Dear Affiliate,
after choosing the right niche for your online business it now is
time to get it going!
Remember what we said before: the last thing you need is another
good idea and then do nothing with.
Means: a lot of supermalificous ideas in your head but you do not
bring them online, will not generate a single red penny for you.
You won't go that way, do you? So let's get started...
However, A WARNING FIRST:
This edition of our newsletter may be a little long, but it is
covering key essentials and you should take the time to entirely
read it. We will send shorter newsletter editions later on.
Promise!
If you think however, it is not important to go through it you are
either a professional internet marketer already (but even then
there may be useful information in here) or you are not seriously
interested.
In this last case do us and yourself a favour: scroll down to the
bottom of this page and click the "unsubscribe" link, not wasting
your and our time any longer...!
Still here...? O.K. let's go:
First off, here's what you should put into your toolbox right away.
These are NO OPTIONS, they are absolutely essential tools. You
cannot build your online business without them:
1. Your very own Internet Doma:n Name.
2. Reliable Web Hosting / Web Space to put your website into the
internet.
3. Fast, feature rich and easy to use Website Editing / Web Design
software to create, build and grow your website.
4. FTP Software to upload your website and single files onto your
webspace.
5. Search Engine Submission and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Software to let search engines and web directories such as Google
or Yahoo know about your website and get it listed in their index
as high as possible. Your website will be useless if you are the
only visitor to it.
So these are the essential tools you need. WOW!
But where do you get them, what is the price, and which ones are
the best for you and your business?
Let us give you some honest recommendations based on our own
experience. You can stick with these or look for other solutions:
# 1. Doma:n Name and
# 2. Web Hosting
You can get both of these at one place. Our true recommendation is
to host your site(s) with HostGator, USA. We do host almost all of
our sites with them as well. They are reliable, powerful, most
feature rich and you will get such huge webspace that it will be
difficult for you to fill it up, even after years.
They also have all your future tools already included: PHP,
unlimited mySQL databases, unlimited email, unlimited doma:ns and
sub domains, unlimited websites, your own blog(s), your own
forum(s), your own shopping software and much much more. This all
costs NO extra m-on.ey!
You get all this at the unbelievable low price of less than $10 a
month (about 30 cents a day, and you can build a multi-million
dollar business with it, if you like). It's a no-brainer.
Reg:ster your doma:n with them when signing up. If you have trouble
pointing your domain to your webspace, just contact their support.
The HostGator support team is extremely fast and helpful and they
are available to you 24/7 at NO extra cost. We do not recommend any
other web hosting solution here, as HostGator really "is it". Trust
us in this one!
Hint: when choosing your doma:n name, try to either chose your
company name or include some of your major keywords into your
doma:n. Try to go with top level doma:ns such as .com, .net, .org,
.info or your country code doma:n such as .us, .uk, .au, .de, .fr,
.jp or other if you are offering more local services. Top level
doma:ns give you higher acceptance in search engines and better
trust with your potential customers.
HostGator Unlimited Webhosting:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=ciFL6nkuipUQj6MrMA1QYw
# 3. Web Editing Software
When you chose your web editing software you need to be wise. You
may want to stick with it for years, once you've started to use the
software of your choice. You will have to take some money off your
pockets for it, as there is no recommendable free web editing
software available till date. But don't worry. It does not cost an
arm and a leg and it's a one t:me :nvestment.
Most people are still using the web editing software dinosaurs
Frontpage or Dreamweaver. Don't get us wrong. Both are very
powerful web editing solutions. Especially Dreamweaver has been
very popular upon web designers for years.
We also used it until a little over a year ago. Until... until
xSitePro was dropped to the market. We tested it and - wow -
immediately switched over.
Both, Frontpage and Dreamweaver are far too complicated to use,
require too much time (much too much time) to learn how to use them
and they do NOT include some of the most important automated
features you will need to build your website, especially if you
want to make money with it.
Therefore we do not say it is absolutely wrong if you want to use
them, but we really cannot give them our highest score of
recommendation as well.
Today, there are more advanced and at the same time more powerful
and more easy to use applications available. And best off: they are
also less expensive - one of the rare occurrences in life where all
of these benefits fit into one product, much to your advantage...
Let's take a closer look:
a) xSitePro: This WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) website
editor is really not only a web editor. It is a complete website
management and content management tool, with which you can
organize, create and handle ALL your present and future websites
and projects out of one single powerful application. It comes with
complete user guide and is very easy to operate, even for
beginners.
It has been designed "with business in mind". Means affiliate tools
and quick site creation and search engine optimization tools are
already included. As far as we know, there is no product available
on the market that can be compared to xSitePro.
