How To Make A Website You Love
(and Makes Money!)
Wondering how to make a website you are passionate about AND generates income? Are you looking for a real e-business solution?
This is it - how to build a niche website that focuses on your interests, hobbies, gives you all the advantages of an e-business and will put extra money in your pocket.
If I can do this, anyone can.
I have been a primary teacher for nearly 20 years. I am not a website "guru."
Before July 2009, I had no idea how to make a website. I have no programming or html training. In fact, during my first - and only - computer course in high school, my friend did all my programming and I wrote her English papers in exchange!
(I know, can you believe I am a teacher now?).
I love teaching and I thrive on learning new things. However, I began to get frustrated at always learning new strategies and methods but not being able to effectively share them with colleagues.
I also knew that I wanted to supplement my income, encourage other teachers to use best evidence-based practices, and allow our family to become more self-reliant than job-reliant.
How could I tie making more money to my passion?
By learning how to make a website.
Learn to Build a Website
This is something I never thought I could do. I thought there were too many sites out there about teaching and education in general. What did I have to offer that was different? I also had no idea how to make a website.
It all seemed like it would be too hard for me, so I Googled key words like, "easy to build website" and "learn to build a website." I started reading stories from other people who had done it, clicked on their links, and was finally brought to a company that caught my attention. I almost clicked away though.
Why? Because like you, I am a smart consumer. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But everything that was being offered seemed like it was just what I was looking for. It seemed like something I could do with the tools and help that are provided.
You know how you feel when you really want to do something but don't want to be scammed? I had that feeling inside. But there was a money-back guarantee, so...
I took a chance and bought SBI!.
I did not tell my husband because I really didn't know what to say or if it would even work, plus I didn't want a lecture about wasting money.
After all, what did I know about how to make a website? Nothing.
The first thing I was taken to was the Action Guide. It told me not to do anything - nothing - until I had read everything and watched the accompanying online tutorials. It also told me not to buy anything else. I didn't need it.
So I did. I poured over the information for a few weeks before I even chose a domain name. I didn't know it was so important and would impact my success so much. From there, I slowly began building pages using the Block Builder template that is provided. You can certainly upload your own, but I still don't know how to do that. Everything you see on my site is built using their templates. I just type the words in, use a little bit of styling, and hit the button to build my page.
My traffic started out very slowly. I really wondered if this was going to be worth it. I teach full time, am a mother to three boys and it seemed like this was taking over my left-over waking hours.
Then I read more of the Action Guide, started building links, submitting articles to directories and the traffic started coming in. Slowly, but people were finding me.
As my traffic increased, I was able to start to monetize. I applied to affiliate programs and Google Adsense, was accepted and began to dream about those monthly checks. The first one was very small - in fact, it was so small that I wasn't even sent the check. It was rolled over to the next month! So was the next one, and the next, and the next...then suddenly I got a check in the mail. My first one was only for a little over $100.00, but it was mine. After that, I started to get even more traffic and now I am receiving monthly checks from a variety of sources, most of it from Adsense.
My husband (whom I finally told about it!) is so excited. He even encouraged me to start my second site, Cancer Aware.
Then I realized that I really had found the e-business solution to earning a stable extra income.
Return to Top: How to Make A Website
Yes! I Am Ready to Start My Own Website!
|
