1. Get a domain. Godaddy is one of the cheapest and most reliable http://www.godaddy.com. Or you can use a free website such as Geocities - if you are going to do business with it, a free site does not look too professional
2. Plan your website - what it will contain, what is it about, what is the value to visitors. One article that I found very useful is "7 Steps to Successful Web Site Development" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol142/website.htm
3. Develop your content. Write your copy, articles or other information you wish to put in your site. Or hire someone to write it for you
4. Create your site design. Either get a web designer to do it for you or start learning HTML, or use a web host that offers web site templates or site builders. If you will do it yourself, you can use software such as MS Frontpage, Dreamweaver or Adobe InDesign
5. Test for kinks - are your forms working, did you spellcheck, how about grammar, are there links broken, etc
6. Launch the site and market it. For inexpensive ways to market your business, read "Free Ways to Promote an Online Business" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/guide/cases/ii-lexi.htm
From the article "Tying It Together: SEO For The Big Three" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/SEO.htm , a general timeline into getting a new site into the search engines would be (assuming you are working diligently at it and are targeting fairly competitive phrases with a new site):
2 - 3 months: MSN rankings secured
4 - 6 months: Yahoo! rankings improving
6 - 8 months: Yahoo! rankings secured and Google improving. Many secondary phrases are attained on Google.
8 - 12 months: Google rankings secured.
2006-06-08 00:44:30
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answered by imisidro 7
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I found some book titles that should assist you further:
* Make Your Small Business Web Site Work: Easy Answers to Content, Navigation, and Design
by John Heartfield
* Small Websites, Great Results by Doug Addison
* The Complete E-Commerce Book: Design, Build, and Maintain a Successful Web-Based Business by Janice Reynolds
* Six-Week Start-Up: A Step-By-Step Program for Starting Your Business, Making Money, and Achieving Your Goals! by Rhonda Abrams
I also posted some links to free articles.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2006-06-08 07:08:23
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answered by TM Express™ 7
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I use webspawner its £24.00 per year but its a great website gets loads of stuff
2006-06-08 00:40:23
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answered by mags_brfc 3
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if you want to make a site of your own for free, or may be a business site, a professional one, you must check out this one, http://createwebsite.50webs.com/ has all the information you require, and also get more people to visit your site, just check it out,
2006-06-13 20:50:55
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answered by uttoran 2
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yahoo geo cities
2006-06-08 00:40:05
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answered by myangel_101211 7
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or freewebs
2006-06-08 00:40:48
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answered by gchastonay@sbcglobal.net 3
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