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The most important monetising step to your own internet marketing business, is creating a website of your own. A scary prospect for most people just starting out, but it does not have to be so, as there are many website creation software programs available on the net, with which you can make your website, without having to know all that coding and stuff – nor having to go through a huge learning process. There are many free website creators available, also.

Your website should have a well designed look about it, be eye catching, easily accessible, and not too involved. You are trying to catch the attention of the net surfer, which is notoriously short, and means there are only a few seconds to actually grab their attention. You could always seek the help of a professional web designer, or once again, there are many free website templates available on the web, where you are more than likely to find a layout that suits you.

Avoid free pages associated with affiliate sites, as these pages are already optimized for that particular product, and you won’t be able to make any adjustments to it, such as adding any additional products, nor advertising. Also, the actual web address is generally all inclusive with the affiliate program. Such as: ‘affiliateprogram.com/yourIDnumber.html’.
If any smart-type web-surfer sees a link like this, there is nothing to stop them from merely cutting off “yourIDnumber” and pasting: ‘affiliateprogram.com’ in their browser and so bypassing your right to an affiliate commission.

With your own website,  that web address becomes: ‘yourwebsitename.com/affiliateprogram.html’, or somesuch. Smart-types can still bypass this and get straight to the affiliate program, but there are far less of those types, than honest people. There are a number of ways to prevent this sort of thing ever occurring, but that is for another article. Having your own website, will allow you to add extra money generating links and advertising to these pages, purely to your benefit.

So, let us have a look at what you will need for your own website.

Probably one of the most important things to do when setting up an online business, is to find a good name. By this I mean one which reflects what your business actually does. If you are in the business of selling “pink poodles” then get a domain name with those words in it, such as: ‘pinkpoodlesforsale.com’; or, ‘howtotrainpinkpoodles.com’; possibly ‘whatthehellisapinkpoodle.com’ – you get the idea. This is all in aid of getting the search engines to notice your website. Domain names are easily obtained with a quick search on the web and prices can start for from $1.

You will need web hosting.  Web hosting is where your website and all it’s pages are stored, on the web. Again, these services are easily obtained via the web and can cost anywhere from $10 and up.

As an alternative, there are complete packages available on the internet, where all of this is taken care of for you; the site, domain name, hosting, email, all the techo stuff, graphics, products to sell, and support. Some of these are free, too.

O.K. You have a website – What Now?

Well, it is information your visitors are looking for, and if your website is full of banner ads and similar sales type stuff, you will lose them fast. Try to make the site neat and easy to understand, if a visitor has to hunt all over the place to find what they are after – they won’t hang around. On your home page, this is the first page a visitor will see, have a paragraph, or two, stating what the site is all about, and include a simple index of links to each page that has alternative information on it like articles and such, is best. It is on these indexed pages that you place your advertising, without overdoing it.

Considering you are building a work at home business website so you can make money, it is important to have a direct call to action with your best products and or services listed in prominent places. You want your visitors to buy from you. One way of doing this, is to offer a bonus of some sort if they buy your product, something like: “If you buy this particularly fabulous book, I’ll throw in this other “priceless” book – for FREE!” or – “I’ll throw in a FREE bottle of poodle vitamins!”

You could, or rather should, include an opt-in form for people to subscribe to a newsletter that involves newsy bits about your particular field. This is a great way to build a list of customers. It’s also a great way to build trust and a strong following. Fill it  with relevant information, resources, freebies, and more. This will bring them back for more, plus they just might tell all their friends about you.

It’s also important to have a way for your visitors to offer feedback to you. They should also have an easy way to ask questions and make comments. People will like this because they get to give their input about what they would like to see on your website. You will benefit by being able to know what your customers want or need. Feedback and comments applications are a fairly standard addition to websites these days and generally included with your website hosting.
 
Always remember, with your own website, you are creating a reputation, branding yourself. The more consistant and better at it you become, the more visitors your website will get – and therefore greater profits. If you are selling your own products on your site – ALL the profits are yours and money making potential is limitless.

I hope this article has helped to give you a better understanding of how to Increase Your Money Making Potential with Your Own Website.