Building Your Web Presence

Today I wanted to talk about the importance of building your web presence of getting your own personal website and utilizing your social media outlets to build your network.

One of the easiest ways to learn setting up your website, or almost anything for that matter is to research things, play around with things, get a feel for stuff and learn on your own.   There are plenty of resources on the internet to learn html to build your website, templates, affordable webhosting, and more…. in fact many of the sites have built in website builders where you can design an awesome website without even knowing or understanding html! Yikes, I still remember my first “homemade site” about 11 years ago! Wow things have changed since then.  Back then it was lots of blinking stars, rainbow bars, bouncing smiling faces, cartoon characters, blinking bullet points, bright primary colors, animated clipart, and all that stuff… today that look probably wouldn’t get you very far or have someone take you very seriously.

Today though you don’t need to do all the learning of html codes, learning your away around an html editor, trying to design tables or place your graphics as there are tons of cool sites out there that make it simple for just about anyone to design a website. In fact, if you can type and drag and drop things on your computer you can design a nice simple personal website, even a blog.

It isn’t that hard but you should take the time now to start building your web presence and getting that first page up and running.  In fact with some website builders you don’t even need to purchase your own domain name, but I do recommend that.  The cost of a domain is about $10.00 a year and is a definite good business expense that you won’t want to skimp on.

Many Great WebSite Builder Sites that you can try

Wix – A Great Flash Website builder offering free and paid versions. The free version typicaly says powered by Wix but is a great place to go if you are looking to build a flash site with no experience.

Weebly -Another great website builder whether you want to do a blog or a full blown site, as easy as drag and drop. This is a popular one and am also an affiliate of this one I like it so much.

Webstarts -Dozens of templatges, drag and drop videos, photos, and more.  No html knowledge necessary.

If the task of setting up your own personal page seems daunting, you can start out with a blog, they are one of the simplest methods to build your web presence and pretty easy to use and understand.  So I recommend either blogger.com or wordpress.com for a great place to get your blog started.  You can go to www.wordpress.com and set up a blog, choose a template without even getting a domain name if you want.  These are both great places to start on blogging.

Once you have your blog or website built, be sure to put your link on your Twitter and Facebook Page.

Hope that helps on building your website presence and helping you start to brand yourself online.

Live For Prosperity,

Rhonda