How to Build a Web Site That Makes Money or Income

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Good hosting company and web site building software.

Step 1

The first thing you need to do is have a plan make a check list to follow and stick to it.
What interests do you have, hobbies ,work related ,sports that you have experience with ,etc.
You will need a good web site builder like Dream weaver or Front page I use Front page and become familiar with FTP to upload your site.
Before you build your web site you need a domain name for it. The key factors in selecting a domain name" web address" that will boost your profits or income Make your business web site look as professional and targeted as possible to the people that are looking to buy. This can take some time but write down what domain names you want. Then go to a hosting service like godaddy,that is who I use they are reliable and have good prices. Type in the name and see if it available, try and use .com if possible.
Remember that the search engines like your site name in the domain name. Here is a example: If you like golf look for something like "my golf tips" or" golfhelpbooks" you get the idea. Whatever you decide on make sure that the subject is in the domain name.
Step 2

The articles, and information on the site should be relevant to the site and should target the area of the public that the website is concerned with.
The site should be easy to use, with the interface and navigation simple and reliable.
The graphics and text should include a single style and the same font throughout, to show consistency. The style should be professional, appealing and relevant.
The site must also be easy to find ,good key words on each page, so that the major search engines and folks searching can find it.
Getting people to pay attention to your content, good publishing provides the unique opportunity to create targeted content for whatever product you choose to sell. Create a good quality web page in a proven market by packaging together similar or complementary products with reviews on the page. If you have your own product to sell you can use Pay pal or Google merchants to collect payments I use both. Both these credit card services are easy to use and give you the buy buttons to place on your page. I like to use the smallest buy button that is available. You can also use drop down buy buttons if you have more then one product to sell on one page.
Step 3

Does one of your web site sell to businesses or shoppers? Position your content or reviews accordingly. Figure out how you can cut through the clutter to reach your target audience through writing what they need to read and what they are looking to purchase.
You will need to make sure that the web site is content rich, have atlas 100 or more words on the index page(or home page) to allow the search engines to find your site. Keep the content about what the site has to offer and have solutions or answerers to what people are searching for. If you are selling products make sure each page is linked to the home page. Offer product reviews on the page with a affiliate link or banner to the site that is selling the product.
You can sign up as a affiliate at Sharasale or Commission Juction,or Click bank if you want to sell eBooks there are a few more that are easy to work with and send out monthly commission checks most have direct deposit to your bank account.
If you are just writing content you can place adsense ads on the side or at the bottom of the page.Google Adsense is an ad serving program run by Google. It is Pay Per Click and Contextual advertising Adsense has many different options on how to place there ads on your page. The html part of the page needs to have the key words in the title so the correct ads appear on the page. Remember never ,never, click on your own ads Google will ban you for click fraud.
These are just a few good web site building tips that I have learned through trial and error. If you have any questions on how to make a website that makes money post them and I will do my best to answer them.

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tammyfrost said

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on 9/23/2009 Absolutely amazing article...You really summed it up. I am a website owner myself and I help others with their site's....You did a good job on this article. Thanks for sharing your tips!