You don't have to have tons of cash-flow or masters degrees in marketing to get your domain name(s) and start establishing a web presence.
There are plenty of rip-off domain hosting services out there, and many of them go by big, well known names.
It's not that they are bad at what they do (although some are).
It's just that most charge too much for the service that they provide, and they're always trying to get you to add unnecessary services, upgrade to platinum memberships, optimize your site for a fee, etc.
I have been using 1&1 hosting for a while now, and I haven't found a better value out there for the money.
This is particularly true when you're keeping the content of your site relatively simple.
You can get 3 domain names and a control panel of very easy to use development tools for less than $10/mo.
, and a single domain purchase was $6.
99/yr.
, last time I checked.
Once you get to the point where you want some more advanced tools, you can use one of the domain names that you already purchased from a company like 1&1 (see above) with a more sophisticated service like Third Sphere, but since this article is about how establish a web presence the easy and inexpensive way, I'd caution you that there are a lot of tools that come with your Third Sphere account, and the sheer variety of options can be overwhelming at first.
They also have strict policies on SPAM, so you will want to be careful about any e-mails that you send from your Third Sphere account.
OK, so now that you know what I use, I encourage you to shop around and see what services you like best.
Please let me know if you can find a better deal for the money, because I'm always looking for new ideas to share with my fellow web-marketers.
Let me conclude by just briefly talking about SEO (search engine optimization).
There are those who put a lot of stock in these tools, and will pay a lot of money each month to have somebody "optimize" their website.
I've tried it myself, and haven't seen any real improvement in traffic or search rankings as a result.
If you want to spend the money, go ahead and try it, but since we are talking about web-hosting for non-millionaires, I'd say leave that to the millionaires with money to burn.
I for one would rather make money than burn it and I'd rather help other people make more money than waste more money, so I'll keep posting more info in that pursuit.
There are plenty of rip-off domain hosting services out there, and many of them go by big, well known names.
It's not that they are bad at what they do (although some are).
It's just that most charge too much for the service that they provide, and they're always trying to get you to add unnecessary services, upgrade to platinum memberships, optimize your site for a fee, etc.
I have been using 1&1 hosting for a while now, and I haven't found a better value out there for the money.
This is particularly true when you're keeping the content of your site relatively simple.
You can get 3 domain names and a control panel of very easy to use development tools for less than $10/mo.
, and a single domain purchase was $6.
99/yr.
, last time I checked.
Once you get to the point where you want some more advanced tools, you can use one of the domain names that you already purchased from a company like 1&1 (see above) with a more sophisticated service like Third Sphere, but since this article is about how establish a web presence the easy and inexpensive way, I'd caution you that there are a lot of tools that come with your Third Sphere account, and the sheer variety of options can be overwhelming at first.
They also have strict policies on SPAM, so you will want to be careful about any e-mails that you send from your Third Sphere account.
OK, so now that you know what I use, I encourage you to shop around and see what services you like best.
Please let me know if you can find a better deal for the money, because I'm always looking for new ideas to share with my fellow web-marketers.
Let me conclude by just briefly talking about SEO (search engine optimization).
There are those who put a lot of stock in these tools, and will pay a lot of money each month to have somebody "optimize" their website.
I've tried it myself, and haven't seen any real improvement in traffic or search rankings as a result.
If you want to spend the money, go ahead and try it, but since we are talking about web-hosting for non-millionaires, I'd say leave that to the millionaires with money to burn.
I for one would rather make money than burn it and I'd rather help other people make more money than waste more money, so I'll keep posting more info in that pursuit.
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