How to Get a Website: Step 1 to Making Money Online
Before you get your website, you need to know what it's going to be about. Get out a notebook and write down several domain names that you feel are good fits for what you eventually plan to do with it. Also, sketch out a simple plan for the layout of your site. Here's what mine looked like for this website:
As you can see, it's just a simple plan to help me get the basic layout set straight in my head. It acts as a guide for what I do from that point on.
If you're already ready to go, then visit BlueHost to register a domain name and sign up for website hosting. Website hosting runs $83.40 for a year and includes registration for one domain name. The best part of all this is that you can host unlimited websites on your one account! We'll get into that later, but for now, let's get your first site up and running.
The following video walks you through the process.
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Easy, right? Click here to setup your site right now. Once you've done that, come back here for instructions on how to easily setup a content management system (CMS) that will give your site a professional look and feel.
Before moving on, be sure that you've gotten your webhosting account setup. Even though I recommend BlueHost, you can use just about any host you want. But just know that every lesson hereafter makes the assumption that you are using my recommended web host.
Ready to move on?