How to make your website successful

Some great tips on making your website successful.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• website, hosting, grapics program, patience

1. If you are just starting out with developing your own website I suggest reading the "successful website article" steps that I wrote below. Does this mean I am an "Internet Marketing Guru"? Absolutely not! My field is managing a retail gardening store and since I also had some training in the computer field I was chosen to become the webmaster of guzmansgreenhouse.com

2. Develop your own website. Do NOT copy or build websites that have absolutley no value. Always write and create good content for your website visitors. Do NOT fall for that "Get Rich Quick" mentality? It will NOT happen. Find your niche...what is it that you are passion about?

3. Find a niche for your business website? What do you do for a living? What are your interests, your hobbies, your love. Do you like sports? What about working and tinkering with cars/trucks. Do you like skateboarding, gardening, are you a wizard at math, electronics, computers, fishing, hunting, camping, the possiblities are endless. Building a website about what you already know is so much easier than making one that you have no interest in. Try to keep your website content simple and provide your website visitors with what they are looking for.

4. Once you have that in mind start writing it down. Yes... take a pen and put it on paper. You will probably have tons of content for your website. This is what people want, and more importantly what "google" and the rest of the search engines are craving for. Remember put "Good Original Content" into your website and make sure your provide your visitors with true value.

5. Find a good webhosting company. Do your best to learn HTML and how to FTP. Once you have a good working knowledge of that start with CSS, PHP, and others. The main one is HTML. Find a good graphics program. The two best are Paint shop Pro and Adobe photoshop.

6. S.E's love good simple HTML & CSS content. Once you have that start putting your adsense or affiliate links in place. Be sure you have a newsletter or ezine do not overlook this very important aspect of having a website. It is imperative that you build a subscriber list.

7. Visit and participate in forums, blogs and websites that have valuable information concerning your niche. Write articles about your niche and submit them to article directories and ehow.com you won't believe the amount of traffic I get from this type of tactic.

Tips & Warnings

• Here are two words that helped me with my successful website: Persistence and determination.

[tammyfrost]

on 8/10/2009 Great article...I wrote a similiar one...Just not as much details....Nice work!