A Brief Look At Setting Up A Website - A Top Ten List of Tasks To Get You Started
Here's a very brief overview of setting up a business on the internet. We'll get into details as we go along. Keep in mind that I will not be posting every day for the first 2-3 weeks. Check back every couple of days. I'll have links to older postings, and eventually set up a search box so you can find information quickly.
(1) Choose a domain name that suits your business. Make a list of a few possibilities. Try to have the name reflect either your own name, your business name, or your profession. For example, my domain name is chameleonintegration.com. My consulting business is Chameleon Integration Systems. Chameleon.com was taken when I checked. I could very well have used chameleon.biz, if it was available. My website URL is http://www.chameleonintegration.com. My short list included webguru.com and netguru, which are both taken, and other names as well.
(2) Check to see if the names you have selected are available or not. Maybe something close is available. There are online tools that, if you type in a keyword, they'll give you back several options and tell you if they are available to be claimed.
(3) Once you've selected a domain name, register it. There is a small registration fee that varies with the registering body.
(4) Now get an Internet hosting plan so that the world can see your website. We still have to create web pages for it, but we would start with a "Coming Soon" page. Don't forget, this is separate from the Internet account that you have at home or at work to access the Internet.
(5) If you haven't already done so, have a starter website designed for you: graphics, content, web pages. There are pre-made packages which you can put together reasonably attractive websites quickly. I'll talk about those in future posts.
(6) Post your new web pages live.
(7) Announce your presence on the Internet by telling the search engines that your web site exists.
(8) Keep posting fresh new content to your website.
(9) Keep check your visitor logs to see who is coming, for what content, and how often. There are packages that will show you graphically where your visitors are from and how often they are returning. Return visitors, as you probably know, are crucial to your business.
(10) Once you have a reasonable readership, consider applying with an Internet advertising program such as Google AdSense, Azoogle, Yahoo YPN, etc. If you have good readership and solid content, there might be a chance that you can earn some advertising dollars.
These are the top ten tasks that you need to do to get yourself started on the Internet. I'll walk through each step with you in the next while. If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment.
(c) Copyright 2005-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://www.chameleonintegration.com/netmarketing
(1) Choose a domain name that suits your business. Make a list of a few possibilities. Try to have the name reflect either your own name, your business name, or your profession. For example, my domain name is chameleonintegration.com. My consulting business is Chameleon Integration Systems. Chameleon.com was taken when I checked. I could very well have used chameleon.biz, if it was available. My website URL is http://www.chameleonintegration.com. My short list included webguru.com and netguru, which are both taken, and other names as well.
(2) Check to see if the names you have selected are available or not. Maybe something close is available. There are online tools that, if you type in a keyword, they'll give you back several options and tell you if they are available to be claimed.
(3) Once you've selected a domain name, register it. There is a small registration fee that varies with the registering body.
(4) Now get an Internet hosting plan so that the world can see your website. We still have to create web pages for it, but we would start with a "Coming Soon" page. Don't forget, this is separate from the Internet account that you have at home or at work to access the Internet.
(5) If you haven't already done so, have a starter website designed for you: graphics, content, web pages. There are pre-made packages which you can put together reasonably attractive websites quickly. I'll talk about those in future posts.
(6) Post your new web pages live.
(7) Announce your presence on the Internet by telling the search engines that your web site exists.
(8) Keep posting fresh new content to your website.
(9) Keep check your visitor logs to see who is coming, for what content, and how often. There are packages that will show you graphically where your visitors are from and how often they are returning. Return visitors, as you probably know, are crucial to your business.
(10) Once you have a reasonable readership, consider applying with an Internet advertising program such as Google AdSense, Azoogle, Yahoo YPN, etc. If you have good readership and solid content, there might be a chance that you can earn some advertising dollars.
These are the top ten tasks that you need to do to get yourself started on the Internet. I'll walk through each step with you in the next while. If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment.
(c) Copyright 2005-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://www.chameleonintegration.com/netmarketing
