The first thing you have to do is choose a domain name. When it comes to domain names; size does matter. I made the mistake of picking a long name with a lot of dashes in it. This is not recommended. Try to pick something short and memorable. It’s also a good idea to have the name of the product you are selling or promoting in your name. Spend some time brainstorming before you decide. You’ll be glad that you did.

You’ll also need a web hosting service provider. This is the company that stores the files of your website on a computer that allows Internet users to view it. You can usually acquire web hosting services for less than $10 per month. It is better to find a service with a fixed rate, because websites usually grow and require more storage space. For example, I use IPower, because they charge me the same rate no matter how much storage space I need.

It really isn’t that hard to learn to how to build a website. You would be amazed at how easy it is once you get started. There are really two approaches to building a website:

Starting From Scratch
Starting With a Template

When I started my Work At Home Directory website, I built my own site using a simple template. There are many companies on the Internet with free or inexpensive templates. I’ve seen them as low as $25 – $65. I decided to use Microsoft Frontpage as my HTML editor, because I was already familiar with some of their other software products and I thought it would make the transition easier. Many of the HTML editors out there allow you to either use their editor, or to make changes to the code directly. After I got started, I found that I did a little of both.

There are two things I would recommend when starting to build your site. Get yourself a book on the subject, such as HTML for Dummies, and find someone that knows HTML, who can help you when you get stuck. When I started my website, my 15 year old daughter was a big help to me. She taught herself HTML when she built a Neopets website at the age of 13. I figured if she could do it at 13, I could do it.

There are a lot of teenagers and college kids with basic computer experience who can help you. If you don’t know anyone, put up an ad at your local college saying that you will pay $10 per hour for someone with HTML experience who can help you set up your website. Paying someone $100 or $200 to help you, is a lot cheaper than paying $1000s for someone else to build a website, that you don’t know how to make changes too.

After you learn HTML, you can be proud of yourself, because you will have learned a skill that can help you advertise your home business and earn money at home.

Three years ago I began learning how to build a website online. I read a couple of manuals and they were cover the topic of pre-selling. The whole concept was unclear and I didn’t fully grasp this method of selling. Fast forward three years, and I can honestly say that I am happy with my progress, I am finally making money from home in my spare time, selling other peoples products.

So what is keeping you from making it online?

There are many obstacles, but the first and most important is the greed that lures many into the trap of believing that making money online is easy and that you don’t have to know how to build a website or how to market online. The truth is, you need to understand how to research your keyword, how to do SEO and how to stay focus. Without focus, all will fail. I have seen how I spent money day in day out, buying one product after another.

I never really took the time to read one product, I was looking for that one product that would make me an instant millionaire. Would you believe that even today many come online with the same thoughts, and are going through the purchase all symptoms, just like I did. You don’t have to make the same mistakes I made. You have to stop buying products and join a program that works. Learn how to build a website first, make sure your making a profit with your first site and then move on to your second site.

A next myth is that you need many websites to make a decent living online, that is pure hype and baloney. You need to build a list and focus, while learning from those who have success online. Don’t follow the losers and expect to gain, that won’t work, they are buyers.

I have finally cut back on buying products, because I know what will compliment my business and improve the goal I have set for that website. I do plan all my website building effort on a total money amount I expect that site to make. Once it reaches that goal, I move on and start a new site. Sometimes I hit pay-dirt, and then I scrap that site, add some videos to the site, until I get a great idea or research some keywords that looks profitable and start building a new site from scratch.

I seldom sell my domain names, because the older your domain names, the better they are ranked in the search engines. Now, I must be honest and tell you that this website building business isn’t for everyone. If you have a nice hobby and would like to make some serious money with your online home business, then I would advice you to jump in and test the waters. Keep your focus, and build a website for at least three months adding content every other day.

This Race is not for the swift, the slow learner and website builder with the right tools will win. Just make sure that your a member of a forum, where you can ask questions and you will be leap years ahead of the rest. The final step is getting the right tools that will enable you to learn how to build a website, the fun way, where learning will seems like child’s play.