

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4. Search to see if it is available.

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 5. Decide if you want a free or paid domain, then select the appropriate option.

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 6. Setup for 12-month free ADC click to continue


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7. Review & Checkout
Thank you for your order. You will receive a confirmation email shortly.
If you have any questions about your order, please open a support ticket from your client area and quote your order number.
8. Order Confirmation

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9. My domains area 


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Done! You just create a Free .tk  domain for your website


Tips
* Make an easy-to-remember domain so that your visitors will return to your site.
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Twitter is a great tool to get your target audience discover you, your blog and the value your blog creates. It helps establish a link between you and your audience in a non-threatening way and can be a great part of your online blog branding and marketing strategy.

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This second article in the Twitter series will focus on how to get a lot of Twitter followers and new readers to your blog.



How to increase the number of your Twitter followers



Concentrate on building a large number of followers. The more people that follow you and know what you are about, the more clicks and visits you will get to your blog. But make sure you don’t start following people who don’t have interest in your subject.



Here are some recommended ways to get more followers that are interested in the topic you are blogging about:



* Track down twitterers that are interested in your blog field by using Twellow. Search for relevant keywords or go into the relevant directory and get a list of interested twitterers. Rank according to “followers count” to see the leaders in your field. Click on their profiles, browse their followers and see if some of them are interested in following you.



An easy way to get people to follow you is to start following them first. Some Twitterers have their accounts set up to follow all the followers, so when you follow them, they will automatically follow you back.



* Twitter-bait. Tweet to or about Twitter leaders in your field. They have a lot of followers and they scan Twitter for people talking about them and their products. If they find your tweet interesting and respond to you, your username will be exposed to all of their followers. Some of these might click on your username, start following you and start reading your blog.

* Promote your Twitter account on your blog, in blog comments, forum postings and in your other social media profiles. Just as you would promote your blog, put your Twitter username everywhere and expose it to as many people in your target group as possible.



The ratio of following vs. followers



People tend to place large signs on the ratio of the number of followers you have and the number of people you follow. Following a disproportionately higher number of people than having followers will give a bad image and you might find it hard getting new followers. Twitterers with more even numbers or a higher number of followers are seen as more trustworthy and influential. Use Your Twitter Karma to unfollow those who aren’t following you to make your numbers more even.

Customize your Twitter account



* Customize your Twitter profile with your picture, your blog URL, and description. Most twitterers will check your profile to decide to follow you or not or learn more about you when they read some of your interesting tweets.



Make sure to be consistent in your branding on different social media sites. Try to use same nickname, same avatar and publish related content on each.



* Register Tweet Later to add additional tools to your Twitter account. You can set your account to automatically respond to your new followers with a personal message, you can automatically follow people that follow you and you can submit tweets to be published at specific times.



Now you are ready to go. Post your first tweet and start browsing around for like-minded people. Be consistent in growing your followers. Make sure all your tweets are of excellent quality and make them all relevant to your blog subject. In time your reputation will grow, twitterers will start following you automatically, and your blog traffic referred by Twitter will increase. "

by Marko Saric on December 29, 2008

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Mario Lavandeira has made millions as the blogger behind PerezHilton.com. Perez Hilton celebrity gossip blog is read by millions every day and he is one of the most visible and popular bloggers online.
The blog now averages 260 million page views a month, hit a record day with 13.9 million page views this week and has a very loyal readership.

Perez Hilton


Perez Hilton must be doing something right!

Here are the 8 things every blogger can learn from PerezHilton.com:


1. Find a topic there is an audience for. People love reading about celebrities and gossip. Do not restrict your blog to a too narrow niche as you will have a hard time growing it into a major blog.

2. Find a topic you have a passion for. The topic that you can and would love to write about daily. Perez focused on celebrities “because it was something I was inherently curious about, fascinated with.”

3. Be consistent. Post on a regular blogging schedule. Perez Hilton posts new articles to his blog an average of 40 times a day. He constantly checks his e-mail and scours the web for the latest gossip.

4. Be unique." Celebrity-focused websites are nothing new, but Perez Hilton created his own oversize persona to stand out from the crowd. He differentiated his blog with a unique writing style and handwritten captions scrawled on top of pictures of celebrities.

5. Do not censor yourself. Perez Hilton writes what he thinks, he does not care if celebrities or fans like it or not. This attitude has gotten him in trouble several times, but on the other hand, his outspoken persona has earned him a huge following.

6. Be provocative. Perez often makes harsh and derogatory comments about celebrities. This results in a ton of publicity as celebrities respond back, media reports it and readers share it with their friends.

