| I was at a BBQ the other day and a friend was | | | | Next you need a website. I recommend you build |
| asking me to explain how I made money selling | | | | your website with WordPress and the easiest, most |
| websites on-line. He couldn't understand how it was | | | | accurate way to install a word press blog is with |
| possible to actually build and then sell a website. He | | | | word press direct. WordPress Direct is fast and very |
| thought I had to be selling one of those pyramid | | | | easy to use for both setup and managing your sites. |
| schemes. | | | | Once your site is up and running you will need some |
| So, I reached for the number one BBQ stationary, | | | | content. To get you started, grab a six or so |
| the pen and napkin and I mapped out the whole | | | | You-Tube videos that are about your market, you |
| process for him. Trading websites all stats with | | | | can do this form inside WordPress direct. For each |
| research. Get this part wrong and everything else is | | | | video, write around 100 words of description as part |
| usually a waste of time. | | | | of the post and that's your original content. |
| If you want to start from scratch, you need to find | | | | The next step is to let Google and the other search |
| a market. I recommend you use market samurai or if | | | | engines know you exist. The fastest way to do this |
| you don't want to spend any money just yet, | | | | is with social bookmarking. Submit your posts to sites |
| Google's free keyword tool is fine. | | | | like dig, mix, propeller and twitter. This will ensure that |
| The first thing you do is pick a market, anything that | | | | the search engines find your site and let the world |
| interests you and just pinch that phrase into the | | | | know it exists. |
| software. The results you are looking for are to be | | | | As part of the installation process you install both |
| under 60,000 competing pages and at least 100 | | | | Google analytics and Google AdSense, the first will |
| searches a day. That way you know that you won't | | | | track all the stats form you site and the latter is the |
| be in an over competitive market, where you will | | | | adds that visitors click on your site and mad you |
| struggle to see results, but at the same time there is | | | | money. Both can be found with a simple Google |
| enough interest to make some money. | | | | search. |
| The next step is to big around three related | | | | Now that you are up and running you want visitors |
| keywords to support your main phrase. This will help | | | | and to move up the search results to the first page |
| with traffic and to have your main keyword rank | | | | of Google, where all the fun starts. |
| higher and faster in the search engine results. | | | | This is a two part strategy and it involves fresh |
| The next step is to register your main phrase as a | | | | content and backlinks. Content is easy, it involves |
| domain. Use a service like GoDaddy or HostGator and | | | | you writing articles, adding more videos, content to |
| start with trying to find if the dot com is available for | | | | your site on a regular basis. |
| your phrase. If it's not available try adding an | | | | Back linking is the process of having other websites |
| extension to your domain name, like blog or site. lets | | | | linking back to your site. It's kind of like other sites |
| say you were looking for shoes and shoes dot com | | | | telling Google that your site is a good one and Google |
| was not available, try shoesblog dot com etc.. till you | | | | should let others known that they should visit your |
| come across a combination that works. Dot com is | | | | site. |
| still the most prized of domain extensions, but if you | | | | The simplest way to acquire back links is to leave |
| can't find any thing suitable, then move down to dot | | | | relevant comments on blogs and forums that relate |
| org. I don't usually drill down any further to dot info | | | | to your market. |
| or any of the other extensions. | | | | All you have to do is repeat the above process for |
| Once you have registered your domain you then | | | | three to six months and you should had a site that's |
| need hosting for your new site. This is where your | | | | now ranking on the first page of Google and earning |
| website will live and you can usually buy hosting form | | | | a few dollars every day at the very least. Selling |
| the same provider that sold you the domain in the | | | | Websites can be fun. |
| first place, particularly if you use one of the bigger | | | | You are now ready to sell your site on flippa dot |
| hosting companies. | | | | com. |