What advice do you have for someone who wants to build their own website?

Question

I need all the help I can get. Thank you for your assistance. Please give some great answers.

Answer 1

Do it. You can build one here on yahoo. they have a free web site builder you can download. Yahoo site builder. or go to http://www.bluevoda.com/ they also have free site builder software which is much better. You'll have to hunt if you want to find a place that will host your site for free. It's relatively cheap. Look for a site that will give you the most space. Yahoo business gives you 6 gig I believe. plenty enough for photos and other stuff. blue voda gives you like 600 gig. You could post the library of congress on that. I think blue voda is about 10 dollars a month with a 25 dollar setup fee. That's to register your domain name. Your personal info will be recorded as owner of the site that's the law. anybody can go to a number a different data bases and see who owns the site (Network Solutions, RIPE, Melissa data etc..) If you actually want to start learning HTML code and all that. That takes time. With FREE site software you can have a site up and running in an hour. Plus with something like blue voda you can build your site first then go into the settings and see how an already set up and working site page is built. From there you can do what you want.

Answer 2

Go For It !

1) Think large for the long term, but think small in the beginning. Start your business by contacting people that you know ( friends, family, neighbors etc. ). Let these people know that you are in business, and explain to them what a convenient service you provide.

(2) Network your subscription business as a fund-raiser. Contact local schools, churches, civic groups etc. who want to raise money for their organization and keep a percentage of sales as your profit.

(3) Take advantage of any gift giving occasion ( holidays, birthdays, engagements, graduations, etc.) Keep a log of all special occasions for your customers.

(4) Contact local business who having waiting areas (family doctor, pediatrician, dentist, beautician, mechanics etc.) This is an excellent opportunity for you to offer your service at little or no additional cost to the customer.


(5) Ask existing customers for referrals. Most businesses get their start this way. For example: Your beautician built his or her client base from referrals of existing customers. Word of mouth is the most powerful form of advertisement.

(6) Contact your local Chamber of Commerce to get a listing of businesses ( and their address / Phone Number) in your area. Write a letter of introduction, or use our suggested letter of introduction, to contact them. There may be a small fee to get this list.

(7) Contact large businesses in your area.

(8) Keep updates on new residents in your area. Write a letter to welcome them to the community and tell them about your service. Form a business relationship with a local company that deals with major purchases ( real estate brokers, car salesman ).

(9) Build relationships with your customers. Follow up with existing customers on a regular basis ( every 3 mos. ) . And there are NO problems. Hint: Customers follow up is crucial to your business. If you do not follow up, your credibility can be destroyed. If you only call your customers once a year (when it is time to renew ), they will be less likely to renew through you if there have been problems and you were not available to handle them throughout the year

Answer 3

Firgure out what you want to include and then draw out the screens by hand before you jump in. This will save you a lot of time recoding things later on when you want to make changes.

Answer 4

I've been working on one through http://geocities.yahoo.com. That's the only way I know how to do it. To make it more personal, I've saved images and designs and put them on PhotoBucket to easily upload them to the site.

It's good to learn HTML coding, though I don't know how to apply it to the Yahoo!/Geocities websites.

Answer 5

i would say just give it all yu got lol i dont know 2 much about making websites

Answer 6

hook up with google so you can get rich like ashbo did on whaterverlife.

Answer 7

drink a lot of alcohol

Answer 8

try googlepages