7. Experiment with the blog monetization. Perez tested everything from banner ads, text ads, wallpaper ads behind the blog posts, sponsored posts… he obviously perfected it as now advertisers pay up to $54,000 to run short-term ad packages on his blog.

8. Expand your blog. Perez has used his blog success to expand into other media and has built an entire empire around his persona. TV shows, radio shows, clothing line, book deal…



Incorporating these 8 steps into your daily blogging will make sure that your blog gets more attention, gets an increased readership, gets forwarded and shared virally and will ensure that you build your profile and your brand.


by Marko Saric on February 27, 2009
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To build monthly income, building an affiliate store in Wordpress blog is like putting money in the bank. Every post is like an investment that will pay you back again, and again, and again…



The next 8 weeks will be the busiest time of the year online. More people will search, shop, and buy than ANY OTHER TIME OF YEAR! What you do for these 2 months will determine how much income YOU WILL EARN during that period. Some bloggers and affiliates spend nearly the entire year getting ready for just these 2 months. I have used just about every affiliate product, service, and plugin out there - and for the next two months, I’m going to post a lot about which ones work (and which ones don’t).



I consider this post to be the first in the “How to Build an Affiliate Store in Wordpress” series, but I kind of consider it a sub-section of both How to Build Income Online, and How to Monetize Your Blog series. There will be soo many posts about setting up an affiliate store, I felt an entire series devoted to it was in order.

What is an Affiliate Datafeed?



In the past, I’ve blogged briefly about data feeds twice: Create an Affiliate Store in 5 Minutes From a Data Feed, and Monetize Search Results with Data Feeds in Wordpress.



But now is one plugin! One can be doing all! Look here!


Amazon eStore Affiliates Plugin

Plugin – Full Features List
Works as a plugin for any Wordpress Install.
Compatible with any Wordpress Theme
You can have Amazon Products and Simple Products in the Store at the Same Time (we’ve made a special verification and the products don’t conflict into the Cart Checkout Page)
Choose from any Amazon Location – Worldwide, Amazon Germany, Amazon United Kingdom, Amazon Canada, Amazon France, Amazon Japan, Amazon India, Amazon Italy, Amazon China, Amazon Spain.
90 days cookies feature - With this feature, when a user is redirected to Amazon, the product is automatically added to cart and kept there for 90 days(this boosts your conversions also!).
On-Site Cart feature! This option will allow your customers to add multiple Amazon Products into Cart and checkout through Amazon’s system with all at once!
Prices setup – Select if you want to import prices only from Seller Amazon, or from other sellers as well (get the lowest price)
Products Variations – Get product variations. Be careful about Yes All variations one product can have a lot of variation, execution time is dramatically increased!
Default publishing- import the products as Published or Draft.
Select how many images to import for each product
Images names – Product title or Random number – This is great for SEO
Cross Selling Items – Select if you wish to display cross-selling products.
Images gallery in the product description – select if you wish to display it or not.
Amazon Reviews Tab – Select if you wish to display amazon reviews
Setup Amazon Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
Setup your affiliate ID’s (You don’t have to specify all affiliate IDs if you are not registered to all programs.)
Setup Main Affiliate ID
One second import! Search for products using the Advanced Search and Bulk Import module. Upon import, all parent categories and subcategories will be imported.
Mass Import products using the CSV module. All you need is an ASINS list.
Facebook Too!Facebook Integration also! With Like Locker! Feature your store on Facebook as well in just a few minutes.
Keep products updated using the Synchronisation Module, you can update Prices, Titles, Reviews, Buy URLs, Descriptions, and SKU.
Setup / Backup Module – install default plugin settings, backup current plugin settings, and backup current eStore products.
True fact – Proof that our Amazon eStore Affiliates Plugin WORKS! (We have a 4.83% rate ^^)

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My Process for Setting up and Configuring a new Wordpress blog in 60 Minutes or less

*UPDATE 2008*
My routine for setting up Wordpress sites has changed a bit.
Mainly because I now have so many Wordpress sites that I’ve found better plugins to use, and some of the ones I used to love aren’t good anymore.
 In addition to that, I’ve learned more about SEO and how to manage WordPress more effectively, which is why I started the series.
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Managing Wordpress More Effectively

For the purposes of this article alone, it’s limited to what you can do to set up a blog in an hour or less.

 For more detailed instructions, please read the entire series! I’ve updated this article and republished it today because it’s one of the most viewed on this site (and it was getting a lot of activity this week).

I’ve set up a few dozen Wordpress blog sites in the last year, and it’s led to developing a standard routine for getting it done in the quickest and most effective way.

I decided to post this in an ordered list, and hopefully, it helps someone - but this is also self-serving as I can reference this myself if I don’t set one up again for awhile.

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