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Home-Based Business:
Informational Websites
Websites that provide legitimate
information on specific subjects are likely to always be of value. As
the internet has grown, many sites have been developed to focus on
specific subjects. Some are very informative. The opportunity currently
exists for the creation of many more of these sites. In order to own
one, the website creator needs very little other than a specific
interest and the ability to organize information.
Some of the merits of starting and
building a website business are:
(1) Minimal financial investment or
risk. The basic expenses involved in creating and managing a website
business are a website host, website construction
software, and access to a computer.
(2) Little or no regular time
commitment. This business does not require any
set hours.
(3) Use your interests, education or experience to
build your business. No classes, certifications,
credentials, or educational
requirements.
(4) Customer service, Sales, and Management of people
is not required.
(5) Benefits from the advancements
in technology. The
advancements in technology are creating problems for many types of
businesses and this business will likely benefit from the
advancements in technology and become more productive over time.
(6) Earns money 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, 365 days a year.
(7) Receives residual income from work that was
done last week, last month and last year.
Getting Started
Websites use a software language
called Hyper Text Markup Language or HTML. HTML programming is complex
and can be very difficult for a beginner. However, website construction
software, such as Microsoft FrontPage, that allows you to design and build websites on a "what you see
is what you get" basis without learning HTML, can be purchased for
about $100. FrontPage does not require the user to know HTML and is
designed to be user friendly. To
make the software even easier, Microsoft has helpful
tutorials on how to use the software. For many people it is easy enough
to use that they can increase their knowledge level by using the software and
learning as they build their site. FrontPage
software requires you to have a computer that is running the Microsoft
Windows 2000 operating system or later. There are many website building
software programs to choose from, however, many novices choose FrontPage
because they are already familiar with other windows based programs such
as Word, Excel, and Access. Included in the line below are links to
vendors that sell website software.
Aside from the cost of the software,
the only other cost of creating a website business is hiring a web
host. Web hosts are companies that have large computer servers that
house websites. It is their responsibility to maintain the sophisticated
equipment that makes up the world wide web and to “host” the business.
Without making a significant investment in computer and
telecommunications equipment and the engineers to run them, a hosting
company is essential. Many hosting companies offer the services that
meet the needs of most web site owners. Pricing is very competitive and
it is inexpensive. The host that supports this website provides us with the back end
software and hardware support that we need, engineers to maintain the
servers, customer service techs to answer our questions, an abundance of
hard drive space, email addresses, auto responders and the like. Their
uploading software is easy to use and it costs a whopping $9.95 per
month without any commitments or contracts. The cost of buying the domain name
was nominal. We will continue to own the domain name as long as we pay the
annual registration fee, which is inexpensive as well. On rare occasion the host server goes down but they all do and the
host company that we use claims to be reliable 99.9% of the time and they fix it quickly when an outage arises.
So to get started in this
business, you need (1) information about specific subjects that people
will want to read, (2)A Website Host
 , (3) website construction and
management software, (4) a website name and (5) some
time and effort to build the site.
So how will you get paid? Advertisers.
You will not have to sell ads or manage accounts receivables. Your job is to
create interesting information that people are likely to want to read.
You
don’t have to be an advertising expert or an accountant. Google and the
others do that and pay you a percentage of the revenue they generate for allowing them
to post their ads on your site. 24/7/365 with little exception, the site is up
and has the chance of earning money. The information
that was created weeks, months and years ago is displayed and you have the
potential of getting paid. If people click on an ad by Google, Google
charges the advertiser on a pay per click basis for directing traffic to
the advertiser’s webpage and Google will pay you part of their revenue.
Google does not disclose the percentage of the revenue that they share
with publishers, however, it can be significant. The advertising
rates are set by the advertiser on a dynamic auction basis. The
advertisers place bids on how much they are willing to pay in order to
direct traffic to their site. The more they want the traffic and the
more they bid, the more Google earns on a pay per click basis and in
turn the more you will earn per ad click. The ads that Google presents are designed to be
relevant to the information on your web pages, which in turn results in the
advertisers adding value to your site. So in effect, You will get paid for
helping people find the information that they are seeking. And best of
all, there is very little overhead and no customer service, direct
selling, or hassle. If there is traffic to the pages on your site today,
regardless of whether or not you work on your website, there is a good
chance that you are going to earn money. What a deal.
Attached are links that you need to
get started.
After you find a website name to use, hire the host and build the basic elements of your site, you can sign up with these advertising agencies to
begin creating revenue.
So there you have it. You could
literally be in business, creating revenue in the next couple of hours.
If you would like to do some comparison shopping for hosts,
included are some links that you can use to get started.
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