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How To Build Your Own Website, Design & Market It

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When I first started getting interested in Internet Marketing, I tried to build my first website in something like Microsoft Front Page I think.  While it was pretty easy to figure out, I just didn’t love it and I wanted to do so much more than what I was able to figure out in there.

My next attempt was Dreamweaver which is a great website builder but there was a lot to learn! So, I decided to try a blog and set up a blogger blog.  It worked decent enough but still not enough flexibility.

Then I found WordPress…nice! I went with wordpress.com at first which is hosted by WordPress.  It had nice functionality and was pretty easy to navigate.  But then I wanted my own domain name! And I wanted even more functionality!

So I switched to wordpress.org which is hosted on your own server.  I bought a domain name for about 10 bucks and started with free hosting  (then I noticed those UGLY ads at the top of my site and switched to paid hosting!).

OMG, once I realized all of the options and flexibility that WordPress gave me, it was GAME OVER!  I was quite convinced that I would never go with any other type of website again!

WordPress is MUCH MORE than just a blog!

It can be utilized as a blog, as a fully functional website, or both!

I can install my choice of thousands of themes, manipulate my site any way I like, manipulate pages, install plugins that do AWESOME things (including helping with SEO, automatic email responses to commenters, and a billion other things), add widgets (like you see on the right side for my social networks, etc.), add forms for a mailing list, and literally anything and everything else I could possibly want to do with my site.  Oh, and I found out how much Google loves wordpress sites! Yessss! Jackpot!!! And it’s all SO easy once you know how to do it.

I couldn’t afford to go hiring website designers, etc. so I needed to know how to do it all myself and WordPress makes it ridiculously simple!

So I spent a bunch of time learning about WordPress and how to set stuff up, manipulate pages/looks/actions, best settings,  etc. I had to do a ton of searches and a lot of it was still learn-as-I-go.  There was nothing out there that just gave it ALL to me in one place.

As time went, I learned more and more by trial and error and by a lot of research.

A couple of years later, I’m totally addicted to WordPress and wouldn’t create a site with anything else if my life depended on it! No freakin’ way!  Too complicated in comparison!

You can make any type of website or blog you want; you can make affiliate sites with it; small business websites; big business websites; your own freelance website; and every other kind of website you want!

And then, @IAC_Heather comes out with an eBook that teaches you everything it took me so long to learn on my own! Thanks Heather, couldn’t ya have been 2 years earlier! (j/k, ya know I love ya!)

No, seriously.  It teaches you everything you need to know from start to finish, to maintaining and marketing it, including:

• how to create your wordpress website
• how to edit and manipulate pages and functions to do exactly what you want
• how to design your website; be your own website designer
• how to be your own webmaster
• how to launch and market your website
• tips and tricks for all kinds of stuff
• and more!

It’s very straightforward and clear-cut.  And with the book you get 6 months of free hosting and a ton of other bonuses like:

• Free consulting with @benkepes (who is awesome! he’s a fab guy and editor of CloudAve.com!)

• 10 free hours of Virtual Assistance from IAC Professionals (who can’t use some free assistance?!)

• 3 month free subscription to IAC-EZ online small business bookkeeping software (THE most amazing bookkeeping software for us number-haters…and even those of you who like numbers!)

• A Sales Funnel Analysis and a Blog Publishing Plan by @aaronhoos (who is also AMAZING.  Aaron is extremely smart, well-rounded and a really cool guy!)

• The Daughter-In-Law Rules eBook – I don’t know much about this one but it looks like a really good read!

• Free Marketing Consulting with @karenswim – who I don’t know personally but I’ve heard a lot of great things about her and her talents!

(I’m not sure if those are all of the bonuses but let me tell you, that’s a WHOPPING amount of valuable bonuses right there – and they will tremendously help you with your website and marketing venture.  You’d have to pay a helluva lot more for any ONE of those services! …and I’d even go so far to say even if you’re a WP wizard, you might wanna get the book JUST for the bonuses!)

Go grab your copy while it’s still half the price it’s going to be! How to Generate More Business from a WordPress Website: A Must Have Resource for Do-It-Yourself Websites

Social Media Maniac,
@areaK

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