Website Planning Guide - 5 Steps to Make a Website

Do you want to learn how to make your own website to make money online? Not sure where to start?

This website planning guide will help you outline the high level strategy for creating your website from scratch. You will learn how to make your own effective business website, and you don't need to have advanced technical skills to pull if off. Here are the five main steps to make a website:

1. Plan
Consider your website objectives -- the most important part of your website planning guide is the planning...what are your reasons for a website? How can you best reach these goals through your site? What will be your content focus and offerings?

2. Pick a domain name and hosting service
Brainstorm and choose a website domain name. Check for availability and buy it (annual renewal fees will apply). Sign up with a web hosting company to host your website and domain name. To make it easier, use the same company to buy and host your domain.

3. Build
Browse free website templates and pick a suitable layout and look and feel for your site based on your site's theme. Write original, useful content for your site. Publish your content online as website pages.

4. Promote
Consider various marketing strategies to reach your site objectives. Test and track your promotion efforts, then adjust your website planning guide to optimize your results.

5. Maintain
Continue to update your site with more original content to increase your value to visitors AND for more opportunities for each page to rank with the search engines. Track and adjust your efforts to optimize your business.

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About the Author

Ivy Liu is the creator of http://www.MakeYourOwnBusinessWebsite.com, a free, step-by-step beginner's tutorial so you can learn how to plan, promote, and make your own website. Finally available as a FREE ebook - how to Make Your Site Sell.