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While we are on the subject of website building here is an interesting twist! When you are choosing the name for your website you might want to pop in to the wayback machine and check out the history of the domain name you are selecting. Read what happened to Katelyn when she built a new website for preschoolers:
http://www.momgadget.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=671#671
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If you are ready to start your website and make some money working from home your first step will be to choose a host for your website. This isn't as easy as you might think. There is a lot to consider and I am often asked how you should decide on your host. You will want to spend some time picturing how you expect your site to look in the end and what you want to get from it. This is one area where the cheapest isn't always the best. You can get web hosting for free but there are consequences that go along with it. I recently saw a question about how to insert HTML into a new and popular hosts program. After doing some research I found out this couldn't be done. I can't even imagine not having that ability. When I was choosing my webhost it was important to me that I have sitebuilding software that would be easy to use and it was important for me to have easy built in access to traffic tools and emails.
The bottom line is that you will want to find a host that gives you the tools you need to build your website and that is also within a price range you find acceptable. Think about the space you will need, the tools you will want, and the price you will want. If you are new to all this it can be a little intimidating. I recently ran across a website that can help you figure all this out. You just plug in what you want and need in a webhost and they show you the best matches for your needs:
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I've unearthed some surprising bits of wisdom for new work at home moms by listening to Johnny Cash lately. I thought I would share some of these tidbits from the Rockabilly legend.
1) Understand Your Man ...er, target market!
That's right. Do you understand your target market? Are you aware of her needs, desires and driving ambitions? Does your website speak to your target audience? If not, perhaps you should make some changes or your website visitor or customer will be "as gone as a wild goose in winter" too!
2) A Boy Named Sue
Life ain't easy for a boy named Sue...and life ain't easy for a wahm either. In your business you will have those confidence killers, dream stealers, fun suckers...whatever you want to call them. You will have people who try to tell you that you can't achieve your goals, that what you try won't work. Don't let them get you down!
Sue's father told him, "This world is rough, and if you're gonna make it, you've gotta be tough."
How can you get tough in your business?
3) Man In Black- or Branding 101
J.R. Cash didn't don the all black suit because he didn't have anything else to wear. It was his trademark. He wore all black for a reason.
What about you? Are you working on your brand?
In a world full of Elvis Presleys and Jerry Lee Lewises, how will you stand apart? And remember, your target market doesn't have to be just like you- Johnny Cash wrote Folsom Prison Blues and connected with inmates when he had never yet step foot in jail!
4) The Legend of John Henry's Hammer
This song has two bits of wisdom:
a) Learn your business and you will succeed
John Henry's Daddy told him to: "Learn to a turn a jack, learn to lay a track,
learn to pick and shovel too." Are you learning all you can about Internet
Marketing so that you can succeed in your business? Do you reinvest in ebooks,
coaching and mentoring, and software like John Henry's hammer?
b) Technology has its place but it can't take the place of humans.
When the steam engine threatened to take the place of men, Johnny proved that in the end, humans are more valuable. Learn to use technology (like autoresponders) but remember that your website visitor is a human and inject some of yourself into your marketing efforts.
5) One Piece at a Time
This ballad is about a man who decides to build a Cadillac. He steals one
piece at a time from the assembly line "and it didn't cost him a dime".
But in the end, it didn't work out exactly like he planned!
Does your website look like a pieced together jalopy?
Are you unwilling to spend any money on your own domain and hosting,
content with a free site cluttered up with ads?
6) In The Jailhouse Now
Please don't throw away your hard work by doing one of the following things:
Spamming
Copying other people's articles or content
Stealing graphics
Clicking on your Adsense ads
Not keeping records and neglecting to pay taxes
It just isn't worth it, and you may find yourself in the jailhouse.
Much better to Walk the Line so you can sleep at night.
7) Ring of Fire
Maybe you've made a bad choice... entered into a shotgun romance
with a business that's not right for you. Don't be afraid to realize this,
chuck everything and start over! Don't beat your head against the wall if,
after working hard on a project, you decide it's just not profitable.
Better to find your match and pour your energies into that.
In this song, June Carter Cash chronicles her growing attraction to John.
Though they were both involved with other people, they were obviously soul mates and ended up making music and growing old together for the next 40 years.
May you make beautiful music with your business!
Carrie Lauth is a work at home Mom of 4 who offers a free "No Fluff" ezine for moms new to online business. Get your copy, plus extra subscriber goodies, at www.business-moms-expo.com. And check out her answers to Mom's frequently asked questions about starting an internet business at carriefaq.com
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I just wanted to catch up with everyone and let you know I haven't falled off the earth. We have family in town this week, a family reunion and camping trip planned for this weekend and I have been working on helping a friend get his websites up and going and I will be trying to help promote his e-book. I will let you know more about all that when it is up and going! We do have one blog done which you can see at www.carpsvoice.blogspot.com and you can see what it is all about. I expect life to back to somewhat normal after next Monday and will start righting more. In the meantime I will catch up when I can. I hope everyone is having a great summer and appreciate your patience!
A lot of people believe that having a top level domain is the best way to go as far as search engines are concerned. This has sent me off on quite an adventure. When I first started using blogger and gave it some thought I was told it couldn't be done with blogger but you could do it with wordpress. I tried Wordpress and didn't like the fact that I had no way to manipulate the templates (not that I could find anyway). I got frustrated and went back to Blogger and decided I really didn't need a top level domain anyway.
Well here I am again looking into it. Come to find out you can do it with Blogger. You just have to use the FTP function.. Well duh, how easy is that? It actually looks easy enough but when it comes right down to it, I am losing my mind!
I use Homestead for a host and although it is simple to use when you are building a website I have found out that there file system is not quite like the rest. For instance I don't have a /public.html/ file.. Don't know what that is? Me either but I need it to FTP or at least need to know what Homesteads version is.
So anyway.. this is what I am working on these days. A whole new world of learning but I think learning is a good thing. Have a great day!
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Once you have your business up and running you will need to advertise of course! Without some form of advertising no one will ever know your business even exists. There are lots of different ways to advertise both offline and online. You have options of free advertising or paying for advertising. There is a great thread at wahm that is all about places you can advertise. Scroll through and see what fits your needs and price: http://www.wahm.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8618&PN=1
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A fantastic way to earn money from home and one in which I wish I could spend the time to do is to make scrapbooks. You can make scrapbooks with all the great little details, add stickers, borders, embellishments all the fun stuff but leave room for some pictures and journaling. You would be amazed how many people will pay for these books!
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