Friday, October 21, 2011

How To Make A Website And Make Money - The Basics

One of the most common questions I get asked these days by those looking to make money online is how to make a website and make money. I always try to advise people not to over complicate this business and start simple, don't try to build complicated websites that require a lot of PHP programming and require high maintenance, but instead start out in affiliate marketing and make money this way, because the type of website that you build for this purpose doesn't take long to accomplish.
In order to make a website for affiliate marketing so you can make money online you need to understand the process. Firstly you need to find a profitable niche and this isn't as difficult as it may sound and I'll be covering more on this in my next article. Once you have a profitable niche you need to build what is known as a squeeze page or lead capture page around this niche.
When you make a website of this type you will only create three pages. The first page we have already mentioned and it's sole purpose is to have a great free offer of value and quality. Do not try to give away something inferior as your prospects will not be impressed and will probably unsubscribe from your list and you will damage your reputation before you even get started.
In order to collect peoples email addresses you will need an opt-in form linked to what is known as an autoresponder and the best one on the market which is often referred to as the Rolls Royce of autoresponders is called AWeber.
Do not think you can do this business and not build a list, I can't stress enough how important this is because around 80 percent of your online income will come from your list. It's also important to build and maintain a good relationship with your list.
The next step to take once you have your squeeze page is to create a thank you page, this is a page of your website that your visitor who signs up will be taken to where you have the opportunity to thank them for subscribing and to let them know that an email has been sent asking them to confirm their subscription and that the link will also take them to the last of your three pages which is the download page, as this is where your subscriber will access their free gift.
Once you make a website and you begin to build a good relationship with your list, you can start to promote niche related products to your list and you will make money and one of the best places to find products to promote is an affiliate network called ClickBank and you can find products with commissions as high as 75 percent.
So what tool will we use to make a website and make money? I use a free HTML editor called KompoZer to make a website for this purpose. This tool is known as a WYSIWYG editor, what you see is what you get. You can insert images, type text, insert videos and do this without ever much having to look at the HTML code behind the scenes and you will see the page pretty much the same way as your visitor will and HTML simply means hypertext mark-up language.
You'll also need what is known as an FTP client in order to transfer your website files from your computer to your hosting account, FTP simply stands for file transfer protocol and I'll be covering this subject in more detail in a later article along with hosting and how to get set up, but the most widely used FTP software used is called FileZilla.
Now that we are aware of what we need to know to make a website and make money, we need to find a good tutorial to take us step by step through the whole process in an easy to understand way. The best tutorial I used when I got started using KompoZer was Chris Farrell's Create Your First Website By 3:45 This Afternoon.
Simon Templeton is an internet marketer and custom Facebook fan page designer.
Besides making money as an affiliate marketer and building fan page iFrames he also enjoys helping others learn to make money online.
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