How to Create a Free Business Website
Numerous hosting services will host your website free and provide user-friendly templates that will help you build your website. Before you put together a site, you should study your online competition and prepare all your images and text. After you build your site, test its appearance on multiple browsers and computers. In addition to a website, you should also get on social networking sites to draw as much traffic to your Web page as possible.
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Study the competition. Before you begin building your site, spend some time browsing Web pages of your competitors. Notice what sections and submenus their websites have and what type of information they feature. Pay attention to the popular links that are featured and the templates used. As a new entrant, you should take a cue from the established sites to make it easier for visitors to locate key information on your site.
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Find a free hosting service. Several are available, so check features such as available space, maximum number of pages and free email accounts. Also, visit a few Web pages hosted by each particular service to see the overall quality and speed. After you decide which service you will go with, create an account and password.
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Prepare your text and images. Check the requirements and limitations of the hosting service, such as the maximum length of text that can appear on each page, the maximum size of images and so on. Prepare your text and images according to these requirements and save them on your computer before you begin to create your site. Typing information into the online template may lead to data loss if you experience connectivity problems or another glitch before you have a chance to save the data.
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Build your website using your prepared material. Save the material frequently, and check the appearance of your site on multiple computers and browsers. What may look fine on your computer may not look so good on a smaller screen or different browser. If you do not have access to multiple computers, call a few friends and ask them to look at your site to provide feedback.
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Create profiles for your business on the most popular social networking sites. Cross-link your profile page and your website to each other and use your social network to draw traffic to your Web page. Let your friends and business contacts know about promotions, new products and changes in your business practices to keep visitors interested in your Web page.
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