You do not need to know any HTML or other coding with xSitePro. But
still, if you are a professional web designer you can still add
your own code whenever you like. The system is entirely flexible to
your needs.
xSitePro is highly recommended for both newbies and advanced power
users as well. Take a look at the xSitePro website and watch the
feature video to see only a fraction of what it can do.
b) Design Dashboard - This is a very easy to use "click 'n go"
software designed by Marlon Sanders and his team. Marlon is one of
the most acknowledged internet marketing software experts around.
It has a very attractive "point and click" design. It is kind of
idiot-proof, if you permit us to say so. If you can use a computer
mouse, you can build a website with this tool!
The software will guide you step by step while creating your
website and takes care you won't forget anything important on your
way.
Advanced users may not like this too much but for beginners it can
be the ideal solution. Either way, it is very powerful and fast as
well and we also clearly give it our recommendation.
Which web editing and web design software you will chose is up to
you. Here are all of the links, so you can make your own decision:
Frontpage (Microsoft Expression Web):
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=9qeHr9p7gjQC8hNQeK82RA
Dreamweaver:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=yKIjfuVCAHUw340YcaV4yg
xSitePro:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=lJsbT5hp0n0VkzqDfnu0Tg
Design Dashboard (have fun with Mr. Stickman):
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=uxkKBEfL4LBDglOZvhztdw
# 4. FTP Software
FTP stands for "File Transfer Protocol" and is used to upload
files or entire websites onto a web server. This sounds complicated
but really is as simple as 1,2,3.
Now, most advanced web editing software such as xSitePro have their
own automated FTP tool already built in, so you do not need to take
care.
But sometimes in your "webmaster life" you will find it useful to
quickly upload itemized files or folders to your internet server
directly from your hard drive. And then it is very useful to have a
fast little FTP program at hand that you can just fire up to
quickly upload these files.
This time, don't worry, keep your wallet closed. We recommend
"Core FTP" to you which is free of charge in it's basic version,
"Core FTP Lite". And the basic version shall be all you ever need.
We successfully use it ourselves every day. Here is the download
link:
Get Core FTP Lite:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=XaFxN_JTgkBq1yIZnGiFNA
# 5. SEO Software
Your website will be totally useless if you cannot drive any
visitors to it. Therefore it is absolutely essential that you not
only optimize your web pages for the search engines, but also
submit them to them, so that they can send their little robots to
spider your pages and get them indexed.
Search engine optimization and search engine submission is a
chapter on itself and we will surely cover it in more depth in
future editions of our newsletter.
But today we make a long story short here!
Out of several SEO tools around there are really only two that get
our total support. One is free of charge (at least in it's basic
version), the other one costs something below $200...
So why the hell do we not only recommend the free one, if it still
is a recommendable one?
Because of Pepsi and Coca-Cola...!
Seriously!
Our number one, SEO-Elite was the first true SEO software
available, and still today, in it's latest edition, this "original"
(Coca-Cola) is the most powerful SEO tool you can ever dream of. If
you can afford it, we highly recommend you make it your choice. Be
aware that it is a BIG difference if you can make it to search
result page number one or to any lower result page on Google.
Think about your own search behaviour. Who ever is going to click
on a link on search result page No. 97 when you have all you need
available right in front of your nose on search result page No. 1
right away?
Having the right tool on hand to push your website to the first
page on Google or Yahoo whenever a user searches for your
particular keyword(s) makes the difference in success or failure of
your business. If you can afford it, you should go with
SEO-Elite...! It's from the same guys that have created
Keyword-Elite as well (you can get both at lower price, if you
purchase them together).
The other solution is Web-CEO. You already may know it from a
previous newsletter. It is NOT BAD. But it is the "Pepsi" in our
little comparison. If you are on shoestring budget you should go
for this one. It is not as powerful as SEO-Elite, but still more
powerful than any other SEO application around.
Web-CEO is available in a paid and in a fr.ee version. The basic
version is totally f.r.ee of charge and has only little limits in
comparison to the paid version. Unless many other freeware, there
is NO time limit to use the fr.e.e version, which of course is a
big advantage.
Here are the links:
SEO-Elite:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=G2aIFLnDpn1ajuWyY9cnLQ
(remember, you can get it together with Keyword-Elite at a lower
package price, there is a special offer once you enter their order
page)
Web-CEO:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=C0Y.u&m=9AbjQ5fWuEiHj&b=wuYyQZ2FGXzz2gNVv79hiQ
(look for the link that says "Download the Fr.ee Edition". You can
also purchase the more powerful paid edition, if you like)
O.K. That was a lot to cover today.
But now that your toolbox is fully loaded, get your engines
roaring...
Remember: stay focused and motivated!
See You Here Next Time,
Dirk & Marcel
http://www.Homepage-Wizard.com
http://www.Homepage-Building.com
Get reliable, unlimited, feature rich
web hosting for under 10 Dollar:
http://www.homepage-wizard.com/hg.html
The right tool for building your websites:
http://www.homepage-wizard.com/xsitepro.html
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