Where should I start?
I recently surveyed my newsletter subscribers to get some
information on what areas they need the most help with.
An interesting bit of information came out of the survey:
A LARGE number of people online are trying to figure out where
to start, or aren't sure how to go about it.
My answer for this problem is simply:
Get started!
Just get started. Find a subject that you enjoy, and that you
are willing to spend time learning more about, and start
creating your website.
Use the free hosting services, put up a bunch of banners, DON'T
get your own domain name, make all the mistakes you possibly can!
Why would I give you such terrible advice?
Because this is how you learn! This is how you learn the basics
of creating a web page, uploading to someone else's server,
finding your site on the Internet, and then trying to figure out
how to get other people to find your site.
Everything you read (I'm guilty of this too!) tells you that you
must have your own domain name before you even start, you must
have a ton of content ready to put on your website to keep
people coming back, your website must be on a profitable subject
that will surely make you a ton of money, you must drive traffic
to your website, etc., etc.!
The problem is that you spend all of your time trying to figure
out what your website is going to be about, and trying to find a
cool domain name for it, finding the perfect website hosting
company that will keep your site up 24 hours a day, finding the
most profitable topic...
But you never get started!
Get started today... right now... not later... now.
Go and create an account on a free hosting company, figure out
how to create a web page, then upload it using the instructions
that are given to you by the hosting company.
Don't know how to create a web page? Go to your favorite search
engine and search for "HTML tutorial" and then read until you've
learned what you need to know to create a simple page that says:
"This is my new website and I'm proud of it!"
Join an affiliate program... it doesn't matter which one, just
figure out how to join one and join it.
Go back and modify your web page with the information they gave
you when you signed up for the affiliate program.
Once you have done this, open your browser and try to find your
new website.
Can you find it? If not, figure out why. Read the help section
of your website host.
Once you find your website, go back and change the font on your
page, bold some words, add a banner promoting the affiliate
program you joined.
Move the banner to the bottom of the page instead of the top.
Just make changes to try and make it look better.
Add more content. What content? It doesn't matter, just talk
about your favorite subject for a while: Fishing, skateboarding,
racing cars, comic books, whatever.
After you have done this, figure out how to add Meta tags to
your website with keywords and a description of what it is about.
When you have done this, go to every search engine you can
possibly find and figure out what you have to do to submit your
new web page.
Did you do this yet?
If so, you are now on your way to making money on the Internet.
Did I just tell you that your new web page is going to make you
money?
Nope. The exercise that I had you follow took you from start to
finish of creating and promoting a web page.
I intentionally left out the little details because THAT is what
is going to get you on your way to making money online.
Having to go and figure out how to do each of those steps is
where you will start to build your foundation for future wealth
making.
The only way you are going to get the chance to do this is to
get started right now... then as you learn more, you will start
to figure out what it takes to earn money online.